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30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints
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A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

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Lisbon Patriarch Rui Valério and other officials attend the inauguration of a memorial to the 16 people killed in the derailment and crash of Lisbon's Glória funicular, an iconic streetcar, on the first anniversary of the accident, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Credit: Armando Franca/AP.)

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A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

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  • Isabel Debre
A golf cart sits near the Colosseum as tourists crowd the surrounding streets in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, highlighting the growing presence of the vehicles in the capital’s historic center as authorities move to curb an industry blamed by critics for worsening congestion, illegal parking, and overtourism. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Reckoning looms for golf carts that zip through Rome’s crowded historic center

  • Sep 4
  • David Biller, 
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Lisbon Patriarch Rui Valério and other officials attend the inauguration of a memorial to the 16 people killed in the derailment and crash of Lisbon's Glória funicular, an iconic streetcar, on the first anniversary of the accident, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Credit: Armando Franca/AP.)

Catholic Patriarch marks year after crash of an iconic Lisbon streetcar

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  • Barry Hatton

Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image

  • Sep 4
  • Fionn Shiner
Iglesia del Santuario de Torreciudad. Credit: José Luis Filpo Cabana/Wikimedia.

Spanish bishop renews dispute with Opus Dei over Marian image

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  • Fionn Shiner
This photo provided by Ruth Wang shows her arriving at an airport in Taiwan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Credit: Ruth Wang via AP.)

Lawyer for China’s Zion Church seeks resettlement help while transiting through Taiwan

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  • Kanis Leung, 
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Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others over protester relief fund

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Vance talks about the end times and the attempted assassination of Trump in Christian podcast

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Vance privately addresses Republican Jewish Coalition during tension over Israel and antisemitism

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  • Thomas Beaumont

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