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Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks on a panel about immigration at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

By John Raby and Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves after presiding over Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during which he made ten new priests, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter, vows dialogue

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves after presiding over Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during which he made ten new priests, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop of Canterbury meet and pray together for the first time

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

Pope Leo XIV prays with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, left, in the Urban VIII Chapel inside the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican, Monday, April 27, 2026. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate the Holy mass at the Malabo stadium, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Thursday, April 23, 2026, on the last day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Pope urges U.S., Iran to restart peace talks, condemns capital punishment

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV blesses the faithful at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Pope calls for justice and closing income gap in Equatorial Guinea Mass with presidential family

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

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Pope Leo XIV, flanked by Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, right, is welcomed by Archbishop Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé, left, and Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Pope criticizes colonization of Africa’s minerals as he arrives in Equatorial Guinea

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV prays inside the Church of Our lady of Muxima, on the seventh day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV presides over Sunday Mass, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Kilamba, some 30 kilometers south of Luanda, Angola, on the seventh day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV heads to Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV and reality illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Pope Leo XIV’s ‘Denial of Reality’ tour

By Don Feder

Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at the Japoma Stadium, in Douala, Cameroon, Friday, April 17, 2026 on the fifth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The pope is wrong on Iran. Here’s why

By Billy Hallowell

Sarah Mullally speaks to the public after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Archbishop of Canterbury expresses solidarity with Pope Leo XIV in calling for peace in Iran

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he’s ‘all about the Gospel’ amid flap with pope

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Pope Leo XIV leads a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope in Cameroon’s separatist west blasts the ‘tyrants’ ravaging Earth with war and exploitation

By Nicole Winfield and Nalova Akua - Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

As Vance rallies with Turning Point, some supporters bristle at Trump’s war, memes and feuds

By Bill Barrow and Emilie Megnien - Associated Press

Caro Bih and her family pose for a photo in their living room in Bamenda, Cameroon, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Cameroon hopes the pope’s visit brings healing after nearly a decade of conflict

By Nalova Akua - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, center, flanked by Cameroon's President Paul Biya and his wife Chantal, meets with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Yaounde Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope demands the ‘chains of corruption’ be broken as he arrives in Cameroon

By Nicole Winfield and Nalova Akua - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves to supporters as he leaves after his visit to the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli, Pool Photo via AP)

Brazil’s Lula defends Pope Leo in message to Catholics after Trump’s criticism

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