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Pope calls for peace, says Christians ‘cannot remain silent’ before war

Mar 22
Elise Ann Allen

Conductor Harry Christopher, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixteen present Angels Unawares byJames MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel for a private concert about angel encounters

Mar 23
David Biller

Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Mar 22
Peter Smith

New laws in two Indian states threaten religious liberty

Mar 23
Nirmala Carvalho

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US sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training

Trisha Thomas | Crux

A soldier inspects an area attacked in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on March 7, 2026. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)

US sends drones to Nigeria to join troops sent for intelligence and training

Mar 24
Monika Pronczuk

Boys Town students hold portraits of Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan outside St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 27, 2012. (Credit: Nati Harnik/AP.)

Pope Leo moves Father Flanagan of Boys Town fame closer to possible sainthood

Mar 24
Peter Smith,
Nicole Winfield

The Old City of Jerusalem in the Holy Land. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Cardinal Pizzaballa says ongoing Middle East conflict stopping regular celebration of Holy Week in Jerusalem

Mar 23
Crux Now Staff

Bangladesh Bishops decline government stipend for Catholic clerics

Mar 23
Stephan Uttom Rozario

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A view of the frescoed vaults of the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

Mar 20
Trisha Thomas

People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it’s inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

Mar 19
Trisha Thomas

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

Mar 10
Trisha Thomas

A restored chapel with Angels depicted on a fresco to the memory of late Italy's King Umberto II is seen inside the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Catholic Church and Italy investigate sacred and profane cherub seemingly modeled on Meloni

Feb 2
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2021. (Credit: Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP.)

The first refugee to lead the UN refugee agency meets the pope

Jan 27
Trisha Thomas,
Associated Press

Natalie Turner and her son Phillip cross the Holy Door in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Final pilgrims cross Holy Door

Jan 6
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

A nun holds up a portrait of Pope Leo XIV where he will meet with bishops, priests, consecrated persons and pastoral workers at the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims

Dec 1, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope strongly backs US bishops on immigration support, urges humane treatment

Nov 19, 2025
Trisha Thomas,
Associated Press

Italian archbishop officiates at funeral for 26 Nigerian women – most without a name

Nov 17, 2017
Trisha Thomas