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People walk inside an enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe's tallest during the inauguration in the village Konotopie, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (Credit: Claudia Ciobanu/AP.)

Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary is inaugurated in a small Polish village

Aug 16
Claudia Ciobanu,
Radal Niedzielski

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut stands in court in Grodno, Belarus, on Jan. 16, 2023. (Credit: Leonid Shcheglov/Pool via AP.)

Belarus frees Catholic priest, prominent journalist in a 10-person prisoner swap

Apr 29
Claudia Ciobanu,
Associated Press

The Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland's most revered Catholic shrine, is seen at sunset in Czestochowa, Poland, Sept. 23, 2023. (Credit: Michal Dyjuk/AP.)

Polish bishop on trial over alleged delays in reporting claims of child abuse by priests

Feb 19
Claudia Ciobanu,
Associated Press

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

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

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