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A partially collapsed building stands after an earthquake struck Penonome, Panama, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Aris Mariota/AP.)

Panama suffers powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities, destroys historic Catholic church

Oct 13
Aris Mariota,
Alma Solís

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Credit: Patrick Sison/AP.)

Premium article: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is watching us, and ‘knows’ Pope Leo has noticed

Oct 13
Charles Collins

Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

Oct 13
Associated Press

Local residents protest the Spanish government's handling of the Ceuta border crisis, two months after it occurred, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. Banners read in Spanish: "Ceuta does not give up". (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

Spain’s worst border crisis frays Ceuta’s coexistence ahead of royals’ first visit

Oct 13
Suman Naishadham

Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Federal judge rejects the Oakland Diocese’s bankruptcy plan

Oct 13
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

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Oct 10
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

Oct 10
Julie Carr Smyth,
Michelle L. Price

Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (Credit: George Walker IV/AP.)

Premium article: Catholics are standing on a scaffold over death: Will we accept the offered coin?

Oct 11
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