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Residential multistory buildings are seen in the dark during large-scale power outages following Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Credit: Dan Bashakov/AP.)

Pope Leo asks for prayers for Ukraine, as it faces freeze after Russia attacks

  • Jan 25
  • Derek Gatopoulos, 
    Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press
Guardia Civil officers collect evidence next the wreckage of train cars involved in a collision in Adamuz, Spain, on Jan. 20, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Pope Leo joins Spanish Church in mourning victims of train crash

  • Jan 23
  • Fionn Shiner
The pinnacles of the Duomo cathedral are lit by the afternoon declining sun and backdropped by the new Business Center in Milan, northern Italy, Jan. 4, 2017. (Credit: Luca Bruno/AP.)

Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

  • Jan 12
  • María Teresa Hernández, 
    Associated Press
The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arguello, centre and Jesus Diaz Sariego, President of Spain’s Conference of Religious Orders, left, take part in a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Credit: Paul White/AP.)

Bishops and government of Spain reach new agreement to compensate sex abuse victims

  • Jan 9
  • Fionn Shiner
People attend the Epiphany ceremony as a Greek Orthodox priest, center, throws a cross blessing the waters at Lake Marathon, near Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, where receding water levels reflect successive years of low rainfall across Greece. (Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP.)

Greece’s Epiphany events marking Christ’s baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity

  • Jan 7
  • Derek Gatopoulos, 
    Thanassis Stavrakis, Associated Press
People light candles near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year’s celebrations. (Credit: Antonio Calanni/AP.)

Survivors and others talk about fatal Swiss Alpine bar fire

  • Jan 5
  • Associated Press
The Spanish flag flies during a memorial for coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Cardinal says Pope Leo visiting Spain next year is likely

  • Dec 24, 2025
  • Fionn Shiner
A visitor takes a photo of Rome's Trevi Fountain on Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Visiting the Trevi Fountain now will cost more than just a coin toss with a 2-euro tourist fee

  • Dec 20, 2025
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press
Ancient Roman finds backing to the 2nd century BC are on display in the 'Colosseo' new subway station, designed as a museum to showcase the archaeological finds uncovered during its construction, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Rome opens long-awaited Colosseum subway station, with displays of unearthed artifacts

  • Dec 17, 2025
  • David Biller, 
    Associated Press
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks in Brussels on March 23, 2023. (Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP.)

Spanish government clashes publicly with Church hierarchy

  • Dec 16, 2025
  • Fionn Shiner

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Pope Leo asks for prayers for Ukraine, as it faces freeze after Russia attacks

  • Jan 25
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