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Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924

Sep. 28, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark. The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same south Georgia town where he was born in 1924. ...

Pope travels to the heart of Europe to appeal for peace and to boost his dwindling flock

Sep. 26, 2024 19:50 PM EDT

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Pope Francis called for Europe to be a beacon of peace in war and a welcome home for migrants and refugees as he arrived in the heart of the continent on Thursday to encourage the dwindling Catholic flock in a onetime bastion of Christianity. Francis received a...

Takeaways from AP's report on churches starting schools in voucher states

Sep. 20, 2024 11:49 AM EDT

Some churches are launching new Christian schools on their campuses, seeking to give parents more education options that align with religious values. State school voucher programs are not the driving reason, but they are making the start-up process easier, pastors and Christian...

Kamala Harris steps up outreach to Mormon voters in battleground Arizona

Sep. 19, 2024 21:44 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is stepping up her efforts to win over voters who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, enlisting prominent members of the faith to make the case in pivotal Arizona that Donald Trump does not align with the church's values. ...

German opposition Christian Democrats tap leader Friedrich Merz as their candidate for chancellor

Sep. 17, 2024 07:40 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union announced Tuesday that it has chosen its leader, Friedrich Merz, to be its candidate for chancellor in next year's national election. The decision sets the stage for a possible challenge of Chancellor Olaf...

An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released

Sep. 16, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Christian pastor from California has been freed from China after nearly 20 years behind bars and is back home in the U.S., the State Department said Monday. David Lin, 68, was detained after he entered China in 2006, later convicted of contract fraud and...

Hundreds march in Brazil to support religious freedom as cases of intolerance rise

Sep. 15, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana Beach on Sunday to support religious freedom in Brazil, where cases of intolerance have doubled over the past six years. Hundreds of men, women and...

Pope ends Asia trip with same message at the start: Interfaith tolerance to heal troubled world

Sep. 12, 2024 23:59 PM EDT

SINGAPORE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Singapore on Friday by praising its tradition of interfaith harmony, closing out his four-nation trip through Asia with the same message of tolerance that he delivered at the start. Francis presided over a gathering of young...

Dave Campbell's Texas Football high school rankings for Week 3

Sep. 09, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

The Week 3 high school rankings from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine and TexasFootball.com, distributed by The Associated Press. CLASS 6A Rank School (Record) Week 2 Prv rank 1 Duncanville (1-0) W: Dallas South Oak Cliff, 34-12 2 ...

A look at some of the oldest religious leaders in the world

Sep. 09, 2024 08:27 AM EDT

The top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is celebrating a milestone birthday, his 100th. Like the president of the Utah-based faith — commonly known as the Mormon church — leaders of religions worldwide commonly stay at the helm well past normal...