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Trump continues his social media attacks on Pope Leo

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

En route to Africa, pope says, ‘I don’t fear Trump administration’

Apr 13
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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A ‘frank discussion’ is changing the dance card for the US and the Vatican

Apr 13
Charles Collins

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, appeared on 60 Minutes on CBS on April 12, 2026. (Credit: CBS News.)

Three US cardinals call war on Iran ‘unjust’ and criticize Trump for ‘gamification’ of war

Apr 13
Crux Now Staff

President Donald Trump outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo and explains his reason for posting much-criticized meme

Apr 14
Will Weissert,
Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Trump continues his social media attacks on Pope Leo

Apr 15
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Algiers’s “Houari Boumédiène” International Airport on April 15, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Christians and Muslims can ‘live together in peace’ – Pope Leo says on plane leaving Algeria

Apr 15
Elise Ann Allen

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

Germany’s far-right targets church funding

Apr 15
Fionn Shiner

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP.)

As Vance rallies with Turning Point, some supporters bristle at Trump’s war, attack on Pope Leo

Apr 15
Bill Barrow,
Emilie Megnien, Associated Press

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