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Women and children who were rescued after being held in a forest after they were abducted from the Woro community by gunmen in February receive medical attention at a hospital Ilorin, Nigeria, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Credit: Abubakar Khadijak/AP.)

‘We saw death and suffering’: Dozens of Nigerians freed after 6 months in jihadi captivity

Aug 10
Pelumi Salako

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

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the flight from Metz, France, to Rome, at the end of his four-day visit to France, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’

Sep 28
Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court on Sep. 25, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Mariam Zuhaib/AP.)

Man gets 6 years in prison for taking explosives to church hosting annual Red Mass for justices

Sep 28
Michael Kunzelman

The Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil, in 2020, before controversial renovations by disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

Premium article: Why controversy skipped the Rupnik unveiling in Brazil

Sep 28
Eduardo Campos Lima

Fathers Ubaldo Marchioni, Elia Comini and Martino Capelli. (Credit: Archdiocese of Bologna.)

Three Italian priests killed by Nazis beatified in Bologna

Sep 28
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Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich, left, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, second from right, and Institut Catholique de Paris Rector Emmanuel Petit as he arrives to meet with members of the provincial synodal assembly, catechumens and neophytes at the ICP in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope encourages Catholics in deeply secular France to persevere as Paris shuts down for huge Mass

Sep 26
Nicole Winfield

Bishop Fulton Sheen in New York City on Oct. 26, 1966. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Premium article: The ‘great enigma’ of modern media’s patron, Blessed Fulton Sheen

Sep 27
Charles Collins

Protestors block the Garvaghy road ahead of a Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1 march in the first parade for almost 30 years in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Peter Morrison/PA via AP.)

Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-ahead

Sep 27
Pan Pylas

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Thibault Camus/AP.)

Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

Sep 27
Nicole Winfield