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Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

US Ambassador sees potential for ‘Catholic Moment’ with Leo

Feb 25
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Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
Christopher R. Altieri

Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

US immigration law ‘not rooted in hate or xenophobia,’ ambassador says

Feb 25
Elise Ann Allen

The Lenten retreat takes place in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A ‘chatbot’ can’t replace angels, Bishop Varden tells Pope Leo, Roman Curia

Feb 26
Charles Collins

Holy See renews call for moratorium on AI weapons-development

Feb 26
Christopher R. Altieri

The Palais des Nations, the main building of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Vatican official tells UN so-called ‘new rights’ can attack religious freedom

Feb 26
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The Lenten retreat takes place in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A ‘chatbot’ can’t replace angels, Bishop Varden tells Pope Leo, Roman Curia

Feb 26
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This picture, taken on Feb. 17, 2023, and released by her family on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, shows AP Rome longtime correspondent Daniela Petroff, who died at 80 at her home in Rome on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: Debbie Simpson via AP, HO.)

Daniela Petroff, AP’s longtime Vatican reporter, dies at 80

Feb 26
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