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‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

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Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.(Credit: Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, Via AP.)

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Lyra McKee's sister Nichola Corner, center, speaks to the media outside Belfast Crown Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh, and Jordan Gareth Devine have been found not guilty in a non-jury trial of the murder of a journalist Lyra McKee, on July 3, 2026. (Credit: PA via AP.)

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

Jul 4
Brian Melley

Syrian security inspects the site after an explosive device was detonated in a cafe near the main courthouse complex, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 2, 2026 (Credit: Ghaith Alsayed/AP.)

Explosive device goes off in cafe in Syria’s capital, killing at least 9 people

Jul 3
Ghaith Alsayed,
Associated Press

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis

Jul 3
Giovanna Dell'Orto

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

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‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Jul 4
Crux Now Staff

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield