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Lisbon Patriarch Rui Valério and other officials attend the inauguration of a memorial to the 16 people killed in the derailment and crash of Lisbon's Glória funicular, an iconic streetcar, on the first anniversary of the accident, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Credit: Armando Franca/AP.)

Catholic Patriarch marks year after crash of an iconic Lisbon streetcar

Sep 4
Barry Hatton

Portuguese bishop says conscience clear about abuse claims

Oct 12, 2022
Barry Hatton

Portugal’s president feels heat from church sex abuse remark

Oct 12, 2022
Barry Hatton

Historic Portugal church sex abuse ‘truly endemic’ at times

Oct 11, 2022
Barry Hatton

Portugal abuse cases mount amid questions over Nobel bishop

Oct 3, 2022
Barry Hatton

East Timor’s Catholics rally behind accused Nobel bishop

East Timor’s Catholics rally behind accused Nobel bishop

Sep 30, 2022
Gantry Meilana,
Nicole Winfield, Barry Hatton

Portugal probe: 290 church sex abuse claims in 90 days work

Apr 12, 2022
Barry Hatton

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases

Feb 10, 2022
Barry Hatton

Amid protests, Portugal lawmakers weigh allowing euthanasia

Feb 20, 2020
Barry Hatton

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Basilica on Aug. 5, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip

Sep 9
Sylvie Corbet

British bishop slams assisted suicide bill as bad and unnecessary

Sep 8
Fionn Shiner

A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

Sep 8
Isabel Debre

Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield

British bishop slams assisted suicide bill as bad and unnecessary

Sep 8
Fionn Shiner

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

German far-right wins state elections after local church’s warnings

Sep 7
Fionn Shiner

Aerial photo of damage near Nuestra Señora de la Luz church in Temascalcingo in a village in the municipality of Huejutla, Mexico, on Sep. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ramsés Mercado/AP.)

Explosion of fireworks near church in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64

Sep 7
Ramsés Mercado,
Emilio Lugo

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Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip