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Pope Leo’s first consistory to be both a landmark and a challenge

Dec 22
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In annual speech to curia, Leo challenges ad intra divisions

Dec 22
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Vice President JD Vance speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

Vance refuses to set red lines over bigotry as conservatives feud at Turning Point

Dec 22
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Sejal Govindarao, Associated Press

Steam rises from chimneys during the night shift at the Tyson Foods’ beef plant in Lexington, Neb., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Credit: Thomas Peipert/AP.)

A small town’s American Dream is at risk. What happens when its biggest employer shuts down?

Dec 23
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On Christmas eve, Leo urges believers to welcome Jesus in every human life

Pope Leo XIV, front left, prays in front of a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience with donors of the Christmas tree and of the nativity scenes, at the Vatican Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

On Christmas eve, Leo urges believers to welcome Jesus in every human life

Dec 25
Elise Ann Allen

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

Dec 25
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Freed students of St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community, upon their arrival at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren

Dec 25
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People attend the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church, months after the church was the site of a deadly suicide bombing, in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.(Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Syrian church marks Christmas and reaffirms faith months after deadly attack

Dec 25
Abby Sewell,
Associated Press

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Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

Dec 25
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Freed students of St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community, upon their arrival at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren

Dec 25
Associated Press

People attend the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church, months after the church was the site of a deadly suicide bombing, in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.(Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Syrian church marks Christmas and reaffirms faith months after deadly attack

Dec 25
Abby Sewell,
Associated Press

Brandon Lake in Nashville, Tennessee on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: George Walker IV/AP.)

How Christian artists are winning over listeners and entering pop’s mainstream

Dec 25
Maria Sherman,
Associated Press

The archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, raises his hand while addressing a crowd during a panel on immigration at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops’ appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

Dec 25
David Crary,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

Dec 24
Paolo Santalucia,
Associated Press

Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura leave the United States District Court District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Md. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported, can spend Christmas with family

Dec 24
Associated Press

Freed students from St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community arrive at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Nigerians welcome 130 schoolchildren and teachers released after mass abduction

Dec 23
Associated Press

Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a prominent right-wing Hindu nationalist organization, shout slogans during a protest near Bangladesh High Commission accusing Bangladeshi groups of wrongly targeting Indians, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec.23, 2025. (Credit: Manish Swarup/AP.)

Protest erupts in India’s capital city over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh

Dec 23
Rajesh Roy,
Riyush Nagpal, Associated Press