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Children’s well-being sacrificed to adults’ sexual whims, new book says

Mar 17, 2018
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Premium article: Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

Jul 6
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Some of seven surface limestone-built tombs, discovered in the Marina-el-Alamein archeological site, as seen west of the city of Alexandria, Egypt. (Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP.)

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

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Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

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Leo XIV’s forward-looking Independence Day remarks channel Cardinal Gibbons

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

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.)

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

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Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

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

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