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Razed homes are seen a day after an attack that left dozens dead in the Muslim-majority village of Woro, Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2026. (Credit: Pelumi Salako/AP.)

In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up

Feb 7
Pelumi Salako,
Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

Freed church worshipers who were abducted by gunmen in Kurmin Wali, applaud upon their arrival at the state government house in Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Credit: Abel Omotosho/AP.)

What to know after scores were killed in Nigeria while abducted Christians came home

Feb 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

Burned homes and tools stand on an ash covered ground, days after an attack in the village of Woro, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Credit: Musa Salim/AP.)

Nigeria sets up new military operation after deadly attack, while abducted Christians return home

Feb 6
Ope Adetayo,
Associated Press

People visit the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Credit: Tunde Omolehin/AP.)

Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

Dec 27, 2025
Ope Adetayo,
Tunde Omolehin, Associated Press

Precious Njikonye, center, the mother of a student at St. Mary's Catholic School, who was abducted by gunmen and later released, sits outside her house in Papiri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Credit: Afolabi Sotunde/AP.)

‘They said they’d shoot us’: Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction

Dec 11, 2025
Ope Adetayo,
Afolabi Sotunde, Associated Press

Police and government officials walk past St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School where gunmen on Friday abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, on Nov. 25, 2025. (Credit: Yunusa Umar/AP.)

Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren

Nov 27, 2025
Yunusa Umar,
Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

A vendor display local newspapers on the street of Lagos with headlines of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, where gunmen on Monday attacked the school dormitory, abducted schoolgirls, in Kebbi Nigeria, Wednesday, Nov. 19 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

24 schoolgirls abducted from Catholic school in Nigeria have been rescued, president says

Nov 26, 2025
Tunde Omolehin,
Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Oct 18
Colleen Barry,
Trisha Thomas

Pope Leo XIV, followed by surgeon Stefano Margaritora, leaves Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, after Tuesday's surgery to remove lung cancer. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo returns to the Vatican 4 days after lung cancer surgery

Oct 17
Colleen Barry

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of Pope St. John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis

Oct 17
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of Pope St. John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis

Oct 17
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Majestic Valley Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Kalispell, Mont. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Catholic support for Trump is declining, but is it just part of a national trend?

Oct 16
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Oct 18
Colleen Barry,
Trisha Thomas