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Catholics criticize house arrest request for bishop’s killing suspect in Guatemala

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Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted following a ceasefire reached between Iran, Israel and the United States, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Israel lifts restrictions at holy sites in Jerusalem after fragile ceasefire announced

Apr 10
Sam Mednick,
Associated Press

Bystanders try to comfort and assist a woman as she reacts near the site of a strike that, according to a security official at the scene, destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Pope Leo welcomes ceasefire between US, Israel, and Iran

Apr 8
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV at Saint John Lateran Basilica on April 3, 2026. (Credit: Medichini/AP.)

Peacemaking pope has calls with Ukraine, Israel leaders on Good Friday

Apr 3
Elise Ann Allen

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Credit: Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP.)

Israeli police say new framework aims to ‘enable freedom of worship’ in Jerusalem

Mar 30
Melanie Lidman,
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Vatican on April 24, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Catholic cardinal refused entry to Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Mar 29
Crux Now Staff

Pope opens Holy Week condemning war waged in Jesus’s name

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

Israeli soldiers atop an APC in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

Mar 26
Kareem Chehayeb,
Julia Frankel

Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Oded Balilty/AP.)

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Israeli envoy to Vatican says Iran conflict ‘most just war conceivable’

Mar 18
Elise Ann Allen

In this image provided by Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Feb. 16, 2026, shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s drill in the Persian Gulf on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Credit: Sepahnews via AP.)

Vatican office expresses ‘deep concern’ over stoppage at Straits of Hormuz

Mar 17
Crux Now Staff

A view of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 16, 2026. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Israel steps up campaign in Lebanon; Iran hits near Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Mar 17
Bassem Mroue,
Jamey Keaten, Samy Magdy

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Catholics criticize house arrest request for bishop’s killing suspect in Guatemala

Apr 16
Eduardo Campos Lima

Cameroonians express their over the visit by Pope Leo XVI

Apr 16
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Brazil’s Lula defends Pope Leo in message to Catholics after Trump’s criticism

Apr 16
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Pope in Cameroon offers lesson on ‘love of neighbor’ in global diplomacy

Apr 15
Elise Ann Allen