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German Catholics’ spiritual conviction tested, says prominent lay leader

Mar 20, 2019
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Cardinal Marx: Church must have serious debate on celibacy, role of women

Mar 15, 2019
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Austrian Catholics start year of celebrations for Emperor Maximilian

Jan 9, 2019
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Finnish bishop remains hospitalized with serious head injury after fall

Jan 4, 2019
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

German cardinal urges change in tradition ahead of celibacy discussion

Jan 4, 2019
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Catholics lead effort that paved way for law on aid to Mideast Christians

Dec 20, 2018
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Postwar orphans were victims of German clergy abuse

Dec 14, 2018
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

German prosecutors launch crackdown on Church sex abuse

Dec 7, 2018
Zita Ballinger Fletcher

Berlin Archdiocese hosts banquet for the poor

Nov 20, 2018
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Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, on June 2, 2025. (Credit: AP photo.)

Pope Leo calls for dialogue to solve the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia

Sep 30
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Chicago White Sox's Chase Meidroth (10) celebrates with Kyle Teel (8) after scoring off a 2-run single hit by by Sam Antonacci during the second inning in Game 1 of baseball's American League Wild Card Series against the Houston Astros, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Houston. (Credit: Karen Warren/AP.)

White Sox receive a letter from Pope Leo XIV before winning playoff opener

Sep 30
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American actor Lou Ferrigno, left, attends Pope Leo XIV's weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Hulk star Lou Ferrigno fulfils childhood dream meeting with Pope Leo XIV

Sep 30
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Archbishop Gilbert Garcera, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, speaks at a Mass marking the canonical erection of the Diocese of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, Aug. 7, 2026. (Credit: CBCP News.)

Filipino bishops back signature drive to ban political dynasties

Sep 29
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Pope Leo calls for dialogue to solve the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia

Pope Leo XIV next to Vatican Press Officer Matteo Bruni on the papal plane from Metz, France, to Rome, Italy, on Sep. 28, 2026. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

Pope Leo says German far right’s views on Christianity ‘not authentic’

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People enter the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire basilica in Lourdes, southwestern France, Tuesday Sept. 8, 2026 . (Credit: Fred Scheiber/AP.)

‘This brought me reconciliation’: Abuse survivors praise Sunday’s meeting with Pope Leo

Sep 28
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Fathers Ubaldo Marchioni, Elia Comini and Martino Capelli. (Credit: Archdiocese of Bologna.)

Three Italian priests killed by Nazis beatified in Bologna

Sep 28
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nation headquarters in New York on Sep. 26, 2026. (Credit: Heather Khalifa/AP.)

Premium article: At the United Nations, the Vatican rejects ‘The Art of The Deal’

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