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Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in Bethlehem and elsewhere

Dec 26, 2020
Josef Federman and Jalal Hassan

Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

Oct 10
John Hanna,
Deepa Bharath, Sarah Rankin

Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

Oct 10
Julie Carr Smyth,
Michelle L. Price

Women prepare porridge in Zambia. (Credit: Mary's Meals.)

World Porridge Day highlights feeding the planet’s poorest children nourishing breakfasts so they go to school

Oct 10
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Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders arrives at the West Australian District Court in Perth, Australia, on Aug. 11, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Bunch/AAP Image via AP.)

Australian bishop acknowledges 8-year delay in justice in Indigenous abuse case but defends process

Oct 9
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Pope Leo XIV in Paul VI Hall on Oct. 7, 2026.

Pope opens tenth anniversary conference on predecessor’s controversial exhortation

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Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri.

Archdiocese of St. Louis sues federal government

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

Oct 10
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A sculpture of an angel stands at a memorial for survivors and lives lost to suicide dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Ill., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

First suicide memorial by a US archdiocese signals a compassionate shift by the Catholic Church

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