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Pope Leo XIV visits the Grand Mosque in Algiers

Pope Leo XIV visits the Grand Mosque in Algiers

Meeting with authorities and the diplomatic corps.

Mass in the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba (April 14)

People greet Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, on the third day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV in Africa

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After the Los Angeles wildfires, clergy crossed denominational lines and forged new bonds

Members of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church worship together during service on Nov. 9, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

Worship attendance at churches up for the first time in decades, according to new report

A new report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research shows signs of a shift — for the first time in two decades, attendance is up.

May 8
Bob Smietana

The new foundation for the Fountain of Life Nazarene Church is seen in Altadena, Calif., April 26, 2026. (Credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP.)

After the Los Angeles wildfires, clergy crossed denominational lines and forged new bonds

May 8
Deepa Bharath

In this handout photo provided by Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV exchanges gifts with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, as they meet in the pope’s private library at the Vatican, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media via AP.)

Rubio makes fence-mending visit to the Vatican after Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV

May 7
Nicole Winfield,
Matthew Lee

Christian pilgrims visit the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, Friday, May 1, 2026, as they walk past the site where a nun was attacked by a man last Wednesday. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem

May 7
Melanie Lidman

View of the Inner Alster, or Binnenalster in Hamburg, Germany Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP.)

‘Vote consciously’: German church launches campaign for crucial regional elections that could see far-right victory

May 7
Fionn Shiner

Pontifical Swiss Guards prepare ahead of their swearing in ceremony, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

The Pontifical Swiss Guard’s newest recruits join the world’s oldest standing army, in photos

May 7
Andrew Medichini

Rescue workers search through the rubble of a damaged building for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

May 7
Bassem Mroue

Christian pilgrims visit the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, Friday, May 1, 2026, as they walk past the site where a nun was attacked by a man last Wednesday. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem

May 7
Melanie Lidman

View of the Inner Alster, or Binnenalster in Hamburg, Germany Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP.)

‘Vote consciously’: German church launches campaign for crucial regional elections that could see far-right victory

May 7
Fionn Shiner

Pontifical Swiss Guards prepare ahead of their swearing in ceremony, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

The Pontifical Swiss Guard’s newest recruits join the world’s oldest standing army, in photos

May 7
Andrew Medichini

Rescue workers search through the rubble of a damaged building for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

May 7
Bassem Mroue

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

May 7
Bassem Mroue

Four Catholics arrested after Hindu activists disrupt Mass in India

May 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Interview: Indian bishops say hostility toward Christians is rising

May 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Sudan’s Forgotten War: A Church leader cries out for peace

May 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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May 7
Deirdre Brennan

Pope Leo XIV arrives as he holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope will inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain

May 7
Nicole Winfield,
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President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Premium article: Rubio walks diplomatic tightrope as Trump attacks Pope Leo

May 6
Charles Collins

Father Gerardo Fortich Saco Jr. was supposed to be the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in the central Philippines. (Credit: Diocese of Tagbilaran.)

Filipino priest backs out of ordination as bishop, cites ‘human limitations’

May 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Catholics attend Mass at Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on March 29, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Anti-Christian violence is an ‘existential challenge’ for Israel, say Christian leaders in the Holy Land

May 6
Fionn Shiner

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the West Wing of White House in Washington, Thursday April 23, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Secretary of State Rubio, a Catholic, plans to visit the Vatican

May 5
Matthew Lee

Gunmen fire their weapons as men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

May 5
Bassem Mroue

Interview: Israeli envoy says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

May 5
Elise Ann Allen

Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say

May 4
David Crary

Premium article: Leo XIV appeals for press freedom, praises anti-abuse advocacy

May 3
Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: In Philippines, popular piety meets global conflict in 15-mi Walk for Peace

May 3
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

May 3
Bassem Mroue

Pope Leo XIV arrives as he holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope will inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain

May 7
Nicole Winfield,
Suman Naishadham, Renata Brito

Father Gerardo Fortich Saco Jr. was supposed to be the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in the central Philippines. (Credit: Diocese of Tagbilaran.)

Filipino priest backs out of ordination as bishop, cites ‘human limitations’

May 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Catholics attend Mass at Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on March 29, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Anti-Christian violence is an ‘existential challenge’ for Israel, say Christian leaders in the Holy Land

May 6
Fionn Shiner

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the West Wing of White House in Washington, Thursday April 23, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Secretary of State Rubio, a Catholic, plans to visit the Vatican

May 5
Matthew Lee

Gunmen fire their weapons as men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

May 5
Bassem Mroue

Interview: Israeli envoy says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

May 5
Elise Ann Allen

Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say

May 4
David Crary

Premium article: Leo XIV appeals for press freedom, praises anti-abuse advocacy

May 3
Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: In Philippines, popular piety meets global conflict in 15-mi Walk for Peace

May 3
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

May 3
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President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Premium article: Rubio walks diplomatic tightrope as Trump attacks Pope Leo

May 6
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Premium article: Tea leaves take on many colors in pope’s response to question on gay blessings

Apr 26
Charles Collins

Premium article: Ahead of U.S. midterms, is Trump telling Catholics, ‘You’re Fired’?

Apr 18
Charles Collins

Premium article: Trump’s social media attacks have put Leo XIV in the U.S. presidential mix

Apr 15
Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: In Easter letter to cardinals, Leo sets the tone and the agenda

Apr 15
Christopher R. Altieri

Charles Collins

Jen Fulwiler and her daughter Lane. (Credit: Fulwiler family.)

Premium article: Catholic comic leans on faith as daughter battles brain cancer

May 1
Charles Collins

Bishop Peter Baldacchino speaks at the Frank O’Brien Papen Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2025. (Credit: Voice of the Laity YouTube.)

Premium article: Bishop crashing a laity meeting in Las Cruces draws attention to Neocatechumenal Way

Apr 30
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets with Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury in the Vatican on April 27, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo acknowledges ‘complex’ relationship with Anglicans during meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury

Apr 27
Charles Collins

St. Mary’s Catholic Church is in Husbands Bosworth, England. (Credit: Charles Collins/Crux Now.)

Premium article: Visiting an Ordinariate parish in England as new Archbishop of Canterbury visits Rome

Apr 27
Charles Collins

Sarah Mullally waves as she leaves after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. (Credit: Alastair Grant/AP.)

Premium article: 2026 may be a turning point in Anglican-Catholic dialogue

Mar 30
Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Interview: Israeli envoy says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

May 5
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome on April 23, 2026. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux Now.)

On way back to Rome, Pope Leo condemns state executions in Iran

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope’s last day in Equatorial Guinea a tale of tensions

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV's first public event in Equatorial Guinea on April 21, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, right, upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, on the ninth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope lands in Equatorial Guinea decrying ‘economy that kills’

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Leo XIV appeals for press freedom, praises anti-abuse advocacy

May 3
Christopher R. Altieri

DC’s Cardinal McElroy calls Iran war ‘immoral’, calls for action

Apr 12
Christopher R. Altieri

Premium article: Vatican cardinal’s letter to France and Catholic ‘inside baseball’

Mar 29
Christopher R. Altieri

Prominent Catholic thinkers pen brief for embattled AI giant Anthropic

Mar 18
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV to Mideast belligerents: ‘Cease fire!’

Mar 15
Christopher R. Altieri