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FILE – Migrants react as they arrive at the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, on, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maria Ximena, File)

Pope Leo’s visiting Europe’s migration hot spots. Catholics hope he’ll ease political tensions

June 5, 2026 at 7:54 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints — Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy’s Lampedusa island in...

White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference as Marcos Charles and Rodney Scott, listen, at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’

January 29, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Tom Homan suggested during a news conference Thursday that an immigration drawdown could happen in Minnesota, but only after “cooperation” from state officials.

A person holds up their hands as law enforcement deploys a thick screen of teargas on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting

January 25, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.

Federal agents stand guard, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Minnesota gears up for a mass anti-immigration enforcement protest despite the dangerous cold

January 23, 2026 at 8:45 a.m.

A vast network of labor unions, progressive organizations and clergy has been urging Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and stores Friday to protest against immigration enforcement in the...

This combo shows, from left, cardinal Robert McElroy, cardinal Joseph Tobin and cardinal Blase Cupich. (AP Photo/File)

US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy

January 19, 2026 at 9:02 a.m.

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 of acquiring Greenland...

People protest as law enforcement officers attend to the scene of the shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)

Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good

January 9, 2026 at 6:18 a.m.

Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown.

Mourners place flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Renee Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed in her vehicle in Minneapolis, on Jan. 7, 2026. Good, a resident of Minneapolis, was mourned on Wednesday as a cherished member of the community. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

January 8, 2026 at 6:13 a.m.

An ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist, which federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but the city's mayor said was “reckless."

Dr. Paul Ransom of the British humanitarian medical NGO UK-Med, assisted by local medical staff, treats patients at a field hospital in Muwasi, near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel working on ceasefire plan on eve of Trump meeting. Gaza death toll tops 66,000.

September 28, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

On the eve of meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is working on a new ceasefire plan with the White House,...

Parents await news of their children after a shooting near Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS)

A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people

August 27, 2025 at 9:05 p.m.

Authorities say a shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Minneapolis Catholic church and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school.

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 11, 2025.(Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, and offers a Happy Mother’s Day

May 11, 2025 at 1:03 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.

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