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Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, left, and from right, Father Paolo Stacchiotti and Cardinal Baldo Reina listen to Pope Leo XIV during a visit to the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

As pope seeks dialogue and diplomacy, 2 US cardinals reject US-Israeli war in Iran

by Nicole Winfield, AP March 10, 2026

Pope names veteran Vatican diplomat as ambassador to the US to manage relations with Trump

by Nicole Winfield, AP March 8, 2026

The sculpted bust inside the Basilica of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy, which, in light of the new studies by Italian researcher Valentina Salerno, may be reattributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in Europe

Claims of ‘rediscovered’ Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts

by Nicole Winfield, AP March 5, 2026

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

by Nicole Winfield, AP March 1, 2026

This picture, taken on Feb. 17, 2023, and released by her family on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, shows AP Rome longtime correspondent Daniela Petroff, who died at 80 at her home in Rome on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Credit: Debbie Simpson via AP, HO.)

Daniela Petroff, AP’s longtime Vatican reporter, dies at 80

by Nicole Winfield, AP, Colleen Barry, AP and Associated Press February 26, 2026

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

Pope Leo will visit 4 African countries as part of his packed 2026 travel plan

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press February 25, 2026

Pilgrims leave after they honored the bones of St. Francis during the first public display inside the St. Francis Basilica, marking the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.(Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in Europe

Display of St. Francis of Assisi’s bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians

by Nicole Winfield, AP, Gregorio Borgia and Associated Press February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Journalists record the remains of Francis of Assisi inside the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, on the eve of a public exposition beginning Feb. 22 to mark the 800th anniversary of his death in 1226. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in Europe

The bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press February 22, 2026

The shadow of the crucifix surmounting his pastoral staff falls across Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Catholic Lent, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press February 20, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for his open-air weekly general audience, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

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