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Pope accepts resignation of US bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes

The head of Vatican Security, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, center, follows Pope Leo XIV as he visits the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope accepts resignation of US bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes

Mar 10
Associated Press

The shadow of the crucifix surmounting his pastoral staff falls across Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Catholic Lent, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Profound sorrow’ for slain priest, all suffering in Middle East

Mar 10
Crux Staff

Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, left, and from right, Father Paolo Stacchiotti and Cardinal Baldo Reina listen to Pope Leo XIV during a visit to the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

As pope seeks dialogue and diplomacy, 2 US cardinals reject US-Israeli war in Iran

Mar 10
Nicole Winfield

Biography explores fascinating life of ‘Father Brown’ actor, cinema great Kenneth More

Mar 10
Crux Staff

The head of Vatican Security, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, center, follows Pope Leo XIV as he visits the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope accepts resignation of US bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes

Mar 10
Associated Press

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

Mar 10
Trisha Thomas

The Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," sits in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Credit: María Teresa Hernández/AP.)

At the convent of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Dominican friars still live, pray and welcome visitors

Mar 10
María Teresa Hernández

Three versions of Activision’s Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at Best Buy, in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. (Credit: Paul Sakuma/AP.)

White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage

Mar 10
David Bauder,
Lou Kesten

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Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope prays at site of 2020 Beirut port explosion

Dec 2, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

A billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, near the grain silos at Beirut's port that were heavily damaged in the massive 2020 explosion as a graffiti in Arabic reading "Victims of the Beirut port explosion" is seen in the foreground, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope Leo XIV’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon

Nov 25, 2025
Kareem Chehayeb,
Abby Sewell, Associated Press

Civil Defence workers inspect the damage after an apartment was hit during an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Days before papal visit to Lebanon, Israel kills senior Hezbollah official in Beirut strike

Nov 24, 2025
Fadi Tawil,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at his General Audience at the Vatican on Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says

Aug 21, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon

Aug 3, 2022
Kareem Chehayeb