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Portuguese Catholic priest, Padre Guilherme performs an open-air DJ set at the Plaza de Mayo, honoring the first year anniversary of Pope Francis' passing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Credit: Rodrigo Abd/AP.)

Padre Guilherme hosts rave in Argentina’s capital honoring late Pope Francis

Apr 20
Débora Rey,
Associated Press

People touch a banner bearing an image of Pope Leo XIV in Luanda, Angola, Monday, April 20, 2026. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?

Apr 21
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

Apr 20
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV is cheered by faithful on the occasion of his visit to a nursing home, in Saurimo, Angola, Monday, April 20, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope in Saurimo warns God is not a ‘guru’ as locals battle wizardry

Apr 20
Elise Ann Allen

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Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

Pope Leo XIV's first public event in Equatorial Guinea on April 21, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope visits psychiatric hospital in Equatorial Guinea, urges love over stigma

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, right, upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, on the ninth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope lands in Equatorial Guinea decrying ‘economy that kills’

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the esplanade in front of the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

Pope Leo in Africa remembers Francis’s legacy of mercy

Apr 21
Elise Ann Allen

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Mariam Zuhaib/AP.)

Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program

Apr 21
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Associated Press

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President Donald Trump outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo and explains his reason for posting much-criticized meme

Apr 14
Will Weissert,
Josh Boak, Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on April 12, after leaving Miami. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV, extending feud over Iran war with first American pontiff

Apr 13
Will Weissert,
Josh Boak, Associated Press

At RNC, teen from video of protest slams media ‘war machine’

Aug 26, 2020
Will Weissert

Catholic teen from controversial March for Life video to speak at Republican convention

Aug 25, 2020
Will Weissert