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Parolin: ‘Deep sorrow’ over SSPX ordinations

Associated Press

Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

Jul 1
Jamey Keaten,
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV meets with cardinals in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on June 26, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV says war ‘never blessed by God’ as he opens meeting of world’s cardinals

Jun 26
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV receives the baseball from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series from former Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. (Credit: Pierzynski on X.)

Pope Leo XIV receives World Series baseball from former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski

Jun 26
Jay Cohen,
Associated Press

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians on the edge of Israel’s occupation live with fear and rising tensions

Jun 25
Sarah El Deeb

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

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