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Pope Leo XIV is greeted by cardinals and bishops at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV opens status check on Pope Francis’ contentious opening to civilly remarried Catholics

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A statue of Jesus Christ on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

What 1,000 years of golden roses tell us about popes’ authority and influence, from Leo IX to Leo XI

By Joëlle Rollo-Koster - Associated Press

Father Giacomo Costa, consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod, from left, Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and Orietta Rachele Grazioli, a professor of canon and comparative family law, attend a news conference presenting Pope Leo XIV's meeting with the heads of the Eastern Churches and the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences, at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo seeks status update of Francis’ divisive opening to divorced and remarried Catholics

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

American actor Lou Ferrigno, left, attends Pope Leo XIV's weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A Hulk-ing audience: Actor Lou Ferrigno meets Pope Leo at the Vatican

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Pope Leo and France illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Pope Leo’s France visit offers Washington a lesson in confronting tyranny

By Michael McKenna

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the flight from Metz, France, to Rome, at the end of his four-day visit to France, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

White Sox receive a letter from Pope Leo XIV on day of playoff opener

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Pope Leo XIV meets with staff and guests of Accueil Notre-Dame and sick people at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Pope blasts assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the flight from Metz, France, to Rome, at the end of his four-day visit to France, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not ‘fake news’

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets with staff and guests of Accueil Notre-Dame and sick people at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

French clergy abuse survivors praise meeting with Pope Leo XIV, say he listened, was informed

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, center, arrives, with, from left, Christian Krieger, president of the Protestant Federation of France, Bishop Dimitrios (Ploumis), the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of France, Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France, President of the French Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Anthony Boussemart, representing French Buddhists, and Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, to attend an interreligious meeting at the Robert Schuman Convention Centre, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Metz, France. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ADDITION: Add names of persons in the photo

Pope urges religious leaders in France to preach peace as he recalls foundations of European unity

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Pope blasts assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Institut Catholique de Paris to meet with members of the provincial synodal assembly, catechumens and neophytes, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, in Paris. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo’s Mass in Paris

By Nicole Winfield, Samuel Petrequin and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Activists fighting child abuse stage a protest near the home of a former Catholic priest suspected of sexually assaulting dozens of children, in Etrechy, outside Paris, Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026, Placards read from the left: '330,000 victims of child sexual abuse, never again' and Delfosse, the church knew'. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Thousands of victims, millions in reparations. How France handled mass church sex abuse

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, center, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

By Nicole Winfield and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

The text of the French Constitution is on display at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

How France handles its strict secularism as it prepares for a papal visit

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope praises U.S. radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Activists fighting child abuse stage a protest near the home of a former Catholic priest suspected of sexually assaulting dozens of children, in Etrechy, outside Paris, Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026, Placards read from the left: '330,000 victims of child sexual abuse, never again' and Delfosse, the church knew'. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Pope Leo XIV will meet with the French abuse survivors as critics demand action

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a mass at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Leo XIV in France to find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at the Vatican Library on the day of his 71st birthday, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, during a press preview of the exhibit ""AQVA, Catastrophe and Wonder," which will be open to the public from Sept. 25 through May 14, 2027. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it’s Vatican employees who get the gift

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Sept.9, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press