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Did the pope change the game on interreligious dialogue?

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Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is seen with its spire surrounded by scaffolding Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Paris. The restoration of Notre Dame hits a milestone Friday, Dec. 8, 2023: one year until the cathedral reopens its huge doors to the public. (Thibault Camus/AP.)

A milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire

Dec 8, 2023
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COVID-defying French nun toasts 117th birthday with wine and prayer

Feb 11, 2021
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Ex-Vatican envoy’s trial for sex assault begins without him

Nov 11, 2020
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French police quiz child apologists of teacher’s beheading

Nov 8, 2020
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Paris priest tests positive for coronavirus

Mar 1, 2020
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At Tour de France, a beacon for fire-damaged Notre Dame

Jul 9, 2019
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In Notre Dame fire, embers of unity for a fractured France

Apr 16, 2019
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In France, rebel priest takes on Church bosses on sex abuse

Sep 6, 2018
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Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of a conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs in the Vatican on Sep. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Premium article: Did the pope change the game on interreligious dialogue?

Sep 18
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The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025. (Credit: Andy Wong/AP.)

‘Urgent need to address dangers’: American bishops meet AI representatives

Sep 17
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On AI, top Vatican cardinal is worried about states ‘going it alone’

Sep 17
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A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

Sep 16
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A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo approves note on Vatican II document on interreligious dialogue quoting Benedict XVI’s controversial Regensburg speech

Sep 16
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in London, England, on Sept. 1, 2026. (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP.)

Premium article: Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival

Sep 13
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In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Credit: WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP.)

‘Century of martyrdom’: Vatican commission has recorded death of over 1700 martyrs in the 21st century

Sep 15
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Pope Leo publishes first book of his pre-papal writing

Sep 15
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