Pope Francis called Thursday for Europe to be a beacon of peace amid war and a welcome home for migrants as he arrived Thursday in the heart of the continent to encourage the dwindling Catholic flock in onetime bastions of Christianity.
Francis landed Thursday morning amid blustery weather in Luxembourg. Francis travels to Belgium this week as the once-staunchly Catholic country again confronts its appalling legacy of clergy sex abuse and institutional cover-up.
He will receive a sobering welcome: Abuse survivors have penned an open letter to Francis, asking him to launch a universal system of church reparations and assume responsibility for the wreckage that abuse has wrought on their lives.
FBI agents entered the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams and seized his phone early Thursday morning, hours before an indictment detailing criminal charges against the Democrat was expected to be made public.
Adams was indicted by a grand jury on federal criminal charges that remain sealed, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
A woman was shot and killed in the Lowertown area of St. Paul Wednesday night, according to the St. Paul Police Department. She was a member of Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative and was working on an art project outside the building, according to the organization’s Facebook page.
Anya Capistrant-Kinney can be reached at capi2087@stthomas.edu.