Giovanni Galizia holds the Calendario Romano, a calender that has for two decades been a bestseller in Rome's souvenier shop, as his home in Verona, Italy, on Wednesday, May 20,…
Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” at the Vatican on Monday, May 25,…
Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome for a six-week vacation, July 6, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/Associated Press) Leo has made some significant…
Life-size bronze sculptures of the signers of the U.S. Constitution stand in the Signers’ Hall on July 7, 2016, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (J. Harpaz/Associated Press) “Neither…
Children's drawings are taped up in preparation for the congregation's first walk through of Beth Israel Congregation on Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Jackson, Miss., since it was damaged by…
An Italian peacekeeper sets up a crucifix that was sent by Italy to replace one that was defaced last week by an Israeli soldier in the Christian village of Debel,…
Zen Buddhist priest Roshi Jundo Cohen interacts with AI avatar Emi Jido at his Zen meditation hall in Tsukuba, Japan on Feb. 13, 2026. (Ayaka McGill/Associated Press) Users of the…
Pope Leo XIV, center, flanked by Cameroon’s President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal, meets with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Yaounde Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15,…
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport, Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, on the third day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa.…
Pope Leo XIV meets the Algerian Community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers on Monday, April 13, 2026, the first day of an 11-day apostolic journey…
Ginette Kolinka, a 101-year-old survivor of Auschwitz, smiles after a meeting with pupils in a Paris-region high school in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, outside Paris on March 21, 2026. “‘If I had a…
Corpus Christi Catholic Church youth group members push a float with Jesus during a rehearsal for their Good Friday procession Monday, March 23, 2026, in Miami, Fla. (Marta Lavandier/Associated Press)…
Conductor Harry Christopher, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixtenn present Angels Unawares by James MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at the…
Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boy's Town, Neb., speaks into a microphone at Meiji Stadium in Tokyo on May 28, 1947, during a Japanese Boy Scout Jamboree. At right,…
Joe Moscinski places the final light in the outdoor menorah at Temple Shalom on Dec. 20, 2019 in Auburn, Maine. (Andree/Sun Journal via AP, File)cca Another such attack occurred recently…
Parishioners take part in an offering to a giant Baby Jesus in Mexico City on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Ginnette Riquelma/Associated Press)cca The giant figure arrived this week in Mexico…
The St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral is seen Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in El Cajon, Calif. (Gregory Bull/Associated Press)cca Bishop Emanuel Shaleta pleaded not guilty Monday to 16 felony charges,…
A general view of the Degemar Quarry near Tivoli, Italy, 35 kilometers east of Rome, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, where 17th-century Baroque architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini selected travertine for…
People watch as a crane lifts the upper arm of the cross onto the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, reaching…
Pilgrims leave after they honored the bones of St. Francis during the first public display inside the St. Francis Basilica, marking the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death, in Assisi,…
A view of Milan’s Duomo cathedral at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Antonio Calanni/Associated Press)cca The Bearded Saint with Book was recently restored under…
Faithful attend Ash Wednesday Mass marking the start of the Catholic Lent inside the Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina, Kosovo, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Laura Hasani/Associated Press)cca This year…
Pope Leo XIV, left, arrives, with bishops and cardinals in a penitential procession marking the start of the Catholic Lent, at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, on Wednesday,…
Proposed facility would host rodeos, stock shows and worship events
Christian rapper and influencer Lecrae Devaughn Moore photographed in Atlanta on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Ben Gray/Associated Press)cca Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with…
Rev. Susai Jesu, recently named archbishop of Keewatin-La Pas, gives an interview at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples where he was once a pastor, on July 20,…
FILE – Nekima Levy Armstrong holds up her fist after speaking at an anti-ICE rally for Martin Luther King Jr., Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina…
Portuguese Catholic priest and deejay Guilherme Peixoto, performs during a concert in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, after a Lebanese court rejected a request by a group of Christian…
Pope Leo XIV meets faithfuls at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul XI Hall at the Vatican on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press)cca Cardinal…
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in the Paul XI Hall at the Vatican on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press)cca “War is back in vogue and…
