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Pilgrims turn Spain’s Santiago de Compostela into the world’s latest overtourism flashpoint

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Sep 14
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John L. Allen Jr.

Pilgrims and tourists rest in front of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Credit: Lalo Villar/AP.)

Pilgrims turn Spain’s Santiago de Compostela into the world’s latest overtourism flashpoint

Sep 15
Teresa Medrano,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV presides over a commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of the faith of the 21st Century with representatives of other churches in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on Sept. 14, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope honors 21st century martyrs: Christians killed by Islamic militants, mafias, Amazon ranchers

Sep 15
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pilgrims and tourists rest in front of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Credit: Lalo Villar/AP.)

Pilgrims turn Spain’s Santiago de Compostela into the world’s latest overtourism flashpoint

Sep 15
Teresa Medrano,
Associated Press

Images of Harper Moyski hung over the stage at the celebration of life for the school shooting victim at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Credit: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP.)

Community honors life of 10-year-old Harper Moyski, killed in shooting at Minneapolis church

Sep 15
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV presides over a commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of the faith of the 21st Century with representatives of other churches in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on Sept. 14, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope honors 21st century martyrs: Christians killed by Islamic militants, mafias, Amazon ranchers

Sep 15
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Erin Hooley/AP.)

Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up celebrates his 70th birthday with gospel music, balloons

Sep 15
Sophia Tareen,
Associated Press