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Sudan’s Forgotten War: A Church leader cries out for peace

Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy US Catholics to keep donating

May 3
Nicole Winfield

Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

May 3
Bassem Mroue

Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say

May 4
David Crary

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In Philippines, popular piety meets global conflict in 15-mi Walk for Peace

May 3
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

A minibus drives past an empty checkpoint where a mannequin dressed as a soldier stands in downtown Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

Sudan’s Forgotten War: A Church leader cries out for peace

May 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the West Wing of White House in Washington, Thursday April 23, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Secretary of State Rubio, a Catholic, plans to visit the Vatican

May 5
Matthew Lee

Gunmen fire their weapons as men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

May 5
Bassem Mroue

Israel’s envoy to Christians says Christian presence in Middle East must be preserved

May 5
Elise Ann Allen

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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