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Father Nikolaos Vlavianos stands beside an icon of Saint Fanourios, known in Greek as "The Revealer," at the Church of St. Fanourios in Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP.)

For everything from troubled hearts to lost keys, Greeks bake cakes for a wish-granting saint

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Derek Gatopoulos

A monk tends to plants at the Monastery of St. Augustine and Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Trikorfo, about 236 kilometers (147 miles) northwest of Athens, Friday, March 20, 2026. (Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP.)

Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook

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Migrant crisis front and center in pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip

Nov 30, 2021
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Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists aboard the papal flight from Rome to Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, during his apostolic journey to France. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV affirms need for media to cover public figures when asked about Trump ban

Sep 25
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Pope Leo XIV, center, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

Sep 25
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A banner announces the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV in Metz eastern France, Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 as part of his official visit to France from Sept. 26 to 28. (Credit: Pascal Bastien/AP.)

Pope heads to secular France with an appeal to respect the dignity of every human life

Sep 25
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Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

Sep 25
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd at the weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sep. 23, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo remembers Archbishop Fulton Sheen the day before media pioneer’s beatification

Sep 23
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Flag of Poland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded

Sep 24
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Priests from various countries, members of the "Priests Against Genocide" network, carry a shroud bearing the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children whom organizers say were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires were declared, during a demonstration near St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Priests and nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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