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With their playoff slump broken and a pope on their side, the White Sox want more this October

Germany

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’

Sep 29
Charles Collins

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Sep 24
Fionn Shiner

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

German far-right wins state elections after local church’s warnings

Sep 7
Fionn Shiner

The organ of the John Cage organ project is illuminated prior to a ‘sound change’ at the Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, Sept. 5, 2020. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

This cathedral organ will play one composition until 2640

Aug 5
Stefanie Dazio,
David Keyton, Associated Press

Supporters of Spain’s far-right Vox party wave flags during a rally in Murcia, Spain, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

As Europe’s populist right rises, so do clashes with Catholic bishops

Jun 5
Fionn Shiner

An elaborately decorated skeleton stands in the catholic monastery church of Banz in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP.)

Elaborately decorated skeletons in Catholic churches across Bavaria take some visitors by surprise

May 9
Kirsten Grieshaber

View of the Inner Alster, or Binnenalster in Hamburg, Germany Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP.)

‘Vote consciously’: German church launches campaign for crucial regional elections that could see far-right victory

May 7
Fionn Shiner

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Premium article: Tea leaves take on many colors in pope’s response to question on gay blessings

Apr 26
Charles Collins

An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

Germany’s far-right targets church funding

Apr 15
Fionn Shiner

The Cologne Cathedral is seen in Cologne, Germany, July 6, 2004. (Credit: Hermann J. Knippertz/AP.)

Cologne Cathedral, one of Germany’s best-known landmarks, to charge tourists for admission

Mar 6
Associated Press

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