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Indian priests in Arkansas worry about family as COVID-19 ravages homeland

May 19, 2021
Aprille Hanson

Butler: Catholics must work together to make church ‘a place of mercy, love’

Jan 2, 2021
Aprille Hanson

In Arkansas family, all hands put to work to design children’s missalette

May 25, 2020
Aprille Hanson

Maria Goretti Network chapters offer safe place for healing after abuse

Oct 2, 2019
Aprille Hanson

Possible healing could advance Mother Delille’s sainthood cause

Sep 7, 2019
Aprille Hanson

DACA youth thankful for program’s opportunities, but worries remain

Dec 10, 2017
Aprille Hanson

Young farmers in the U.S., Uganda learn to help each other

Jul 10, 2017
Aprille Hanson

Premium article: Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

Jul 6
Christopher R. Altieri

Some of seven surface limestone-built tombs, discovered in the Marina-el-Alamein archeological site, as seen west of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. (Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP.)

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

Jul 6
Samy Magdy

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

Jul 6
Didi Tang,
Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

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Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

Jul 6
Didi Tang,
Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Premium article: Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

Jul 6
Christopher R. Altieri