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Push to require clergy to report abuse stalls in Utah

Mar 2, 2023
Sam Metz

Premium article: Passing of Italy’s Card. Ruini marks end of an era

Jun 17
Christopher R. Altieri

(Credit: Father Diego Bulfoni.)

World Cup sticker craze helps Latin American parishes teach solidarity

Jun 17
Eduardo Campos Lima

A man sits with a cat outside St. Georges Orthodox Church in the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Two Christian communities navigate life in southern Lebanon, in photos

Jun 17
Hassan Ammar,
Associated Press

This image released by ABC shows Vice President JD Vance with Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on "The View" on June 16, 2026. (Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC via AP.)

Vance says he “strike a balance, of course,” between enforcing laws and treating people appropriately

Jun 17
Meg Kinnard

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Passing of Italy’s Card. Ruini marks end of an era

With Marine Two in the background, Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Credit: Matt Rourke/AP.)

JD Vance writes of journey to Catholicism in ‘Communion,’ his first book since ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Jun 16
Meg Kinnard,
Mike Catalini

Bishop of newest diocese in Bangladesh takes the long view

Jun 15
Stephan Uttom Rozario

A worker adjusts cables during the installation of a new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral that is coming to its final stages in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.)

The 700-year-old St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague inaugurates a new organ

Jun 16
Karel Janicek

Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

A Russian barrage in Ukraine kills 11 and damages a landmark cathedral

Jun 16
Hanna Arhirova