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This picture, taken Tuesday, April 14, 2026, shows the front pages of some Italian newspapers reporting on comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about Pope Leo XIV, with headlines using words such as “outrage”, “shock attack”, “insult”, and Trump’s schism”. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Vatican visitors slam Trump over attacks on the US-born pope’s message of peace

  • Apr 15
  • Silvia Stellacci, 
    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 Holy Rosary in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 11, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Praying for peace, pope decries repeated ‘violations of international law’

  • Apr 11
  • Elise Ann Allen
Pope Leo XIV at his weekly General Audience in the Vatican on Jan. 7, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope’s Africa odyssey will showcase roots, growth and challenges

  • Apr 11
  • Elise Ann Allen
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church from Lebanon in the Vatican on April 10, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope amplifies criticism of Iran war and says ‘God does not bless any conflict’

  • Apr 10
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press
Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby meets with Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the then-Papal Nuncio, and his team on January 22, 2026, in the Pentagon. (Credit: Pentagon.)

Vatican denies media spin of envoy meeting at the Pentagon

  • Apr 10
  • Elise Ann Allen
Bystanders try to comfort and assist a woman as she reacts near the site of a strike that, according to a security official at the scene, destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Pope Leo welcomes ceasefire between US, Israel, and Iran

  • Apr 8
  • Crux Now Staff
Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope calls Trump threat against Iran ‘unacceptable, immoral’, Trump relents for now

  • Apr 8
  • Elise Ann Allen

Logo and motto announced for Leo XIV’s June 6-12 visit to Spain

  • Apr 7
  • Crux Now Staff

Crux Now Exclusive: Bishop Kukah wants to see the arc of justice bend toward Africa

  • Apr 7
  • Ngala Killian Chimtom

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Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program

  • Apr 21
  • Lindsay Whitehurst, 
    Associated Press

Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?

  • Apr 21
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press

Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip

  • Apr 21
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press

Pope in Saurimo warns God is not a ‘guru’ as locals battle wizardry

  • Apr 20
  • Elise Ann Allen