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Frances D'Emilio - Associated PressJoseph Wilson - Associated Press
In a sign of how much the pandemic has grown, China now accounts for less than half of the world's 168,000 cases, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Politics & SocietyNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated PressAngela Charlton - Associated Press
After mass testing uncovered more than 7,300 infections, Italy's outbreak surged to nearly equal South Korea's, which had been tapering off, and trailing China, where COVID-19 is in retreat.
FaithNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
In his homily during Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. Peter's Square, Francis also decried that "the more we use social media, the less social we are becoming."
Politics & SocietyNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
Italy on Monday tightened criteria for migrants receiving humanitarian protection as its populist government deepened its crackdown on those seeking asylum.
FaithDispatches
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
Italy's Catholic bishops will care for 100 migrants from Eritrea, ending a stalemate over where the asylum-seekers would go.
FaithNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
Many of the parents of the baptized babies are Vatican employees.
Pope Francis is pictured during vespers on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
In his homily on New Year’s eve,, the pope said God gave to us a “whole and sound” year, but “we humans in so many ways ruined and hurt it.”
Pope Francis kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
FaithNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
“So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of Joseph and Mary,” Pope Francis said. “We see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day.”
Mali bishop Jean-Gabriel Diarra listens to question during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome on Tuesday, June 27, 2017.  (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
FaithNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
An ailing Mali archbishop facing allegations of financial impropriety assured the Vatican on Tuesday he plans to show up at St. Peter's Basilica to be made a cardinal by Pope Francis.
Chinese Catholics pray during Mass in 2007 at St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
FaithNews
Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press
The Vatican expressed "grave concern" on Monday for a Chinese bishop who it says was "forcibly removed" from his office several weeks ago and whose whereabouts are unknown.