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Pope Leo says Catholic Church ‘does not tolerate’ anti-Semitism

Mike Mastromatteo | Crux

Friend offers intimate portrait of Pope Leo in new book

Oct 28
Elise Ann Allen

Police tape blocks the door of the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. (Credit: Josh Funk/AP.)

Man pleads guilty to killing Catholic priest who was stabbed in his rectory in Nebraska

Oct 29
Josh Funk,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by Cardinal Jose Tolentino de Mendonca, right, shows the apostolic letter on education before celebrating a Mass for the opening of the academic year of the Pontifical University and for the Jubilee of the Educational World in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.(Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives

Oct 28
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks at his General Audience in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Oct. 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says Catholic Church ‘does not tolerate’ anti-Semitism

Oct 29
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV speaks at his General Audience in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Oct. 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says Catholic Church ‘does not tolerate’ anti-Semitism

Oct 29
Charles Collins

People from various faiths including Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Srinagar on October 29, 2017. (Credit: AP.)

Protestants attacked in Jammu and Kashmir state in India

Oct 29
Nirmala Carvalho

Police tape blocks the door of the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. (Credit: Josh Funk/AP.)

Man pleads guilty to killing Catholic priest who was stabbed in his rectory in Nebraska

Oct 29
Josh Funk,
Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, Cardinal Michael Czerny poses for portraits during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Catholics in Bangladesh hope cardinal will bring Vatican attention to country

Oct 29
Stephan Uttom Rozario

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