VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue.

Fly me to the Moon

March 27 – April 2, 2026 – People around Latin America and the Caribbean marked Holy Week with colorful processions and other traditional displays.

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments across the globe.

Four astronauts took off on a flight around the moon in what is humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the leadoff in NASA’s push toward a lunar landing in two years.

The U.S. and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, in photos.

The full moon in March, sometimes called the worm moon, coincides with a lunar eclipse that brings a blood-red color in many parts of the world.

TEHRAN (AP) – The U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Iran has sent smoke plumes rising above Tehran and left buildings in ruins as residents of the Iranian capital have mourned the death of the country’s supreme leader, who was killed in the strikes.