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Pope Leo XIV visits the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Annaba, Algeria, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the second day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP via Pool.)

Separatists in Cameroon announce a 3-day pause in fighting for pope’s visit

Apr 15
Ngala Killian Chimtom,
Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

People walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting in North Kivu, May 24, 2022. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Islamic State-backed rebels killed 89 people in multiple attacks in eastern Congo, UN says

Nov 22, 2025
Justin Kabumba,
Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.(Credit: Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, Via AP.)

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis

Jul 3
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

Jul 5
Charles Collins

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July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)