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Sister Nadia Gavanski. (Credit: Ukrainian GreekCatholic Church.)

82-year-old nun killed in Brazilian convent

Feb 23
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pilgrims leave after they honored the bones of St. Francis during the first public display inside the St. Francis Basilica, marking the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.(Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Photos from Assisi as the bones of St. Francis go on display

Feb 23
Gregorio Borgia,
Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee poses for a photo during an interview in Jerusalem, Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

US says ambassador’s comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context

Feb 23
Melanie Lidman,
Samy Magdy, Associated Press

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

Feb 24
Charles Collins

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Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

US Ambassador sees potential for ‘Catholic Moment’ with Leo

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

US immigration law ‘not rooted in hate or xenophobia,’ ambassador says

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

Pope Leo will visit 4 African countries as part of his packed 2026 travel plan

Feb 25
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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