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Pope’s Africa odyssey will showcase roots, growth and challenges

A different sort of ‘Catholic Moment’ in US politics

Apr 9
Christopher R. Altieri

Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby meets with Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the then-Papal Nuncio, and his team on January 22, 2026, in the Pentagon. (Credit: Pentagon.)

Vatican denies media spin of envoy meeting at the Pentagon

Apr 10
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope calls Trump threat against Iran ‘unacceptable, immoral’, Trump relents for now

Apr 8
Elise Ann Allen

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP.)

Pastors blessing Trump and asking God for war victory was shameful, says Spanish bishop

Apr 9
Fionn Shiner

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Pope Leo XIV at his weekly General Audience in the Vatican on Jan. 7, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope’s Africa odyssey will showcase roots, growth and challenges

Apr 11
Elise Ann Allen

In this image from video provided by Just Like Me in April 2026, the company’s co-founder and investor Jeff Tinsley, bottom right, interacts with an AI-generated Jesus. (Credit: Just Like Me via AP.)

$1.99 chats with AI Jesus show the faith-based tech boom is here

Apr 11
Krysta Fauria,
Jessie Wardarski, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Flyers fans have faith as run at playoff spot follows family’s jersey gift to Pope Leo XIV

Apr 11
Dan Gelston,
Associated Press

Karen Prewitt of Mission holds a sign reading "Social studies rules" during a rally on the Capitol Mall outside the Barbara Jordan State Office Building, where the State Board of Education meets, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (Credit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP.)

Bible stories would be part of a new Texas public schools reading list drawing attention

Apr 11
Heather Hollingsworth,
Associated Press

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A woman is allowed to drop off flowers at the Annunciation Catholic School sign near the scene of the shooting at the school in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP.)

What we know about the shooter who killed 2 and wounded 17 in Minneapolis

Aug 28, 2025
Claudia Lauer,
Associated Press

Judge says parents can sue diocese over abuse reporting

Jan 9, 2020
Claudia Lauer

New attorneys general to continue investigating clergy abuse

Jan 18, 2019
Claudia Lauer

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

Jan 3, 2019
Claudia Lauer

Catholic dioceses sued over disclosure of abuse allegations

Sep 18, 2018
Claudia Lauer

Report on Pennsylvania priest abuse to be most extensive yet

Jun 10, 2018
Claudia Lauer

Priest accused of abusing 2 boys, making 1 confess afterward

May 8, 2018
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