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At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’

Boys Town students hold portraits of Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan outside St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27, 2012. (Credit: Nati Harnik/AP.)

Pope Leo moves Father Flanagan of Boys Town fame closer to possible sainthood

Mar 24
Peter Smith,
Nicole Winfield

Bangladesh Bishops decline government stipend for Catholic clerics

Mar 23
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Conductor Harry Christopher, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixteen present Angels Unawares byJames MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel for a private concert about angel encounters

Mar 23
David Biller

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he leaves at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s chief legal expert

Mar 25
Associated Press

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’

Mar 26
Tiffany Stanley

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo calls for French bishops to ‘generously include’ those attached to Traditional Latin Mass

Mar 25
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV receives a delegation from the "Program for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa" on March 25, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo calls for peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims

Mar 25
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he leaves at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s chief legal expert

Mar 25
Associated Press

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