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Milan's mayor Giuseppe Sala attends the Olympic cauldron lighting in front of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome on. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

US sending ICE unit to Olympics for security, prompting concern and confusion in Italy

January 27, 2026 at 11:31 a.m.

News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be part of the security detail during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy.

Pope Leo XIV waves to faithful before presiding over special mass for the Jubilee of the poor, in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday, Nov.16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo strongly backs US bishops in blasting Trump immigration crackdown, urges humane treatment

November 18, 2025 at 6:52 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Pope Francis gestures as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope arrives home at Vatican after 5-week hospital stay to beat life-threatening bout of pneumonia

March 23, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

A weak and frail Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican from the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, making a surprise stop at his...

People attend a rosary prayer service held for the health of Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pope Francis sits upright in an armchair as Argentines in Rome pray for his recovery

February 26, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

Pope Francis was sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia Wednesday, the Vatican said, as Argentines, Romans and others kept up the steady stream of prayers for his recovery.

Faithful pray outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Pope Francis resting as Argentines in Rome pray for his recovery

February 26, 2025 at 7:06 a.m.

Pope Francis was sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia Wednesday, the Vatican said, as Argentines, Romans and others kept up the steady stream of prayers for his recovery.

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