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Tea leaves take on many colors in pope’s response to question on gay blessings

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Tea leaves take on many colors in pope’s response to question on gay blessings

Apr 26
Charles Collins

The Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Archbishop Paolo Borgia, center, poses with residents next to a crucifix sent by Italy to replace one that was defaced last week by an Israeli soldier in the Christian village of Debel, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf via AP.)

Lebanon resident recognizes family crucifix smashed by Israeli soldier in viral image

Apr 25
Sally Abou AlJoud

Pope Leo XIV, with the Archbishop of Bamenda, Andrew Nkea Fuanya, left, frees a white dove at the end of a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Cameroon bishop says Pope Leo’s visit could be a turning point for war-ravaged country

Apr 25
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Santiago Abascal, the Spanish far-right wing party Vox’s rally “Europa Viva 24" in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 19, 2024. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

‘Slander’: Remarks by leader of Spanish far-right party criticised by bishop

Apr 25
Fionn Shiner

Pope’s last day in Equatorial Guinea a tale of tensions

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome on April 23, 2026. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux Now.)

On way back to Rome, Pope Leo condemns state executions in Iran

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

The Pelourinho Novo (lit. 'New Pillory'), also known as Hath Katro Khamb[b] (lit. 'Hand-Cutting Pillar'), in Old Goa. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

A centuries-old pillar in Goa is causing controversy about colonial history in India

Apr 22
Nirmala Carvalho

Migrants from Syria and Libya in a wooden boat call for help as they are assisted by Spanish NGO Open Arms during a rescue operation inside Malta’s SAR zone south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Death of nearly 8000 migrants in 2025 is ‘nothing short of a tragedy’ says bishop

Apr 22
Fionn Shiner

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Bishops look at ways to expand how they pass on Catholic faith

Nov 18, 2022
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Bishops mark charter’s 20th year, pledge continued outreach to survivors

Nov 18, 2022
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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks Nov. 15, 2022, during a session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.)

Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to stay true to church’s mission

Nov 16, 2022
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U.S. bishops launch new approach to teaching the faith

Nov 8, 2022
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Oklahoma inmate gets temporary reprieve from execution

Nov 4, 2022
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Supreme Court justices question affirmative action admission policies

Nov 1, 2022
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Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, is seen in Anaheim, Calif., calling for an end to the death penalty in this 2016 file photo. (Credit: J.D. Long-Garcia/The Tidings via CNS.)

‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean of her fight to end death penalty

Oct 23, 2022
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Catholic Mobilizing Network honors advocates working to end death penalty

Oct 16, 2022
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Texas death-row inmate takes plea for DNA testing to Supreme Court

Oct 13, 2022
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