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A view of the ancient Roman Colosseum, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

New Colosseum director sets the record straight on plans for sacred area

Oct 27, 2025
David Biller,
Sylvia Stellacci, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

Jul 7, 2025
Dario Artale,
Sylvia Stellacci, Associated Press

Rightwing leader Marine Le Pen and Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella answer journalists as they arrive to visit a market in La Fleche, western France on July. 8, 2026. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

Premium article: Europe goes to the polls — with the rightwing lurking

Oct 10
Fionn Shiner

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

Premium article: Tagle election means less than it may seem

Oct 10
Christopher R. Altieri

Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

Oct 10
John Hanna,
Deepa Bharath, Sarah Rankin

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

Oct 10
Julie Carr Smyth,
Michelle L. Price

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

Premium article: Tagle election means less than it may seem

Oct 10
Christopher R. Altieri

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

Oct 10
Julie Carr Smyth,
Michelle L. Price

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

Oct 9
Luis Andres Henao

Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

Oct 10
John Hanna,
Deepa Bharath, Sarah Rankin

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Europe goes to the polls — with the rightwing lurking