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Bishop in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says violence giving ‘temptation to give up’

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he leaves at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s chief legal expert

Mar 25
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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

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo calls for French bishops to ‘generously include’ those attached to Traditional Latin Mass

Mar 25
Charles Collins

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

Displaced people who fled the war between FARDC and M23 rebels return to their homes in Luvungi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 13, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Bishop in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says violence giving ‘temptation to give up’

Mar 26
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Spanish woman to undergo euthanasia after fierce legal battle with her father

Mar 26
Fionn Shiner

A man inspects a burned military vehicle following a late Tuesday ambush by armed militants in Shanga, Kebbi, northern Nigeria, on March 25, 2026. (Credit: Kebbi State Government via AP.)

Militants in northern Nigeria kill 10 security forces and 1 resident, officials say

Mar 26
Dyepkazah Shibayan

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’

Mar 26
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