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Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status

Jun 24
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV is greeted as he arrives at Pavia, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Credit: Luca Bruno/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV urges Italians to rediscover their faith during prayer before remains of St. Augustine

Jun 20
Nicole Winfield,
Brian Hendrie

The President of the Inter-American Development Bank Ilan Goldfajn speaks to the Associated Press during an interview in Rome, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth mining

Jun 20
David Biller,
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of a meeting with faithful and members of the diocesan charity and welfare organizations in the Church of Sant Agusti in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 10, 2026 (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope visiting ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor

Jun 11
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists aboard the papal flight from Rome to Madrid, Saturday, June 6, 2026, on the occasion of his apostolic journey to Spain. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP via pool.)

Pope acknowledges competition with Bad Bunny in Spain, tells Crux Now about Real Madrid or Barca

Jun 6
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV, left, greets Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah during the presentation of the Pope’s first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” at the Vatican, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity

May 25
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See’s own role in legitimizing slavery

May 25
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Credit{ Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff’s AI encyclical on May 25

May 18
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

May 16
Nicole Winfield

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu attends an ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP.)

Bishops want kidnapped Nigerian students, teachers returned safely

Jun 27
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Church relief organizations respond to Venezuela quakes, urge international solidarity

Jun 26
Crux Now Staff

Catholic missionaries abducted in Cameroon, then released

Jun 26
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy after nearly a year behind bars

Jun 26
Nirmala Carvalho

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Bishops want kidnapped Nigerian students, teachers returned safely

Pope Leo XIV meets with cardinals in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on June 26, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV says war ‘never blessed by God’ as he opens meeting of world’s cardinals

Jun 26
Associated Press

Premium article: JD Vance wants better US-Vatican relations, but is he the man to build the relationship?

Jun 25
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV receives the baseball from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series from former Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. (Credit: Pierzynski on X.)

Pope Leo XIV receives World Series baseball from former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski

Jun 26
Jay Cohen,
Associated Press

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians on the edge of Israel’s occupation live with fear and rising tensions

Jun 25
Sarah El Deeb