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The Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Premium article: Thousands of diocesan documents stolen in Diocese of Las Cruces; head of Voice of the Laity allegedly involved

May 11
Charles Collins

A new crucifix that was sent by Italy to replace the one that was defaced by Isreali troops in Lebanon. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf/via AP.)

Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

May 12
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Pope Leo XIV speaks to reporters as he leaves the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregoria Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo says there are more important subjects than sexuality, but that won’t stop the conversation

May 12
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Father Anthony Odiong, 57, arrested on 16 July 2024. (Credit: Waco Police.)

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Former Catholic priest sentenced to 24 years in prison for underage rape case in Brazil

Jan 9
Mauricio Savarese,
Associated Press

Father Julio Lancellotti hands food to a homeless person in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 3, 2020. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

Brazilian cardinal orders a popular Catholic priest to go offline following right-wing attacks

Dec 17, 2025
Mauricio Savarese,
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Pope Leo XIV, the Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo, Bishop Robert Prevost, preaches during a Corpus Christi Mass in a stadium in Chiclayo, Peru, on June 19, 2019. (Credit: Julio Reano/AP.)

Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest

May 10, 2025
Mauricio Savarese,
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Brazil’s Lula issues letter to evangelicals to allay concern

Oct 20, 2022
Mauricio Savarese

Brazil’s senate OKs evangelical Bolsonaro ally to top court

Dec 2, 2021
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro baffles evangelicals with top court pick

Oct 3, 2020
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro picks pastor as latest education minister

Jul 11, 2020
Mauricio Savarese

Invasions of Brazilian indigenous land rise under Bolsonaro

Sep 25, 2019
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Dzukou valley near the Manipur-Nagaland border in India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholic archbishop calls for calm after three Baptist ministers killed in northeastern India

May 13
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV blesses a little girl as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist SSPX

May 13
Nicole Winfield

Father Anthony Odiong, 57, arrested on 16 July 2024. (Credit: Waco Police.)

Premium article: Questions abound as sex crimes trial looms for priest in Texas

May 13
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Members of the French parliament in Paris, France, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

France the latest European country to consider assisted suicide

May 12
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