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Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran

VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff Sunday with a call to lay down arms and seek peace through dialogue, departing from the tradition of naming specific g...

DATE: Apr 5, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Denver’s Catholic archdiocese, famously conservative, enters the Leo era

When the helicopter delivering Pope John Paul II to a Catholic youth festival descended into Denver’s Mile High Stadium 32 years ago, the crowd’s roar, the pilot later told papal biographer ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Patriarch who fought for a Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Filaret spent decades seeking independence from Moscow’s religious authority

DATE: Mar 20, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Supreme Court revives suit from Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations

Justices say prior conviction does not bar challenge to future enforcement of protest ordinance

DATE: Mar 20, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown and urged ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Attorney general indicts 30 more people in Minnesota church protest

Bondi accuses group of attacking a house of worship

DATE: Feb 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Ramadan’s first Friday prayers are held at Jerusalem’s Al‑Aqsa Mosque

Cease-fire went into effect in October

DATE: Feb 21, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments posters in classrooms

Appeals court lifts block on law amid questions about religious displays in public schools

DATE: Feb 21, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Journalist charged with federal civil rights crimes in church protest

Lemon, others charged with interfering with rights of worshippers

DATE: Jan 30, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

U.S. cardinals urge a moral compass in foreign policy

ROME – Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats to acqu...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Catholicism declines in Latin America as unaffiliated groups grow

New Pew survey shows rising numbers of adults identifying as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular across six major countries.

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith

Bulgarian to direct Board of Peace for Gaza

JERUSALEM – A former U.N. Mideast envoy has been chosen to direct U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to oversee the cease-fire in Gaza, Israel’s prime minister said Thursday, as at...

DATE: Jan 9, 2026 | CATEGORY: Faith