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Pope Leo urges US to welcome immigrants in July 4 appeal from Lampedusa

Pope Leo visits the island of Lampedusa, a key entry point for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, during a pastoral trip on July 4.

Pope Leo defends migrants at Mediterranean island frontier

Pope Leo XIV lays a floral tribute on a grave during his stop at a local cemetery as part of his pastoral visit to the island of Lampedusa, in southern Italy, on July 4.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 4, 2026

Hugh Grant with Anna Elisabet Eberstein arrive at Madison Square Garden, the venue for the reported wedding celebrations of singer Taylor Swift and National Football League (NFL) player Travis Kelce, in New York, U.S., July 3, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Ukrainian family in Kyiv loses treasured cultural items in Russian attack

Iryna Plekhova, 42, resident who survived yesterday's Russian missile and drone attack, carries her remaining personal belongings and partially damaged Ukrainian coat of arms, the tryzub, carved out of wood by her father-in-law, in the burned down apartment, which was damaged during the strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 3, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Pope Leo praises US history of welcoming immigrants at 250th anniversary

Pope Leo leads the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, June 29, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Rebel Catholic group in Switzerland unrepentant over excommunication

Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, one of the newly-ordained bishops of the Swiss-based Society of Saint Pius X, greets people in Econe, Switzerland, July 2, 2026. REUTERS/Emma Farge

Excommunications show a Pope Leo unafraid of making firm decisions

Pope Leo waving after leading the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on June 29.

What to know about Society of St Pius X, the Catholic traditionalists in new schism

Priests receiving episcopal consecration during a pontifical mass organised by Society of Saint Pius X in Econe, Switzerland, on July 1.

Members of rebel Catholic group in schism, excommunicated: Vatican

The Vatican on July 2 said the two bishops who led the unauthorised ordination had been excommunicated, along with the four priests who had become new bishops.

Rebel Catholic group’s forbidden ordinations caused ‘schism’, Vatican cardinal says

Priests receive blessings from newly ordained priests, after an ordination ceremony of the traditionalist Catholic Society of St Pius X, in Econe, near Sion, western Switzerland, on June 29. Defying Vatican, Society of St Pius X ordained its own bishops on July 1, 2026.

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