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Pope Leo XIV warns wars are ‘fed’ faster than people as aid money dries up

Jun 22
Giada Zampano

Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson attends an interview in a cafe in Rome Friday, May 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Chicago mayor sees Pope Leo XIV as key ally on social justice, migration after Vatican meeting

May 29
Andrea Rosa,
Giada Zampano, Associated Press

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican, in Rome, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Stefano Rellandini/Pool Photo via AP.)

Rubio presses Europe on Iran action as he seeks to mend ties with Italy and Vatican

May 9
Giada Zampano,
Nicole Winfield

This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, shows the oil-on-canvas painting “Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (16th century). (Credit: Alessio Panunzi and Alberto Novelli/Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Ministero della Cultura via AP.)

Italy buys Caravaggio painting of future Pope for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

Mar 12
Giada Zampano

Swiss Guards march in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican investigates Swiss Guard after allegations of an antisemitic incident in St. Peter’s Square

Nov 11, 2025
Giada Zampano,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Global World Food Day Ceremony in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger

Oct 16, 2025
Giada Zampano,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Sep 20
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia

Sep 20
Crux Now Staff

a busy street intersection near the iconic "I Love My Country" monument in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon

Premium article: Cameroon faces upsurge in deadly violence against women

Sep 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Premium article: Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop

Sep 19
Fionn Shiner

Premium article: Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop

Sep 19
Fionn Shiner

Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Sep 20
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia

Sep 20
Crux Now Staff

An Army soldier and local residents look at a damaged portion of a mosque after a bomb exploded in Kohat, in northwestern Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistan’s bishops condemn attack on police compound, pray for peace

Sep 19
Nirmala Carvalho

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Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation