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24 schoolgirls abducted from Catholic school in Nigeria have been rescued, president says

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez delivers his speech during a mass on the sixth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 1, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican answers African bishops concerned about polygamy with document praising monogamous marriage

Nov 25
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says Council of Nicaea still has role to play for Christian unity

Nov 24
Charles Collins

The sun sets behind the dome of the Melkite Greek Catholic Basilica of Saint Paul in Harissa, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Photos show Christian landmarks in Lebanon ahead of the pope’s visit

Nov 24
Hassan Ammar,
Associated Press

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
Suzan Fraser,
Ayse Wieting, Associated Press

A vendor display local newspapers on the street of Lagos with headlines of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, where gunmen on Monday attacked the school dormitory, abducted schoolgirls, in Kebbi Nigeria, Wednesday, Nov. 19 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

24 schoolgirls abducted from Catholic school in Nigeria have been rescued, president says

Nov 26
Tunde Omolehin,
Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV talks Thanksgiving, Türkiye and Lebanon, Ukraine, Violence against Women

Nov 26
Crux Staff

Our Lady of the Airways, a Catholic chapel that has ministered to airport workers and travelers since the mid-20th century, is seen at Logan International Airport in Boston on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Airport chapels stay on the radar of workers and travelers even as role of faith in public shifts

Nov 26
Giovanna Dell'Orto,
Associated Press

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stand amid the destruction left by Israeli strikes north of Gaza City Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Israel says it has received another set of human remains from militants in Gaza

Nov 26
Wafaa Shurafa,
Associated Press

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