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Lyra McKee's sister Nichola Corner, center, speaks to the media outside Belfast Crown Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh, and Jordan Gareth Devine have been found not guilty in a non-jury trial of the murder of a journalist Lyra McKee, on July 3, 2026. (Credit: PA via AP.)

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

Jul 4
Brian Melley

Families of the Victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday hold a protest outside Belfast Crown court in Northern Ireland on Sep. 15, 2025. (Credit: Peter Morrison/AP.)

Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

Oct 17, 2025
Brian Melley,
Associated Press

Advocates list 100s of allegedly abusive California priests

Sep 30, 2022
Haven Daley,
Brian Melley

Kin of dead sex abuse victim sue under new California law

Jan 12, 2022
Brian Melley

California to pay $2M church legal fees over virus closures

Jun 3, 2021
Brian Melley

California church sees victory in order from high court

Dec 4, 2020
Brian Melley

Church: California city violated its rights during pandemic

Oct 30, 2020
Brian Melley

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

University of San Francisco basketball player Bill Russell is carried from the floor of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., by students celebrating a win over La Salle for the NCAA basketball championship, March 19, 1955. (Credit: Bill Streator/AP.)

From March Madness miracles to a season opener in Rome: The story of Catholic college hoops

Oct 16
David Crary

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Majestic Valley Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Kalispell, Mont. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Catholic support for Trump is declining, but is it just part of a national trend?

Oct 16
Charles Collins

A Palestinian family harvest olives in a valley in the West Bank town of Birzeit, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Israeli settlers attack olive harvest of Christian villagers in the West Bank

Oct 16
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo is eating, celebrating Mass and walking after cancer surgery, but trip is in question

Oct 15
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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’s brother reveals that he also has cancer

Oct 14
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he’s expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

Oct 14
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past

Oct 15
Nicole Winfield

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First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery