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FILE – Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 1:17 p.m.

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S....

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo will be admitted to hospital Tuesday for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield

October 12, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday in...

Lorena Lopez, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez-Lopez participate in Mass at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Loop on Oct. 3, 2026. After Mass, Cardinal Blase Cupich blessed a delegation, including Ramirez-Lopez, that is traveling to Rome to meet with Pope Leo. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Chicago clergy set to visit Pope Leo to advocate for immigrant detainees: ‘This is a mission from Christ’

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership are scheduled to make a pilgrimage to Rome...

A couple kiss in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope marks the 12th anniversary of his papacy hospitalized but with condition improving

By Associated Press

March 13, 2025 at 7:34 a.m.

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates...

Signage all along an iron fence in support of Gaza outside an encampment at Northwestern University's Deering Meadow is seen on April 26, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Academics in Chicago sound the alarm on ‘viewpoint discrimination’ as government targets student protesters

By Zareen Syed

March 21, 2025 at 12:06 p.m.

Educators and students on edge as Trump administration threatens to deport international students who participated...

Nuns attend a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis follows Vatican spiritual retreat as doctors say he’s no longer in imminent danger

By Nicole Winfield

March 11, 2025 at 8:17 a.m.

Pope Francis participated remotely in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat Tuesday after getting good news from...

A Vatican Swiss guard stands prior to a mass for the world of volunteers led by delegate of Pope Francis Cardinal Michael Czerny in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope following Vatican’s spiritual retreat from afar as he recovers from pneumonia in hospital

By Nicole Winfield

March 10, 2025 at 8:23 a.m.

Pope Francis followed the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference on Monday as he continued...

A wasted life? Not at all, for Uncle Jerry taught me the power of books

By Ron Grossman

March 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Ron Grossman recalls that while his uncle was a bit of a ne'er-do-well, he taught...

Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, delegated by Pope Francis who’s being treated for pneumonia at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, presides over a mass with the pilgrims of the “Movement for Life” in St. Peter’s Basilica at The vatican, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis responding well to pneumonia therapy and showing ‘gradual, slight improvement’

By Nicole Winfield

March 8, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a...

A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads: “Pray for the Prophet.” (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

90,000 Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem

By Imad Isseid

March 7, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians...

Catholic worshippers pray during a prayer of the Rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope Francis hits 3-week mark of hospitalization after giving world a sign of his frailty

By Nicole Winfield

March 7, 2025 at 8:24 a.m.

Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, in stable...

Girls, with ashes on their foreheads, pray during a rosary prayer for Pope Francis’ health in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis rests after peaceful night during third week of hospital treatment for pneumonia

By Nicole Winfield

March 6, 2025 at 8:50 a.m.

Pope Francis was awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week...

Pigeons sits on the statue of Pope John Paul II set outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis in Rome, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The pope has increased his physical therapy and marked the start of Lent in the hospital

By Nicole Winfield

March 5, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to...