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Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images (GAZA) — Gaza’s small Catholic community is mourning the death of Pope Francis, who maintained daily contact with local church leaders throughout the ongoing conflict, the parish priest of the region’s only [Read More…]

(LONDON) — A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled much of Turkey Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at a depth of just 6.2 miles with the epicenter of the [Read More…]

Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis marked multiple firsts for the papacy, becoming the first Latin American pope and the first from the Southern Hemisphere when elected in 2013. He was also [Read More…]

Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images (TATAKOTO, FRENCH POLYNESIA) — A possible “biological treasure chest” of corals located in an underwater lagoon off a remote island in the South Pacific appear to be surviving extreme heat stress caused [Read More…]

ABC News (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis’ death is bringing renewed attention to his historic virtual town hall in 2015, during which he connected with followers via satellite, demonstrating how modern technology can bridge distances [Read More…]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR) — The government of El Salvador on Monday rejected a request from four Democratic lawmakers to visit wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The lawmakers were trying to arrange [Read More…]

Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The question looming on many minds around the world following the death of Pope Francis on Monday is who will become the next leader of the [Read More…]

Buda Mendes/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis, one of the more progressive pontiff’s in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed. Francis’ [Read More…]

Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis’ death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is [Read More…]

Arturo Mari – Vatican Pool/ Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The process by which a new pope is elected has undergone numerous changes in the nearly two millennia that the Catholic Church has existed, with [Read More…]

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Who was the very first pope? How many popes have there been? Has anyone ever refused the office? For an institution that has existed for nearly 2,000 years, most [Read More…]

Franco Origlia/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at [Read More…]

Franco Origlia/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis made a short and unannounced visit Saturday to St. Peter’s Basilica to pray before this evening’s Easter vigil and greet some of the faithful present. The 88-year-old [Read More…]

(Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an “Easter truce” in the war in Ukraine on Saturday, saying that the Russian side will cease military action from 6 p.m. local Saturday [Read More…]

David Barnes appears in court in Russia on Feb. 13, 2024. Via ABC News. (LONDON) — American David Barnes’ appeal to be released from a Russian detention center has been denied, causing prosecutors in Moscow [Read More…]

Thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel continue to return to their lands in the north from the south with their vehicles in Gaza on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) [Read More…]

Marco Iacobucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis arrived on Thursday for a meet-and-greet with inmates at a prison in Rome amid the Catholic Holy Week, making a public appearance for [Read More…]

State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images LONDON — Three people, including a child, were killed in a “massive” Russian drone strike overnight on Dnipro, Ukraine, the local governor said. “Thirty people were injured, [Read More…]

Diaa Ostaz/ABC News (GAZA) — Since the end of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on March 18, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has sharply deteriorated. The continued closure of all border crossings since March [Read More…]

Courtesy of Fellowship Baptist Church )LONDON and PRETORIA) — An American missionary allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday has been rescued in “a high-intensity shootout” between police and [Read More…]