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The AI-generated image posted by Trump showing himself as a messianic figure.

Trump tells Pope to ‘get his act together’ – and exposes his own God complex

Minutes after ranting about Leo being “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy”, the US president posted an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ healing the sick.

  • Michael Koziol

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After 40 days of fasting, food - especially tsoureki (sweet bread) and red dyed eggs - are a big part of Greek Orthodox Easter.

Non-believers celebrate religious feast days, too

Greeks can boast they had Christianity first – why else the letters to the Corinthians, the Ephesians? – even if they are celebrating Easter after other Christians.

  • Fotis Kapetopoulos
Cookie the Kookaburra: the logo the Brethren is suing its former member over.

Cartoon kookaburra behind church’s attempt to ‘silence’ a child sex abuse victim

The member, an alleged victim of child sexual abuse, says the Australian-based church is trying to silence her with a “censorship campaign masquerading as a copyright suit”.

  • Michael Bachelard
The cross was a sign of humiliation before the might of Caesar; it became a symbol of love.

The eternal life, right here, right now

Easter is about redemption – a complex topic, taking in the act of saving, or freeing, or getting something or someone back (from slavery, for example).

  • Barney Zwartz
Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir (centre), and members of parliament celebrate after passing the law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

‘Troubling’: Top Australian Jewish groups denounce Israel’s new death penalty

Australia’s peak Jewish groups have made a rare break with Israel to condemn a law approving the hanging of Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

  • Matthew Knott
The man at the centre of a Daily Telegraph sting has begun defamation proceedings.

War of words erupts after Telegraph apologises for undercover cafe stunt

The man at the centre of the alleged sting entered the inner-Sydney cafe wearing a Star of David cap. A Daily Telegraph journalist was in tow.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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The Bondi Hannukah killings will throw a shadow over Passover this coming week.

This Passover will be like no other

Passover is a happy festival celebrating the Exodus of the Jews from oppression in Egypt, but it does not overlook suffering, symbolised in the eating of bitter herbs.

  • Nomi Kaltmann
Damage from a suspicious fire at a former church, the site of a proposed mosque, in Kilmore on Tuesday.

Muslim leader to meet police chief over Islamophobia investigations

A rise in violent threats and two suspicious blazes in two days have Victoria’s Muslim community on edge but police say the fires are not hate-related.

  • Sherryn Groch
Saying the Rosary prayers, with the aide memoire of beads, is a common Catholic practice during Lent.

The many benefits of the rosary

Catholics have been reciting the rosary for 900 years. Think of it as an early form of mindfulness, with attention on the life of Christ, and in particular his mother, Mary.

  • Melissa Coburn
The Prime Minister at Lakemba mosque.

Albanese confronted by protesters at Lakemba Mosque

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were attending prayers at the mosque to mark the end of Ramadan.

  • Mostafa Rachwani