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Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

Pope Francis

Leo XIV publishes first major document of pontificate

Oct 9
Crux Staff

New book captures Leo’s three-step approach to predecessor’s controversial legacy

Sep 14
John L. Allen Jr.

Pope hints at Lampedusa visit in strong echo of Francis on migrants and refugees

Sep 13
Crux Staff

Pope Leo inaugurates eco-center in continuity with Francis’s vision in ‘Laudato si”

Sep 6
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to hold a Pentecost vigil in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Saturday, June 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV ‘seems to be enjoying’ the papacy

Aug 20
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to hold a Pentecost vigil in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Saturday, June 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

100 days of Pope Leo XIV: a calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus

Aug 16
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

St. Peter's Square as seen from St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Reflections on the last 12 years, and what still needs to be done

Aug 10
Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

Jul 6
Charles Collins

Nuns stand next to copies of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Reviving tradition, Pope Leo to spend July break at Castel Gandolfo

Jun 17
John L. Allen Jr.

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Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

Oct 17
Brian Melley,
Associated Press

Pope Leo receives a purebred Arabian horse

Oct 16
Crux Staff

Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger

Oct 16
Giada Zampano,
Associated Press

Vatican report says clergy sex abuse victims need reparations and tangible sanctions to heal

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press