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Pope Leo XIV meets with author Gareth Gore in the Vatican on March 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Iceland’s parliament representatives hold a session at the Althingi in Reykjavik, Jan. 8, 2010. (Credit: Brynjar Gauti/AP.)

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

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This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, shows the oil-on-canvas painting “Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (16th century). (Credit: Alessio Panunzi and Alberto Novelli/Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Ministero della Cultura via AP.)

Italy buys Caravaggio painting of future Pope for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

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Giada Zampano

Swiss Guards march in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican investigates Swiss Guard after allegations of an antisemitic incident in St. Peter’s Square

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Pope Leo XIV leaves the Global World Food Day Ceremony in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger

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