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Cameroonians ‘electric’ over visit of Pope Leo XVI

Safiyah Riddle | Crux

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Trump continues his social media attacks on Pope Leo

Apr 15
Crux Now Staff

President Donald Trump outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo and explains his reason for posting much-criticized meme

Apr 14
Will Weissert,
Josh Boak, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets the Algerian Community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, Monday, April 13, 2026, on the first day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump’s unprecedented broadside at the first American pope

Apr 14
David Crary,
Peter Smith, Associated Press

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In Easter letter to cardinals, Leo sets the tone and the agenda

Apr 15
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People greet Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, on the third day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Cameroonians ‘electric’ over visit of Pope Leo XVI

Apr 16
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Bishop Juan José Gerardi. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholics criticize house arrest request for bishop’s killing suspect in Guatemala

Apr 16
Eduardo Campos Lima

Brazil’s Lula defends Pope Leo in message to Catholics after Trump’s criticism

Apr 16
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, center, flanked by Cameroon’s President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal, meets with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Yaounde Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope in Cameroon offers lesson on ‘love of neighbor’ in global diplomacy

Apr 15
Elise Ann Allen

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In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. (Credit: Merkel Family via AP.)

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