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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference, April 7, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP.)

Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

Mar 13
Nicole Winfield

This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, shows the oil-on-canvas painting “Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (16th century). (Credit: Alessio Panunzi and Alberto Novelli/Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Ministero della Cultura via AP.)

Italy buys Caravaggio painting of future Pope for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

Mar 12
Giada Zampano

A man walks past Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Credit: Gene J. Puskar/AP.)

Head priest of Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh accused of stealing baseball cards from Walmart

Mar 12
Associated Press

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski walks after being elected in a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, June 28, 2018. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope appoints trusted fellow Augustinian to run Vatican’s charity office

Mar 13
Associated Press

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Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

Mar 13
Associated Press

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference, April 7, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP.)

Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

Mar 13
Nicole Winfield

A friar walks in front of the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) mausoleum on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 13, 2019. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Contract giving millions to redefine controversial Spanish memorial site emerges amid fierce legal battles

Mar 13
Fionn Shiner

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski walks after being elected in a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, June 28, 2018. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope appoints trusted fellow Augustinian to run Vatican’s charity office

Mar 13
Associated Press

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