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In Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV urges authorities to put peace ‘above all else’

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

How do you solve a problem like Fernández?

Nov 29
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV, center, walking with Muezzin Musa Asgın Tunca, left, Dr. Emrullah Tuncel, second from left, and Imam of Mosque Sultanahmet Fatih Kaya, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s famed ‘Blue Mosque’, does not pray

Nov 29
Elise Ann Allen

Papal plane to get repair before flying to Lebanon

Nov 29
Elise Ann Allen

Pope offers boost to pastors of Turkey’s small Catholic flock

Nov 28
Elise Ann Allen

In Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV urges authorities to put peace ‘above all else’

Nov 30
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV greets Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi at the Vatican on October 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Maronite cardinal says Pope Leo visiting Lebanon to promote peace

Nov 30
Crux Staff

En route to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV talks Gaza, Ukraine, potential Jerusalem visit

Nov 30
Elise Ann Allen

Why Moscow’s absence from Turkey events was conspicuous – and significant

Nov 30
Christopher R. Altieri

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Cardinal Blase Cupich in Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on April 23, 2025. (Credit: Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP.)

Chicago archbishop’s decision to honor U.S. senator stirs Catholic abortion debate

Sep 25
John O'Connor,
Holly Meyer, Associated Press

Bishop bans Communion for abortion-rights supporters

Jun 6, 2019
John O'Connor