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CATHOLIC CHURCH

Empowering nuns and laypeople could help preserve struggling parishes and restore the Catholic Church’s role as a vital community anchor, especially with nuns who have long been its most dedicated and overlooked servants.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2025
To save Catholicism, let’s talk nuns, not popes
All eyes were on Rome as Pope Leo XIV was announced. But to secure the future of the faith, Catholics should look closer to home.
Pope Leo XIV, in his first public appearance after he was elected, on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2025
World Catholics see the first American pope as hardly American
The new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has signaled that his identity will defy easy categorization.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday.
WORLD
May 9, 2025
In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
Although Leo follows in the tradition of Pope Francis, he signaled he is a new, and different, pope.
American faithful celebrate after Pope Leo XIV appeared at the central balcony of the Vatican's St. Peter’s Basilica following his election on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2025
The new American pope can take Catholics in three directions
Americans (and Donald Trump) may want to stake their claims on him, but he now belongs to a much bigger organization.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV waves from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 9, 2025
Chicago has one burning question for Pope Leo XIV: Cubs or White Sox?
The Cubs and White Sox have both claimed the new pontiff as a fan.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost waves from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on Thursday.
WORLD
May 9, 2025
Robert Prevost surprises as first U.S. pope, taking name Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.
Workers set up scaffolding at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on April 28 ahead of the conclave.
WORLD
May 7, 2025
Michelangelo meets James Bond: How Sistine Chapel conclave is kept secret
Various security measures are in place to prevent the transmitting of information, and cardinals will be in a protective envelope at all times.
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that Catholics, who have criticized an artificial intelligence-generated image of him dressed in white papal vestments, were not offended, and said that anyone who was "can’t take a joke.”
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025
Trump calls AI pope image a joke, but experts say it’s no laughing matter
For many Catholics, the image of the U.S. president dressed as God's representative on Earth was offensive.
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from his popemobile as he arrives at the Manger Square before presiding over an open-air mass on May 25, 2014 outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank Biblical town of Bethlehem.
WORLD / Society
May 6, 2025
Francis' popemobile converted into clinic for Gazan children
The iconic open-sided vehicle will head to the Gaza Strip if and when Israel opens a humanitarian corridor.
People wait for dinner at a shelter run by Sant'Egidio, a Catholic association dedicated to social outreach, across the street from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on April 24.
WORLD / Society
May 5, 2025
Homeless sheltered by Pope Francis wonder who will follow
Pope Francis shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy and sought to make the Roman Catholic Church more inclusive and less judgmental.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peters Square in Vatican City on April 26.
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2025
Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope, drawing internet outrage
The U.S. president, who is not a Catholic, posted the image less than a week after attending the funeral of Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month.
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2025
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
The woman's lawyer blamed the archbishop for failing to take appropriate actions after the woman told the congregation about the alleged abuse.
Pope Francis prays in front of a candle lit to remember victims of abuse by the church, inside St Mary's Pro Cathedral during his visit to Dublin, Ireland on August 25, 2018.
WORLD / Society
Apr 28, 2025
Abuse victims say they saw progress under Pope Francis, just not enough
For abuse survivors, Francis' legacy on the issue is a mixed one of powerful words and at times underwhelming deeds.
Cardinals chant the Latin hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus" ("Come Creator Spirit") in the Sistine Chapel before the start of the conclave at the Vatican on March 12, 2013. The two-day conclave went on to elect Pope Francis.
WORLD / Society
Apr 28, 2025
Doves, deaths and rations: Papal elections over time
In the past, cardinals electing a new pope endured spartan conditions and were even locked up so long that some of them died.
Crown Prince Akishino attends the memorial mass for Pope Francis at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2025
Japan crown prince attends memorial mass for Pope Francis
The mass, hosted by the Apostolic Nunciature to Japan, was attended by about 1,000 people, including U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass.
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 27, 2025
All eyes turn to conclave after Pope Francis' funeral
On Monday morning, cardinals will hold their fifth general meeting since the pope's death, at which they are expected to announce a date for the conclave.
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 27, 2025
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
The Vatican said 400,000 people packed St. Peter's Square and lined the streets of Rome for the funeral of the first Latin American leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
Pope Francis, a reformer known for his humility, inclusivity and focus on social justice, passed away at 88, leaving behind a divided church and a legacy of advocating for humanity's most vulnerable.
EDITORIALS
Apr 25, 2025
The Catholic church loses a lion
Francis’ spirit of inclusion should define who we are as human beings and his compassion should be the lodestar for action, both personal and political.
Cardinals stand, on the day of the translation of Pope Francis' body, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 24, 2025
Who will be the next pope? Some hints to watch for
The process to choose a new pope is long and secretive, with most of the world's 252 cardinals coming to Rome to take part.
Pope Francis' body is carried in a coffin to Saint Peter's Basilica, on the day of its translation, at the Vatican, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 24, 2025
Thousands honor Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica
Mourners flood the Vatican to bid farewell to the late Pope Francis, whose funeral will be held Saturday, with world leaders set to attend.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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