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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.)

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

A speech by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlights how the MAGA movement is affecting Republicans, and if there really is a “Catholic moment” in U.S. politics.

Feb 16
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The entrance to the "Ultra Visibilia" exhibition on St. Peter's Terrace is shown on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the dedication of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican expands visitor experience at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 400th anniversary

Feb 16
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Catholics pray the rosary while a priest marks people’s foreheads with ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Church of the Divine Child in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a period of fasting, reflection — and fish fries

Feb 16
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Newly elected Tarique Rahman greets supporters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 14, 2026. (Credit: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP.)

Catholics in Bangladesh praise peaceful elections for new parliament

Feb 16
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Pope makes first visit to Roman parish, issuing call to humility and peace

Feb 15
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Pope Leo prays for Madagascar, observes Lunar New Year

Feb 15
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Vice President Sara Duterte leads the year-end celebration of the Office of the Vice President, in this photo posted on her Facebook account, Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino priests & religious working to see VP Sara Duterte impeached

Feb 13
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Newly elected Tarique Rahman greets supporters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 14, 2026. (Credit: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP.)

Catholics in Bangladesh praise peaceful elections for new parliament

Feb 16
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Pope makes first visit to Roman parish, issuing call to humility and peace

Feb 15
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo prays for Madagascar, observes Lunar New Year

Feb 15
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Vice President Sara Duterte leads the year-end celebration of the Office of the Vice President, in this photo posted on her Facebook account, Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino priests & religious working to see VP Sara Duterte impeached

Feb 13
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Filipino priests & religious working to see VP Sara Duterte impeached

Feb 13
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

During the Winter Games, some Milan churches are teaching Olympic values to thousands of kids

Feb 13
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Vatican extends olive branch to breakaway SSPX society

Feb 12
Elise Ann Allen

US will send troops to Nigeria to train the military to fight extremism

Feb 12
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Journalists attend the press preview of the exhibition "Bernini and the Barberini" at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Feb. 11, 2026, with the marble statues from The Four Seasons cycle by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini on display. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

Feb 12
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Conservative Catholic member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

Feb 12
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Catholics in Colombia bringing relief to thousands affected by floods

Feb 12
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV: Audience appeals for Colombian flood victims, sick & suffering worldwide, European unity

Feb 11
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Believers attend an Orthodox service for the “sanctification of honey” at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, on Feb. 10, 2026. (Credit: Valentina Petrova/AP.)

Bulgarians pray for bees and bless honey on St. Haralambos Day

Feb 11
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This photo provided by Kelvin Worthey Jr. shows Christian rapper Childlike CiCi performing on Oct. 12, 2025. (Credit: Kelvin Worthey Jr./Kashvision Multimedia & Broadcasting LLC via AP.)

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Feb 11
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Peruvian prelate pioneering prison reform calls for social development

Feb 11
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The “Cross of Athletes” is seen during a Mass at the Basilica of San Babila, known as the Church of Athletes during the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2026. The cross travels to Olympic host cities as a symbol of faith, unity, and the values of sport. (Credit: María Teresa Hernandez/AP.)

Catholic cross like no other is a beacon of unity in Olympic host city Milan

Feb 10
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Associated Press

Priest arrested during pensioners protest in Argentina

Feb 10
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Pope Leo uses Winter Olympics to define Church’s relationship with sport

Feb 10
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV warns Madrid’s priests that faith can be instrumentalized or relegated amid political uncertainty

Feb 10
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Feb 10
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Journalists attend the press preview of the exhibition "Bernini and the Barberini" at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Feb. 11, 2026, with the marble statues from The Four Seasons cycle by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini on display. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

Feb 12
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Conservative Catholic member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

Feb 12
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Catholics in Colombia bringing relief to thousands affected by floods

Feb 12
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV: Audience appeals for Colombian flood victims, sick & suffering worldwide, European unity

Feb 11
Crux Staff

Believers attend an Orthodox service for the “sanctification of honey” at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, on Feb. 10, 2026. (Credit: Valentina Petrova/AP.)

Bulgarians pray for bees and bless honey on St. Haralambos Day

Feb 11
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This photo provided by Kelvin Worthey Jr. shows Christian rapper Childlike CiCi performing on Oct. 12, 2025. (Credit: Kelvin Worthey Jr./Kashvision Multimedia & Broadcasting LLC via AP.)

Emerging artists making rap, Afrobeats and R&B music push Christian genre boundaries

Feb 11
Charlotte Kramon,
Associated Press

Peruvian prelate pioneering prison reform calls for social development

Feb 11
Elise Ann Allen

Catholic cross like no other is a beacon of unity in Olympic host city Milan

Feb 10
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Associated Press

Priest arrested during pensioners protest in Argentina

Feb 10
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Pope Leo XIV warns Madrid’s priests that faith can be instrumentalized or relegated amid political uncertainty

Feb 10
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Pope John Paul II gives the noon blessing in Perugia, Italy, October 26, 1986. (Credit: Gianni Foggia/Associated Press.)

Leo wasn’t contradicting John Paul II on ‘pro-life,’ he was echoing him

Nov 15, 2025
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Unless you’re American, Pope’s comments on ‘pro-life’ were just common sense

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Rapid aging of society creates potential ‘boom cycle’ for Catholicism

Oct 4, 2025
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Pope Leo channels his inner Benedict XVI by extolling ‘healthy secularism’

Sep 30, 2025
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Expert says Pope’s Crux interview reflects ‘authenticity’ in dealing with sex abuse

Sep 29, 2025
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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
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV signs a baseball in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience June 4, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo uses Winter Olympics to define Church’s relationship with sport

Feb 10
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV receives officials of the Tribunal of Roman Rota for the inauguration of their judicial year in the Vatican on Jan. 26, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says the Catholic Church cannot ‘relativize’ its teaching on marriage

Jan 27
Charles Collins

A van displaying a sign passes Big Ben as demonstrators both for and against assisted dying hold banners outside Parliament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025, as British lawmakers are set to vote Friday on whether to back a Bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. (Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.)

Assisted Suicide bill opposed by Catholic bishops in Wales

Jan 16
Charles Collins

Australian Cardinal George Pell in Rome on May 20, 2021. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Cardinal Pell is three years dead, but ‘Demos’ lives

Jan 10
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Pope makes first visit to Roman parish, issuing call to humility and peace

Feb 15
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Pope Leo prays for Madagascar, observes Lunar New Year

Feb 15
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican extends olive branch to breakaway SSPX society

Feb 12
Elise Ann Allen

Peruvian prelate pioneering prison reform calls for social development

Feb 11
Elise Ann Allen

Bishop Jorge Izaguirre laughs with Pope Leo during a lunch with Peruvian bishops Jan. 29, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Peru bishop expects papal visit, touts Leo’s vision of synodality

Feb 9
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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
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope receives Courage International leadership delegation

Feb 7
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Leo XIV’s remarks to Doctrine office give subtle signals

Feb 1
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Father John Wauck blesses the coffin of John L. Allen Jr. on Jan. 26, 2026, in Sant’Eugenio basilica in Rome. (Credit: YouTube.)

Funeral held in Rome for John L. Allen Jr., founding editor-in-chief of Crux

Jan 27
Christopher R. Altieri

Consistory documents show cardinals cautious at start of Leo XIV’s reign

Jan 19
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