Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples.

Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion welcome the move; some conservative bishops as a betrayal of the church’s condemnation of sexual relations between gay or lesbian partners.

Strikingly, the flare-up of debate in Catholic ranks coincides with developments in two other international Christian denominations — the global and the — that are fracturing over differences in LGBTQ-related policies.

Taken together, it’s a dramatic illustration of how

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Congress has everything ready to open an exhibit Monday featuring pieces including a tapestry crafted by renowned artist Burle Marx and a replica of the country’s constitution dated 1988.

The display is notable not because of the rarity of the objects, but because they are the living memory of one of the grimmest episodes in : As unprecedented riots in support of took place on Jan. 8, 2023, in government buildings in the capital Brasilia, the

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge late Saturday said former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial on a jury’s conclusion last year that he didn’t rape a columnist in the mid-1990s.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the determination in an order in advance of a Jan. 16 trial to determine defamation damages against Trump after a Trump sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including an Al Jazeera journalist who lost four close relatives earlier in the war.

Hamza Dahdouh is the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, whose wife, two other children and a grandson were killed by a previous Israeli strike.

Dahdouh has continued to report on even as it has taken a devastating toll on his own family, becoming a symbol for many of the dozens of whom have been killed while

No matter who takes home the Monday night in Houston, a rare nonprofit from the murky, still-developing world of Name, Image, Likeness programs is set to come out on top.

Numerous NIL organizations, which help , have sprung up since a allowed the National Collegiate Athletic Association to pay student athletes for use of their brands — with some restrictions. Many are for-profit organizations that funnel donations they receive to college athletes in return for work they do for the organizations, like personal appearances, signing autographs and

ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current election system, saying it’s vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted.

During a , activists plan to argue that the Dominion Voting Systems touchscreen voting machines are so flawed they are unconstitutional. Election officials insist the system is secure and reliable and say it is up to the state to decide how it conducts elections.

Georgia has become a

No community anywhere would willingly choose to have a nearly 30 per cent office vacancy rate in its downtown core.

But faced with that problem, one Canadian city came up with a plan that is now being held up as a model for the rest of the country amid an ongoing national housing crisis.

Calgary has been busily working to convert underused office towers to residential housing, thanks to the city’s one-of-a-kind incentive program for developers.

In just two years, the program has resulted in

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Hollywood is ready to party as the return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names.

Here’s about the 81st annual Globes, including how to watch, stream and on Sunday.

WHAT TIME DO THE GOLDEN GLOBES START?

The show begins at 8 p.m. Eastern on Jan. 7 and will air live on both coasts on CBS, which is available with an antenna or through cable and satellite providers. It’s

Canadians competing for Golden Globe awards came up emptyhanded Sunday, as “Oppenheimer” and “Anatomy of a Fall” claimed multiple wins.

Celine Song’s romantic feature “Past Lives” was nominated in five categories, including best motion picture drama, best director and best screenplay.

It lost to “Oppenheimer” for best film drama and director, and “Anatomy of a Fall” for best screenplay and best non-English language film.

The Korean-Canadian filmmaker’s relationship drama is partly based on Song’