Pope Leo XIV at the Weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square on March 11, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV prays for slain Maronite priest as he is buried in Lebanon

On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV noted the funeral for Father Pierre El Raii, the Maronite priest who was killed on Monday in southern Lebanon.

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The St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral is seen Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in El Cajon, Calif. (Credit: Gregory Bull/AP.)

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Letter to Artists study offers Pope St. John Paul II’s teachings on beauty and creativity as bridges to holiness. (Credit: Endow.)

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Mar 11
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Sri Lankans Catholic priests protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Credit: Eranga Jayawardena/AP.)

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Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.)

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Mar 11
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A woman and young girl displaced from Boko Haram attacks push a cart in Dikwa, Borno province, north east Nigeria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

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Mar 11
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UNIFIL peacekeepers meet civilians waiting to be evacuated in southern Lebanon, March 10, 2026. (Credit: United Nations.)

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Mar 11
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Mar 11
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Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region

Mar 11
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Jihadis intensify attacks against Nigeria’s military, killing officers and carting away weapons

Mar 11
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Christian families flee southern Lebanon due to attacks from Israel

Mar 11
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Christian families flee southern Lebanon due to attacks from Israel

Mar 11
Crux Staff

Justice Department official accused of ethics violations for letter to Georgetown dean

Mar 11
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Pope accepts resignation of US bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes

Mar 10
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The Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," sits in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Credit: María Teresa Hernández/AP.)

At the convent of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Dominican friars still live, pray and welcome visitors

Mar 10
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Three versions of Activision’s Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at Best Buy, in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. (Credit: Paul Sakuma/AP.)

White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage

Mar 10
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Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, left, and from right, Father Paolo Stacchiotti and Cardinal Baldo Reina listen to Pope Leo XIV during a visit to the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

As pope seeks dialogue and diplomacy, 2 US cardinals reject US-Israeli war in Iran

Mar 10
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The shadow of the crucifix surmounting his pastoral staff falls across Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Catholic Lent, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Profound sorrow’ for slain priest, all suffering in Middle East

Mar 10
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Biography explores fascinating life of ‘Father Brown’ actor, cinema great Kenneth More

Mar 10
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Cameroon bishop: Church provides ‘presence of hope’ amid separatist conflict

Mar 9
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Pope Leo XIV decries violence against women, appeals for respect of equal dignity

Mar 8
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Cardinal denounces Trump administration’s ‘gamifying’ of Iran conflict

Mar 8
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Pope names veteran Vatican diplomat as ambassador to the US to manage relations with Trump

Mar 8
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Pope issues fresh appeal for peace as Middle East conflict escalates

Mar 8
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Christian villagers in India uneasy after church vandalized

Mar 7
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Mar 7
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Mar 10
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White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage

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Mar 10
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Mar 10
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Mar 8
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Mar 8
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White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 in Minneapolis. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

Border czar Homan offers to ‘explain’ Trump policy to Pope Leo XIV

Feb 27
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Feb 22
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Senior Italian cardinal’s remarks may be valuable advice for U.S. political hopefuls

Feb 21
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The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025. (Credit: Andy Wong/AP.)

Artificial Intelligence is growing fast, making the Church face new challenges

Feb 19
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a thumbs up as he departs Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, after attending the Munich Security Conference. (Credit: Alex Brandon/Pool photo via AP.)

Rubio’s speech on US-Europe relations finds parallels in Vatican-NATO relations

Feb 16
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Mar 11
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The Lenten retreat takes place in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A ‘chatbot’ can’t replace angels, Bishop Varden tells Pope Leo, Roman Curia

Feb 26
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Pages from the U.S. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline website are arranged for a photograph in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Credit{ Patrick Sison/AP.)

Assisted suicide increases rates of non-medical suicide, statistics show

Feb 25
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In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

Feb 24
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Feb 18
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Pope Leo XIV decries violence against women, appeals for respect of equal dignity

Mar 8
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Cardinal denounces Trump administration’s ‘gamifying’ of Iran conflict

Mar 8
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Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In Lenten meditation, Bishop Erik Varden addresses abuse, corruption

Feb 25
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New US policy on AI threatens industry disruption, puts US at loggerheads with Holy See

Feb 17
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President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Senior U.S. Church leaders call for presidential apology in wake of racist social media post

Feb 10
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