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Because of continuing problems with his knee, Pope Francis has postponed his planned trip to Congo and South Sudan July 2-7, said the Vatican press office.

A man threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice's Maryland home June 8, carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties.

With the U.S. Capitol in the background, Jacob Kelly, 6, adjusted his little bulletproof vest against his chest.

The brutal attack on people at a Catholic church in Nigeria on Pentecost Sunday is "an attack on the entire church," said a U.S. official of Aid to the Church in Need, an international Catholic charity.

Pope Francis appealed to world leaders to start "real negotiations" to end to the war on Ukraine and avoid bringing the world to ruin.

Several U.S. bishops, women's religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.