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July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)
Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)
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Premium article: July 4 weekend highlighted Leo’s complex relationship with his homeland(s)

As the United States celebrated its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV visited the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See in Rome. The first American pope has had a complicated relationship with his homeland.

  • Jul 5
  • Charles Collins

‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

  • Jul 4
  • Crux Now Staff
Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.(Credit: Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, Via AP.)

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield, 
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Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield
Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield
Lyra McKee's sister Nichola Corner, center, speaks to the media outside Belfast Crown Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh, and Jordan Gareth Devine have been found not guilty in a non-jury trial of the murder of a journalist Lyra McKee, on July 3, 2026. (Credit: PA via AP.)

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

  • Jul 4
  • Brian Melley

Premium article: Filipino interfaith group seeks impartial justice amid Marcos-Duterte rift

  • Jul 3
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield
Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

  • Jul 4
  • Nicole Winfield
Lyra McKee's sister Nichola Corner, center, speaks to the media outside Belfast Crown Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh, and Jordan Gareth Devine have been found not guilty in a non-jury trial of the murder of a journalist Lyra McKee, on July 3, 2026. (Credit: PA via AP.)

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

  • Jul 4
  • Brian Melley

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  • Jul 3
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  • Jul 3
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  • Jul 3
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Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis

  • Jul 3
  • Giovanna Dell'Orto

DDF issues guidelines for return of SSPX clergy, laity to communion

  • Jul 2
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Schismatic Spanish nuns could get 12 years for mistreatment of elderly sisters

  • Jul 2
  • Fionn Shiner

US budget cuts endanger protection to migrants in Guatemala, say Church officials

  • Jul 2
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Premium article: Church calls for reconciliation in politically divided, polarized Colombia

  • Jul 2
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SSPX declared schismatic, clerics excommunicated

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Assisted suicide bill clears lower house for third time in France

  • Jul 1
  • Fionn Shiner

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Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

  • Jul 1
  • Jamey Keaten, 
    Nicole Winfield

Pope appoints woman to head development dicastery

  • Jun 30
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Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

  • Jun 30
  • Nicole Winfield

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Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Ambassador to to the Holy See Brian Burch and his wife, Sara, and their children, in the ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on July 4, 2026. (Credit: U.S. State Department.)

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  • Jul 5
  • Charles Collins

Premium article: Leo XIV’s Sts. Peter and Paul celebration sends subtle hints about ‘Synodality’

  • Jun 29
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Pope Leo XIV closes the extraordinary consistory in the Vatican on June 27, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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  • Jun 28
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Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves Pavia’s Cathedral, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Credit: Antonio Calanni/AP.)

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  • Jun 21
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  • May 26
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  • May 26
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  • May 24
  • Charles Collins

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Pope returns to Rome on Spanish royal jet after tech issue grounds plane

  • Jun 12
  • Elise Ann Allen

Leo XIV to human traffickers: ‘Repent!’

  • Jun 12
  • Elise Ann Allen

In Canary Islands, pope puts a spotlight on tragedies of migration

  • Jun 11
  • Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo inaugurates new tower of Spain’s famed Sagrada Familia

  • Jun 10
  • Elise Ann Allen

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  • Jun 10
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DDF issues guidelines for return of SSPX clergy, laity to communion

  • Jul 2
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SSPX declared schismatic, clerics excommunicated

  • Jul 2
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  • Jun 8
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Odiong sentenced to life in prison, but questions remain over Church handling of case

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  • May 30
  • Christopher R. Altieri

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  4. Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

  5. Premium article: Filipino interfaith group seeks impartial justice amid Marcos-Duterte rift

Schismatic Spanish nuns could get 12 years for mistreatment of elderly sisters

  • Jul 2
  • Fionn Shiner

US budget cuts endanger protection to migrants in Guatemala, say Church officials

  • Jul 2
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Premium article: Church calls for reconciliation in politically divided, polarized Colombia

  • Jul 2
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

SSPX declared schismatic, clerics excommunicated

  • Jul 2
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Young leaders from across Asia gather to champion justice, human rights and solidarity

  • Jul 2
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

Parolin: ‘Deep sorrow’ over SSPX ordinations

  • Jul 1
  • Crux Now Staff

Assisted suicide bill clears lower house for third time in France

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  • Fionn Shiner

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  • Jamey Keaten, 
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