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Migrants from Syria and Libya in a wooden boat call for help as they are assisted by Spanish NGO Open Arms during a rescue operation inside Malta’s SAR zone south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Death of nearly 8000 migrants in 2025 is ‘nothing short of a tragedy’ says bishop

  • Apr 22
  • Fionn Shiner
Swans sleep outside the gate of the Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Credit: Virginia Mayo/AP.)

Belgium’s Beguinages: Tranquil oases in a world of noise and distraction

  • Apr 19
  • Virginia Mayo, 
    Associated Press
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in Crozon, France, March 2, 2026. (Credit: Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP.)

French government engages in ‘general mobilization’ against pro-life activists

  • Apr 17
  • Fionn Shiner
An election poster of the German far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), right, is attached to a lamppost in front of a giant election poster showing a map of Germany, at the headquarters of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 29, 2025. Slogan reads: ‘Now AfD’. (Credit: Michael Sohn/AP.)

Germany’s far-right targets church funding

  • Apr 15
  • Fionn Shiner
Priests bless believers and their Easter baskets to mark Orthodox Easter, in Pyrohiv, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating Putin’s Easter ceasefire

  • Apr 13
  • Derek Gatopoulos, 
    Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press
People cry as they hold hold photos of their missed relatives as Ukrainian soldiers return from captivity during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP.)

Orthodox Easter truce falters as Ukraine says Russia continues drone strikes

  • Apr 12
  • Derek Gatopoulos, 
    Associated Press
The Spanish flag flies in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Vatican drops investigation against Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse

  • Apr 11
  • Fionn Shiner
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on April 9, 2026. (Credit: Sputnik via AP.)

Russia’s Putin declares a ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter

  • Apr 10
  • Associated Press
Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP.)

Pastors blessing Trump and asking God for war victory was shameful, says Spanish bishop

  • Apr 9
  • Fionn Shiner
A hooded penitent of the Nuestro Padre Jesus del Huerto y San Diego brotherhood participates in a Holy Week procession in Baena, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood’s procession excluded them

  • Apr 4
  • Manu Fernandez, 
    Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

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Death of nearly 8000 migrants in 2025 is ‘nothing short of a tragedy’ says bishop

  • Apr 22
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