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Church concerned about mass deportations of Haitians from the US

Catholic bishops gather for a Mass ahead of their 131st plenary assembly, at the Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Quezon City, Philippines, January 20, 2026. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Filipino prelate warns brother bishops against ‘scandal’ of ‘lavish hospitality’

Jan 29
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Sanija Ameti, Co-President In Operation Libero, poses for a portriat on Nov.2, 2021, at Proger in Bern. (Credit: Christian Beutler/Keystone via AP.)

Swiss politician fined for shooting a pistol at Madonna and Child poster

Jan 29
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope tells Vatican office that processes sex abuse cases to uphold truth, justice and charity

Jan 30
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

An artist prepares for Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Credit: Bruna Prado/AP.)

‘Christophobia’ bills seek to bar religious costumes in Brazil’s Carnival

Jan 30
Eduardo Campos Lima

Ayse Wieting | Crux

Members of the National Palace General Security Unit in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 26, 2026. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Church concerned about mass deportations of Haitians from the US

Jan 31
Eduardo Campos Lima

Cardinal Stephen Brislin. (Credit: Archdiocese of Johannesburg.)

South Africa Cardinal says Trump wrong about ‘white genocide’ in country

Jan 31
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope tells Vatican office that processes sex abuse cases to uphold truth, justice and charity

Jan 30
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

From left, Cardinals Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Stefen Brislin and Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio arrive at a press conference at the end of Pope Leo XIV’s first Extraordinary Consistory, a special formal assembly convening the College of Cardinals from around the world, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

From Apartheid resistance to building bridges: South African Church’s 75-Year journey

Jan 30
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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A Christian Orthodox clergy stands in one of the corridors of the Christian Orthodox Halki Theological school, at the Holy Trinity monastery, in Heybeliada island, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Optimism ahead of pope’s visit to Turkey for reopening of Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary

Nov 24, 2025
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