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Philippine Catholics honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith

Associated Press

Catholics covered in mud and dried banana leaves join the mud people festival on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine Catholics honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith

Jun 24
Joeal Calupitan,
Aaron Favila

Melencio Neuda, center, and other devotees who participated in the mud people festival raise their hands during a mass on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Photos show Philippine Catholics smearing mud on their bodies for festival honoring John the Baptist

Jun 24
Aaron Favila

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status

Jun 24
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV is greeted as he arrives at Pavia, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Credit: Luca Bruno/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV urges Italians to rediscover their faith during prayer before remains of St. Augustine

Jun 20
Nicole Winfield,
Brian Hendrie

The President of the Inter-American Development Bank Ilan Goldfajn speaks to the Associated Press during an interview in Rome, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth mining

Jun 20
David Biller,
Nicole Winfield

Residents return to war-ravaged southern Lebanon with hope and sorrow after the US-Iran deal

Jun 18
Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb

A man sits with a cat outside St. Georges Orthodox Church in the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Two Christian communities navigate life in southern Lebanon, in photos

Jun 17
Hassan Ammar,
Associated Press

This image released by ABC shows Vice President JD Vance with Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on "The View" on June 16, 2026. (Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC via AP.)

Vance says he “strike a balance, of course,” between enforcing laws and treating people appropriately

Jun 17
Meg Kinnard

Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

A Russian barrage in Ukraine kills 11 and damages a landmark cathedral

Jun 16
Hanna Arhirova

A worker adjusts cables during the installation of a new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral that is coming to its final stages in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.)

The 700-year-old St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague inaugurates a new organ

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Philippine Catholics honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith

Jun 24
Joeal Calupitan,
Aaron Favila

Photos show Philippine Catholics smearing mud on their bodies for festival honoring John the Baptist

Jun 24
Aaron Favila

These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status

Jun 24
Nicole Winfield

Vatican says “No” to German bishops’ request for lay homilies

Jun 23
Crux Now Staff

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