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Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

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Pope visits Rome prison, meets with 70 prisoners for Holy Week

Apr 18
Elise Ann Allen

Origins of the Filet-O-Fish: Created to serve a local Catholic community

Mar 8
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People walk at dusk in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

On the first night of Lent, Pope Francis has a restful night

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Francis sends Lenten message on migration

Mar 4
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes part in a plenary during the Securing our Future Summit on Ukraine and European security at Lancaster House in London, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Credit: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Archbishop Broglio calls for ‘courageous negotiations’ to secure peace in Ukraine

Mar 4
John Lavenburg

Pope Francis leads the praying of the Via Crucis at Rome's Colosseum on April 15, 2022. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

For second year in a row, pope skips Good Friday Via Crucis

Mar 29, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis kisses a crucifix during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 7, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

On Good Friday, papal preacher says Jesus died for everyone, none excluded

Mar 29, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 inmates at Rome's Casa Circondariale Femminile di Rebibbia women's prison during his Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper on March 28, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot.)

Pope washes the feet of 12 women during Holy Thursday Mass

Mar 28, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Servers carry an urn of sacred oil during Pope Francis's Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 6, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope during Holy Week urges Catholics to feel a little more ‘guilt’

Mar 28, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Myanmar Cardinal Charles Bo in Rome Nov. 17, 2017. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

At the start of Holy Week, Cardinal Bo laments ‘devastating toll of conflict’

Mar 25, 2024
Nirmala Carvalho

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Pope Leo XIV calls Cardinal Pizzaballa about attack on Gaza church

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