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Iran war drives fuel crisis in Bangladesh as holidays approach

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

Iran war drives fuel crisis in Bangladesh as holidays approach

Mar 12
Stephan Uttom Rozario

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Assisted Suicide cannot be an option for psychiatrists, expert says

Mar 12
Charles Collins

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
Associated Press

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
María Teresa Hernández

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Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

Dec 9, 2025
Jack Brook,
Associated Press

Bishop James F. Checchio meets students at St. Catherine of Siena in Metairie during his introduction as the next Archbishop of New Orleans on Sep. 24, 2025. (Credit: Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate via AP.)

Pope names successor to embattled New Orleans archbishop after sex abuse settlement

Sep 25, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Jack Brook, Associated Press

Archbishop Gregory Aymond conducts the procession of a Mass on April 12, 2020. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230 million settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say

Sep 9, 2025
Jack Brook,
Associated Press

Jari Honora, family historian for the Historic New Orleans Collection, shows the genealogy material of the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

May 10, 2025
Jack Brook,
Deepa Bharath, Associated Press