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Rescue workers search through the rubble of a damaged building for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

May 7
Bassem Mroue

Gunmen fire their weapons as men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

May 5
Bassem Mroue

Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

May 3
Bassem Mroue

A view of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon; Iran hits near Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Mar 17
Bassem Mroue,
Jamey Keaten, Samy Magdy

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Beirut in Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV’s visit highlights Christian resilience in Lebanon despite regional turmoil

Dec 1, 2025
Bassem Mroue,
Associated Press

Bahrain’s Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit

Nov 2, 2022
Bassem Mroue,
Jon Gambrell, Mariam Fam

Lebanon says Pope Francis will visit crisis-torn country in June

Apr 5, 2022
Bassem Mroue

The judge leading Beirut blast probe: Discreet and defiant

Oct 26, 2021
Sarah El Deeb,
Bassem Mroue

Hezbollah hammered with criticism amid Lebanon’s crises

Sep 1, 2021
Bassem Mroue

Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of a conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs in the Vatican on Sep. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: Did the pope change the game on interreligious dialogue?

Sep 18
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The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025. (Credit: Andy Wong/AP.)

‘Urgent need to address dangers’: American bishops meet AI representatives

Sep 17
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On AI, top Vatican cardinal is worried about states ‘going it alone’

Sep 17
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A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

Sep 16
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Did the pope change the game on interreligious dialogue?

A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

Sep 16
Charles Collins

Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in London, England, on Sept. 1, 2026. (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP.)

Premium article: Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival

Sep 13
Charles Collins

In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Credit: WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP.)

‘Century of martyrdom’: Vatican commission has recorded death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century

Sep 15
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo publishes first book of his pre-papal writing

Sep 15
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