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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

A van displaying a sign passes Big Ben as demonstrators both for and against assisted dying hold banners outside Parliament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025, as British lawmakers are set to vote Friday on whether to back a Bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

British archbishop ‘deeply disappointed’ at reintroduction of assisted suicide bill to parliament

Jun 16
Fionn Shiner

Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

A Russian barrage in Ukraine kills 11 and damages a landmark cathedral

Jun 16
Hanna Arhirova

A worker adjusts cables during the installation of a new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral that is coming to its final stages in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.)

The 700-year-old St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague inaugurates a new organ

Jun 16
Karel Janicek

Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Credit: Eric Gay/AP.)

In far West Texas, the threat of land seizures for a border wall has families on edge

Jun 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune,
Associated Press

Worshippers receive communion during a Mass in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, May 15, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Being Catholic is great, but the paperwork …

Jun 14
Charles Collins

Bishop of newest diocese in Bangladesh takes the long view

Jun 15
Stephan Uttom Rozario

With Marine Two in the background, Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Credit: Matt Rourke/AP.)

JD Vance writes of journey to Catholicism in ‘Communion,’ his first book since ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Jun 16
Meg Kinnard,
Mike Catalini

Pakistan plays pivotal role in Iran peace agreement

Jun 15
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British archbishop ‘deeply disappointed’ at reintroduction of assisted suicide bill to parliament