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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 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on April 12, after leaving Miami. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV, extending feud over Iran war with first American pontiff

Apr 13
Will Weissert,
Josh Boak, Associated Press

Biden: Pope told him he should ‘keep receiving communion’

Oct 29, 2021
Josh Boak,
Zeke Miller, Nicole Winfield

Biden, pope to talk virus, climate, poverty at Vatican

Oct 29, 2021
Josh Boak,
Zeke Miller

Biden bound for global summits as domestic agenda in limbo

Oct 28, 2021
Josh Boak,
Zeke Miller

British bishop slams assisted suicide bill as bad and unnecessary

Sep 8
Fionn Shiner

A man prays at a sanctuary dedicated to late Argentine singer Gilda on the 30th anniversary of her death in a bus crash, in Entre Rios, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Natacha Pisarenko/AP.)

30 years after her death, Gilda embodies Argentina’s enduring faith in folk saints

Sep 8
Isabel Debre

Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield

A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia, at the St. Luka Church, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Marko Drobnjakovic/AP.)

Body of war criminal Mladic lies in state at Orthodox church in Serbian capital ahead of funeral

Sep 7
Dusan Stojanovic,
Jovana Gec

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Pope Benedict the XIV early in his pontificate. (Credit: Associated Press.)

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Pope Leo XIV receives a box with butterflies as he arrives at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

Sep 8
Silvia Stellacci,
Nicole Winfield