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Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump’s unprecedented broadside at the first American pope

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, left, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via AP.)

US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement

Apr 12
Munir Ahmed,
Associated Press

Pakistan police: Mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemy

Dec 4, 2021
Babar Dogar,
Munir Ahmed

Pakistan acquits Christian couple facing death for blasphemy

Jun 3, 2021
Munir Ahmed

Pakistan decries EU parliament’s move on blasphemy laws

May 1, 2021
Munir Ahmed

Pakistan watchdog decries forced conversions, curbs on media

Apr 15, 2019
Munir Ahmed

Pakistani lawyer returns home to defend Christian woman

Jan 28, 2019
Munir Ahmed

Christian woman acquitted in Pakistan to leave country

Nov 1, 2018
Munir Ahmed

Pope Leo XIV meets the Algerian Community in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, Monday, April 13, 2026, on the first day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump’s unprecedented broadside at the first American pope

Apr 14
David Crary,
Peter Smith, Associated Press

President Donald Trump outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2026. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo and explains his reason for posting much-criticized meme

Apr 14
Will Weissert,
Josh Boak, Associated Press

Pope arrives in Algeria as titan for peace

Apr 13
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the El Mouradia Presidential Palace in Algiers, Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Luca Zennaro/Pool Photo via AP.)

Pope calls for peace in Algeria against Iran war’s backdrop

Apr 13
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

En route to Africa, pope says, ‘I don’t fear Trump administration’

Apr 13
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A ‘frank discussion’ is changing the dance card for the US and the Vatican

Apr 13
Charles Collins

DC’s Cardinal McElroy calls Iran war ‘immoral’, calls for action

Apr 12
Christopher R. Altieri

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, appeared on 60 Minutes on CBS on April 12, 2026. (Credit: CBS News.)

Three US cardinals call war on Iran ‘unjust’ and criticize Trump for ‘gamification’ of war

Apr 13
Crux Now Staff