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Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of a meeting with faithful and members of the diocesan charity and welfare organizations in the Church of Sant Agusti in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 10, 2026 (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope visiting ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor

Jun 11
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists aboard the papal flight from Rome to Madrid, Saturday, June 6, 2026, on the occasion of his apostolic journey to Spain. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP via pool.)

Pope acknowledges competition with Bad Bunny in Spain, tells Crux Now about Real Madrid or Barca

Jun 6
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV, left, greets Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah during the presentation of the Pope’s first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” at the Vatican, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity

May 25
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery

May 25
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Credit{ Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25

May 18
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

May 16
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV visits the Città Universitaria (University City) at Sapienza University of Rome to meet with faculty and students at the institution's primary campus, one of the world's oldest and largest universities, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation

May 14
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia

Pope Leo XIV blesses a little girl as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist SSPX

May 13
Nicole Winfield

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican, in Rome, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Credit: Stefano Rellandini/Pool Photo via AP.)

Rubio presses Europe on Iran action as he seeks to mend ties with Italy and Vatican

May 9
Giada Zampano,
Nicole Winfield

A van displaying a sign passes Big Ben as demonstrators both for and against assisted dying hold banners outside Parliament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025, as British lawmakers are set to vote Friday on whether to back a Bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

British archbishop ‘deeply disappointed’ at reintroduction of assisted suicide bill to parliament

Jun 16
Fionn Shiner

Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

A Russian barrage in Ukraine kills 11 and damages a landmark cathedral

Jun 16
Hanna Arhirova

A worker adjusts cables during the installation of a new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral that is coming to its final stages in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.)

The 700-year-old St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague inaugurates a new organ

Jun 16
Karel Janicek

Migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico approach the site where workers are assembling large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Credit: Eric Gay/AP.)

In far West Texas, the threat of land seizures for a border wall has families on edge

Jun 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune,
Associated Press

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With Marine Two in the background, Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Credit: Matt Rourke/AP.)

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A worker adjusts cables during the installation of a new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral that is coming to its final stages in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.)

The 700-year-old St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague inaugurates a new organ

Jun 16
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Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

A Russian barrage in Ukraine kills 11 and damages a landmark cathedral

Jun 16
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