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A screen flags the news of new Pope Leo XIV during the second round match between Fabio Fognini of Italy and Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him

May 11, 2025
Andrew Dampf,
Associated Press

Vatican cyclist spreading the pope’s message at worlds

Sep 23, 2022
Andrew Dampf

For Napoli fans, Catholicism and soccer battle for religious top spot

Feb 21, 2020
Andrew Dampf

Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

Sep 25
Crux Now Staff

Flag of Poland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded

Sep 24
Associated Press

Seleka rebel group commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, left, speaks with lawyer Dov Jacobs in the courtroom during a hearing in the case in which he is accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Bangui in 2013, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Credit: Remko De Waal/Pool Photo via AP.)

ICC convicts former Central African Republic Islamist militia commander of torture

Sep 24
Molly Quell

Artifacts and memorabilia depicting the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen are displayed in the Sheen Museum on July 15, 2026, in Peoria, Ill. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

Famed radio and TV Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood

Sep 24
Peter Smith

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd at the weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sep. 23, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo remembers Archbishop Fulton Sheen the day before media pioneer’s beatification

Sep 23
Crux Now Staff

Priests from various countries, members of the "Priests Against Genocide" network, carry a shroud bearing the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children whom organizers say were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires were declared, during a demonstration near St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Priests and nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Sep 23
Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV, Friday, April 10, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

About 2,000 church sex abuse victims have come forward for reparations in France

Sep 23
Sylvie Corbet

The text of the French Constitution is on display at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. (Credit: Thomas Padilla/AP.)

How France handles its strict secularism as it prepares for a papal visit

Sep 23
Sylvie Corbet

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