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Final pilgrims cross Holy Door

Pope expresses ‘deep concern’ after US military action in Venezuela

Jan 4
Elise Ann Allen

Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

Venezuelan Church reacts to US abduction of Maduro with caution

Jan 4
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus remarks on Venezuela crisis both cautious and clear

Jan 5
Christopher R. Altieri

People who were kidnapped after a church service in November 2024 leave after a church meeting in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Nov. 6, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Catholic priest calls for ‘radical restructuring’ of Nigeria

Jan 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Natalie Turner and her son Phillip cross the Holy Door in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Final pilgrims cross Holy Door

Jan 6
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

(Credit: Pixabay.)

Survivors in Bolivia still hope for justice in case of laicized Uruguayan priest

Jan 6
Eduardo Campos Lima

People sit on a fountain after the inauguration of the new design of Piazza Pia, a pedestrian piazza at the end of the Via della Conciliazione boulevard, opposite St. Peter's Basilica, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Credit: Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP.)

Vatican claims a Holy Year success with 33 million pilgrims

Jan 6
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus remarks on Venezuela crisis both cautious and clear

Jan 5
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