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The head of Vatican Security, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, center, follows Pope Leo XIV as he visits the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope accepts resignation of US bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes

Mar 10
Associated Press

Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, left, and from right, Father Paolo Stacchiotti and Cardinal Baldo Reina listen to Pope Leo XIV during a visit to the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

As pope seeks dialogue and diplomacy, 2 US cardinals reject US-Israeli war in Iran

Mar 10
Nicole Winfield

The shadow of the crucifix surmounting his pastoral staff falls across Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Catholic Lent, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Profound sorrow’ for slain priest, all suffering in Middle East

Mar 10
Crux Now Staff

The Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," sits in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Credit: María Teresa Hernández/AP.)

At the convent of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Dominican friars still live, pray and welcome visitors

Mar 10
María Teresa Hernández

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A man walks past Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Credit: Gene J. Puskar/AP.)

Head priest of Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh accused of stealing baseball cards from Walmart

Mar 12
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Parishioners take part in an offering to a giant Baby Jesus in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Credit: Ginnette Riquelme/AP.)

Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace

Mar 12
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Civil Defence workers inspect the damage after an apartment was hit during an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Days before papal visit to Lebanon, Israel kills senior Hezbollah official in Beirut strike

Nov 24, 2025
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