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Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an ‘epochal figure,’ dies at 93

Pope Leo XIV meets with author Gareth Gore in the Vatican on March 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic

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Cardinal Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy at the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ against a cardinal

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A view of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon; Iran hits near Church of the Holy Sepulcher

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President Rodrigo Duterte awards Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia the Order of Sikatuna with the Rank of Datu, the highest recognition given by the Philippine government to foreign ambassadors, Dec. 11, 2019. (Credit: Office of the President.)

New US nuncio Gabriele Caccia brings lessons from Duterte’s Philippines

Mar 18
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Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church at the welcoming ceremony for Pope Francis in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sep. 30, 2016. (Credit: Ivan Sekretarev/AP.)

Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an ‘epochal figure,’ dies at 93

Mar 18
Associated Press

A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (Credit: John Bazemore/AP.)

Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments

Mar 18
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Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Oded Balilty/AP.)

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The Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Effort to legalize assisted suicide rejected by parliament in Scotland

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Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

‘Still shaken’: Trepidation in Venezuela after US captures Maduro

Jan 5
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Mariela Gmez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

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Judge blocks deportation of Indonesian immigrant detained on church grounds

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