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Pope warns against ‘spiral of violence’ as US attacks Iran

Then-Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2023. (Credit: Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Japanese cardinal says a ‘polite persecution’ faces Christians in Japan

Feb 28
Nirmala Carvalho

In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation

Feb 28
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Vatican removes salty white film coating Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’

Mar 1
Nicole Winfield

Pope warns against ‘spiral of violence’ as US attacks Iran

Mar 1
Elise Ann Allen

Pope warns against ‘spiral of violence’ as US attacks Iran

Mar 1
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican removes salty white film coating Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’

Mar 1
Nicole Winfield

A soldier stands amid pedestrians as his military group patrols a residential area of northern Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 11, 2024. (Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP.)

Bishops to launch initiatives against violence on Ecuador-Colombia border

Mar 1
Eduardo Campos Lima

In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation

Feb 28
Giovanna Dell'Orto

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