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Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted following a ceasefire reached between Iran, Israel and the United States, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Israel lifts restrictions at holy sites in Jerusalem after fragile ceasefire announced

Apr 10
Sam Mednick,
Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

Feb 22
Sam Mednick,
Samy Magdy, Associated Press

A Palestinian vendor displays sardines for sale on a street of a local market in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted, Cardinal visits only Catholic church

Dec 19, 2025
Sam Mednick,
Associated Press

Burkina Faso says at least 100 civilians killed in attack

Jun 5, 2021
Sam Mednick

Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict

May 8, 2021
Sam Mednick

Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault

Feb 14, 2021
Sam Mednick

Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso

Feb 17, 2020
Sam Mednick

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

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
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Bishops want kidnapped Nigerian students, teachers returned safely