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Pope Leo XIV convokes family ‘summit’ for bishops on 10th anniversary of predecessor’s ‘lightning rod’ document

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Pope Leo XIV meets with author Gareth Gore in the Vatican on March 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic

Mar 17
Nicole Winfield

Cardinal Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy at the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ against a cardinal

Mar 18
Nicole Winfield

President Rodrigo Duterte awards Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia the Order of Sikatuna with the Rank of Datu, the highest recognition given by the Philippine government to foreign ambassadors, Dec. 11, 2019. (Credit: Office of the President.)

New US nuncio Gabriele Caccia brings lessons from Duterte’s Philippines

Mar 18
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Prominent Catholic thinkers pen brief for embattled AI giant Anthropic

Mar 18
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Pope Leo XIV convokes family ‘summit’ for bishops on 10th anniversary of predecessor’s ‘lightning rod’ document

Mar 19
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Iceland’s parliament representatives hold a session at the Althingi in Reykjavik, Jan. 8, 2010. (Credit: Brynjar Gauti/AP.)

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

Mar 19
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Joe Moscinski places the final light in the outdoor menorah at Temple Shalom, Dec. 20, 2019 in Auburn, Maine. (Credit: Andree/Sun Journal via AP.)

As religious tensions rise, houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

Mar 19
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Catholic priests stand together celebrating Mass. (Credit: Amazing Parish.)

Houston summit aims to help priests build parishes for 21st century

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