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Pope receives Courage International leadership delegation

Feb 7
Christopher R. Altieri

New York Archbishop-designate Ronald A. Hicks, who is taking over from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, leaves after his Installation Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the Manhattan borough of New York on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Credit: Angelina Katsanis/ Pool Reuters via AP.)

New Catholic archbishop of New York wants a church that ‘shows respect for all’ and builds unity

Feb 7
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No U.S. visit for Pope Leo XIV this year, Vatican says

Feb 8
Elise Ann Allen

St. Mary’s Basilica of the Syro-Malabar Church. (Credit: Wikicommons.)

Comments from outgoing CBCI president criticized by lay leadership group, turned into parting shot by conference

Feb 7
Nirmala Carvalho

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Caritas Bangladesh calls for global defense of human dignity on Int’l anti-Trafficking Day

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Caritas Bangladesh calls for global defense of human dignity on Int’l anti-Trafficking Day

Feb 9
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Bishop Jorge Izaguirre laughs with Pope Leo during a lunch with Peruvian bishops Jan. 29, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Peru bishop expects papal visit, touts Leo’s vision of synodality

Feb 9
Elise Ann Allen

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes a sip of coffee during a year-end press conference at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

Brazil Catholics say agrarian reform is too slow under Lula

Feb 9
Eduardo Campos Lima

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, then owner of the Hong Kong and Taiwan newspaper Apple Daily, attends the Seminar on Tenth Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover organized by Democratic Party in Hong Kong, June 9, 2007. (Credit: Kin Cheung/AP.)

What to know about Catholic Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong journey from media mogul and activist to convict

Feb 9
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Efforts to mend China-Vatican rift seem stalled over bishops

Sep 1, 2017
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