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Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Trump administration

Vice President JD Vance waves as he disembarks Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., following a trip to Maine, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP.)

Vance privately addresses Republican Jewish Coalition during tension over Israel and antisemitism

Sep 2
Thomas Beaumont

A text book, shown Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 in Washington, to be used by the Pentagon this fall when they will begin implementing a curriculum that centers on Western civilization and Christianity in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. (Credit: AP Photo.)

US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity

Aug 16
Annie Ma,
Konstantin Toropin

Sister Leticia "Letty" Ugboaja at a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in McAllen, Texas. (Credit: Michael Gonzalez/AP.)

Nun speaks out for first time about being detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas

Jul 26
Valerie Gonzalez,
Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV celebrated America's 250th birthday with U.S. Ambassador Brian Burch, his wife Sara Burch, and their family in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. Department of State.)

Premium article: A ‘teachable moment’: Controversy offers chance to understand U.S.-Holy See relations

Jul 19
Charles Collins

A sign in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Credit: Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP.)

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

May 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

May 14
Peter Smith

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the West Wing of White House in Washington, Thursday April 23, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

Secretary of State Rubio, a Catholic, plans to visit the Vatican

May 5
Matthew Lee

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian discrimination under Biden administration

May 2
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Credit: Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP.)

Archbishop, others support Pakistan efforts to work for peace in Iran

Apr 16
Samy Magdy,
Associated Press

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, appeared on 60 Minutes on CBS on April 12, 2026. (Credit: CBS News.)

Three US cardinals call war on Iran ‘unjust’ and criticize Trump for ‘gamification’ of war

Apr 13
Crux Now Staff

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