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Aerial view of Mombasa in Kenya

At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya

Oct 3
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Father Giacomo Costa, consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod, from left, Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and Orietta Rachele Grazioli, a professor of canon and comparative family law, attend a news conference presenting Pope Leo XIV's meeting with the heads of the Eastern Churches and the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences, at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Father Giacomo Costa, consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod, from left, Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and Orietta Rachele Grazioli, a professor of canon and comparative family law, attend a news conference presenting Pope Leo XIV's meeting with the heads of the Eastern Churches and the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences, at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo seeks status update of Francis’s divisive look at divorced and remarried Catholics

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in Quantico, Va. (Credit: Alex Wong/Pool Photo via AP.)

Pete Hegseth creates a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him

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At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya