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‘Our presence is our mission’: Redemptorists from India remain in war-weary Lebanon

Church in Europe

Iceland’s parliament representatives hold a session at the Althingi in Reykjavik, Jan. 8, 2010. (Credit: Brynjar Gauti/AP.)

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

Mar 19
Fionn Shiner

Catholic priests stand together celebrating Mass. (Credit: Amazing Parish.)

Houston summit aims to help priests build parishes for 21st century

Mar 19
Charles Collins

People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it’s inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

Mar 19
Trisha Thomas

Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church at the welcoming ceremony for Pope Francis in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sep. 30, 2016. (Credit: Ivan Sekretarev/AP.)

Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an ‘epochal figure,’ dies at 93

Mar 18
Associated Press

Spanish King Felipe attends commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of Spain’s King Felipe VI at Royal Palace in Madrid, June 19, 2024. (Credit: Juan Medina/Pool Photo via AP.)

Spain’s king acknowledges that the Spanish conquest of the Americas included ‘abuse’

Mar 17
Suman Naishadham

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference, April 7, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP.)

Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

Mar 13
Nicole Winfield

A friar walks in front of the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) mausoleum on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 13, 2019. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

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Contract giving millions to redefine controversial Spanish memorial site emerges amid fierce legal battles

Mar 13
Fionn Shiner

This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, shows the oil-on-canvas painting “Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (16th century). (Credit: Alessio Panunzi and Alberto Novelli/Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Ministero della Cultura via AP.)

Italy buys Caravaggio painting of future Pope for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

Mar 12
Giada Zampano

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

Mar 10
Trisha Thomas

The Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," sits in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Credit: María Teresa Hernández/AP.)

At the convent of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Dominican friars still live, pray and welcome visitors

Mar 10
María Teresa Hernández

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‘Our presence is our mission’: Redemptorists from India remain in war-weary Lebanon

Mar 19
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Pope Leo XIV convokes family ‘summit’ for bishops on 10th anniversary of predecessor’s ‘lightning rod’ document

Mar 19
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Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

Mar 19
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As religious tensions rise, houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

Mar 19
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