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It’s almost Easter in Ukraine, where a trio of churches on the far edges of the capital considered faith, hope and charity on Sunday.

Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”

Beneath the ancient beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains, a quiet monastery in the western Ukrainian village of Hoshiv has transformed itself into a giant playground for a dozen children who've been displaced.

The setup sounds like a “bad joke,” Mark Wahlberg admitted. Wahlberg, who is Catholic, was out to dinner with “two priests and a bottle of wine,” when one of the priests pitched him the idea for a movie.

"Our beautiful church is losing its soul," Brian Houston said in an Instagram post on Friday.

Earlier this week, Tim Keller listed eight reasons why he and other church leaders chose to multiply Redeemer into several congregations, “rather than give the megachurch to a single successor.”

Texas Pastor Bart Barber, a newly announced candidate for the Southern Baptist Convention presidency, shared thoughts about the election in a Twitter video Thursday. In the video, Barber offered four reasons “why I love my friend Tom Ascol”—another presidential contender.

The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court. Though a moment of historic significance, some SBC leaders have expressed reticence to celebrate it.