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Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on July 31, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’

Jul 31
Nicole Winfield

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

Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.(Credit: Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, Via AP.)

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

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

Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

Jul 1
Jamey Keaten,
Nicole Winfield

Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

Jun 30
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status

Jun 24
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV is greeted as he arrives at Pavia, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Credit: Luca Bruno/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV urges Italians to rediscover their faith during prayer before remains of St. Augustine

Jun 20
Nicole Winfield,
Brian Hendrie

Premium article: Nepal’s senior churchman raises climate alarm as death toll tops 1300 in Himalayan disaster

Sep 4
Nirmala Carvalho

A golf cart sits near the Colosseum as tourists crowd the surrounding streets in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, highlighting the growing presence of the vehicles in the capital’s historic center as authorities move to curb an industry blamed by critics for worsening congestion, illegal parking, and overtourism. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Reckoning looms for golf carts that zip through Rome’s crowded historic center

Sep 4
David Biller,
Lorenzo Gironacci

Lisbon Patriarch Rui Valério and other officials attend the inauguration of a memorial to the 16 people killed in the derailment and crash of Lisbon's Glória funicular, an iconic streetcar, on the first anniversary of the accident, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Credit: Armando Franca/AP.)

Catholic Patriarch marks year after crash of an iconic Lisbon streetcar

Sep 4
Barry Hatton

Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image

Sep 4
Fionn Shiner

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Nepal’s senior churchman raises climate alarm as death toll tops 1300 in Himalayan disaster

Iglesia del Santuario de Torreciudad. Credit: José Luis Filpo Cabana/Wikimedia.

Spanish bishop renews dispute with Opus Dei over Marian image

Sep 3
Fionn Shiner

Opus Dei responds to bishop’s ‘offensive and unfounded accusation’ in dispute over Marian image

Sep 4
Fionn Shiner

Cardinal Joseph Zen in Hong Kong's Holy Cross Church on May 24, 2022. (Credit: Kin Cheung/AP.)

Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others over protester relief fund

Sep 3
Kanis Leung

This photo provided by Ruth Wang shows her arriving at an airport in Taiwan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Credit: Ruth Wang via AP.)

Lawyer for China’s Zion Church seeks resettlement help while transiting through Taiwan

Sep 3
Kanis Leung,
Huizhong Wu