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Inside the Barcelona homeless shelter the Pope will visit

This image released by CBS shows host Stephen Colbert on the set of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York on May 6, 2026. (Credit: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP.)

Many Catholics mourning the loss of late-night host Stephen Colbert’s show

May 20
Mark Kennedy,
Associated Press

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

May 21
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Easter Vigil Mass celebrated by Archbishop John Wilson, at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Archdiocese of Southwark.)

Premium article: Defense of life is a cornerstone of civilization, says British archbishop in interview

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A man kneels next to the coffins of sisters Liubava and Vira Yakovleva, killed by a Russian rocket strike during their funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 19, 2026. (Credit: Evygeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Kyiv holds a funeral for 2 young sisters killed by a Russian missile strike

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San Agustin parish church in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Inside the Barcelona homeless shelter the Pope will visit

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A poster of slain environmentalist Juan López hangs in his home as a state-assigned bodyguard watches over the López family, in Tocoa, Honduras, Dec. 6, 2024. (Credit: Moises Castillo/AP.)

One of the masterminds behind killing of Catholic activist arrested in Honduras

May 22
Eduardo Campos Lima

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US

May 21
Elise Ann Allen

A miner launches a firecracker at police during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Amid major social unrest, Church tries to mediate talks in Bolivia

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Pawtucket Rangers Militia reenactors assemble in an Evacuation Day ceremony marking the 1776 departure of British troops from the city during the American Revolutionary War, March 17, 2026, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Credit: Robert F. Bukaty/AP.)

Boston marks 250 years since British evacuation at Catholic church

Mar 18
Leah Willingham

A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands

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Leah Willingham,
Kimberlee Kruesi

A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Evanston, Ill. (Credit: Erin Hooley/AP.)

Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

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Associated Press

Christian revival at school prompts student walkout in West Virginia

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