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French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill again

A new crucifix that was sent by Italy to replace the one that was defaced by Isreali troops in Lebanon. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf/via AP.)

Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

May 12
Julia Frankel

Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters as he leaves the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregoria Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo says there are more important subjects than sexuality, but that won’t stop the conversation

May 12
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV blesses a little girl as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist SSPX

May 13
Nicole Winfield

Father Anthony Odiong, 57, arrested on 16 July 2024. (Credit: Waco Police.)

Premium article: Questions abound as sex crimes trial looms for priest in Texas

May 13
Christopher R. Altieri

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine ‘Le Temeraire’ (The Temerarious) at the Nuclear submarines Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, Monday March 2, 2026. (Credit: Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP.)

French Senate rejects assisted suicide bill again

May 14
Fionn Shiner

Coptic Orthodox deacon pray during Easter mass, at Holy Cross Church in Cairo, Egypt, May 1, 2021. An Egyptian court Saturday, June 12, 2022, sentenced a man to die for the April stabbing death of a Coptic Christian priest in an attack that shocked the Arab World’s most populous nation. (Credit: Nariman El-Mofty/AP.)

Advocate says sentence of Egyptian Coptic scholar has created a ‘chilling effect’ on Christians

May 14
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Dzukou valley near the Manipur-Nagaland border in India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholic archbishop calls for calm after three Baptist ministers killed in northeastern India

May 13
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV blesses a little girl as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist SSPX

May 13
Nicole Winfield

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