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Debris covers the area of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (Credit: Eli Hartman/AP.)

Parents are divided on whether their girls should return to flood-scarred Camp Mystic in Texas

Dec 23, 2025
Sean Murphy,
Associated Press

The Oklahoma Supreme Court is pictured in the state Capitol building in Oklahoma City, May 19, 2014. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, June 25, 2024, that the approval of the nation’s first state-funded Catholic charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, is unconstitutional. (Credit: Sue Ogrocki/AP.)

Public funds for religious charter school would be unconstitutional, Oklahoma high court says

Jun 26, 2024
Sean Murphy,
Associated Press

Audits of Oklahoma dioceses identify 22 accused clerics

Oct 4, 2019
Sean Murphy

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct.8, 2026, for the annual opening of the academic year at pontifical universities, joining Rome's 22 pontifical institutions and numerous others worldwide. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield

The often barricaded Protestant church of Drumcree stands alone near the town of Portadown, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. (Credit: Adam Butler/AP.)

UK government blocks Northern Ireland march after standoff fueled sectarian tensions

Oct 11
Danica Kirka

Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (Credit: George Walker IV/AP.)

Premium article: Catholics are standing on a scaffold over death: Will we accept the offered coin?

Oct 11
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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

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A sculpture of an angel stands at a memorial for survivors and lives lost to suicide dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Ill., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

First suicide memorial by a US archdiocese signals a compassionate shift by the Catholic Church

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