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At Vatican Christmas concert, Pope Leo XIV sings praises of music

Pope Leo XIV greets Canadian singer Michael Bublé after an audience Dec. 5 in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Song legend Michael Bublé meets Leo XIV, takes requests

Dec 6
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV to diplomats: ‘Holy See will not be a silent bystander’ amid challenges to peace

Dec 6
Crux Staff

At Vatican Christmas concert, Pope Leo XIV sings praises of music

Dec 7
Elise Ann Allen

Christian women sing and dance at a church in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

US to restrict visas for Nigerians, family members involved in violence against Christians

Dec 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Associated Press

At Vatican Christmas concert, Pope Leo XIV sings praises of music

Dec 7
Elise Ann Allen

Pope appeals for victims of devastating storms in southeast Asia

Dec 7
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV to diplomats: ‘Holy See will not be a silent bystander’ amid challenges to peace

Dec 6
Crux Staff

Christian women sing and dance at a church in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Nov. 5, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

US to restrict visas for Nigerians, family members involved in violence against Christians

Dec 6
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Associated Press

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Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is seen with its spire surrounded by scaffolding Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Paris. The restoration of Notre Dame hits a milestone Friday, Dec. 8, 2023: one year until the cathedral reopens its huge doors to the public. (Thibault Camus/AP.)

A milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire

Dec 8, 2023
John Leicester

COVID-defying French nun toasts 117th birthday with wine and prayer

Feb 11, 2021
John Leicester

Ex-Vatican envoy’s trial for sex assault begins without him

Nov 11, 2020
John Leicester

French police quiz child apologists of teacher’s beheading

Nov 8, 2020
John Leicester

Paris priest tests positive for coronavirus

Mar 1, 2020
John Leicester

At Tour de France, a beacon for fire-damaged Notre Dame

Jul 9, 2019
John Leicester

In Notre Dame fire, embers of unity for a fractured France

Apr 16, 2019
John Leicester

In France, rebel priest takes on Church bosses on sex abuse

Sep 6, 2018
John Leicester