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Footnotes and tea leaves: Pope Leo and Amoris Laetitia

A view of the frescoed vaults of the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

Mar 20
Trisha Thomas

Iceland’s parliament representatives hold a session at the Althingi in Reykjavik, Jan. 8, 2010. (Credit: Brynjar Gauti/AP.)

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

Mar 19
Fionn Shiner

Pope Leo XIV convokes family ‘summit’ for bishops on 10th anniversary of predecessor’s ‘lightning rod’ document

Mar 19
Elise Ann Allen

Cesar Chavez, a farm worker, labor organizer and leader of the California grape strike, is seen in a California works office in 1965. (Credit: George Brich/AP.)

César Chávez, noted for his Catholicism, accused of sexually abusing labor rights leader Dolores Huerta

Mar 19
Fernanda Figueroa

Pope Leo XIV at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on March 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Footnotes and tea leaves: Pope Leo and Amoris Laetitia

Mar 21
Charles Collins

The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Rahmat Gul/AP.)

Supreme Court revives suit from evangelical Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations

Mar 21
Lindsay Whitehurst

Bishop Jennifer Nagel, of the Minneapolis Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, March 20, 2026, after a federal judge ruled that clergy will be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration's enforcement surge in Minnesota. (Credit: Steve Karnowski/AP.)

Federal judge grants injunction allowing clergy visits at Minneapolis ICE holding facility

Mar 21
Steve Karnowski

Yolanda Flores, leader of the Aymara people in Peru, speaks during a press conference for the launch of a Mining Divestment Platform, at the Vatican, Friday, March 20, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican launches campaign to encourage divestment from mining industries

Mar 21
Nicole Winfield

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A view of the frescoed vaults of the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

Mar 20
Trisha Thomas

People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it’s inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Rome’s Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns

Mar 19
Trisha Thomas

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

Mar 10
Trisha Thomas

A restored chapel with Angels depicted on a fresco to the memory of late Italy's King Umberto II is seen inside the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Catholic Church and Italy investigate sacred and profane cherub seemingly modeled on Meloni

Feb 2
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Sept. 23, 2021. (Credit: Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP.)

The first refugee to lead the UN refugee agency meets the pope

Jan 27
Trisha Thomas,
Associated Press

Natalie Turner and her son Phillip cross the Holy Door in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Final pilgrims cross Holy Door

Jan 6
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

A nun holds up a portrait of Pope Leo XIV where he will meet with bishops, priests, consecrated persons and pastoral workers at the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims

Dec 1, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope strongly backs US bishops on immigration support, urges humane treatment

Nov 19, 2025
Trisha Thomas,
Associated Press

Italian archbishop officiates at funeral for 26 Nigerian women – most without a name

Nov 17, 2017
Trisha Thomas