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

Why it matters that Pope Leo XIV is heading to Türkiye

Nov 23
Christopher R. Altieri

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

Pope Leo XIV appeals for release of hostages in Nigeria, Cameroon

Nov 23
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Senator Imee Marcos, eldest sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Credit: Senator Imee R. Marcos/Facebook.)

Filipino bishop criticizes Marcos sister for calling President a ‘drug addict’

Nov 22
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Jose Advincula, archbishop of Manila. (Credit: Archdiocese of Manila.)

Manila archbishop asks military to ‘stay faithful to oath’ amid coup rumors

Nov 18
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, holding his wooden crozier, joins anti-corruption protesters wearing white at the Trillion Peso March in Quezon City, Philippines, Sept. 21, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Catholic leaders urge Filipinos to wear white against corruption

Oct 14
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in the Vatican press office on Sept. 27, 2017. (Credit: Andrew Medechini/AP.)

Card. Tagle rebukes corrupt politicians in Philippines

Oct 12
Joseph San Mateo

Filipino cardinal decries injustices against country’s Muslim minority

Oct 7
Joseph San Mateo

Recalling ‘People Power’ in the 80s, Filipino Church joins anti-corruption protests

Oct 3
Joseph San Mateo

Filipino parish makes anti-corruption statement by rejecting a pickup truck

Sep 29
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David (right) joins the Trillion Peso March against corruption in Quezon City, Philippines, September 21, 2025. (Credit: Diocese of Kalookan.)

Filipino cardinal rejects death penalty to ‘kill’ corrupt politicians

Sep 26
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Jose Advincula, the archbishop of Manila, presides over the fiesta Mass of the Holy Cross Parish in Makati City, Philippines, September 14, 2025. (Credit: Maricar Santos/Archdiocese of Manila-Office of Communications.)

Manila archbishop appeals for peace as Church backs anti-corruption protests

Sep 19
Joseph San Mateo

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

The 16th Latin American and Caribbean Pastoral Encounter (EPA) meets in Luján, Argentina. (Credit: EPA.)

Black Catholics in Latin America look to Pope Leo for support

Nov 25
Eduardo Campos Lima

A billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, near the grain silos at Beirut's port that were heavily damaged in the massive 2020 explosion as a graffiti in Arabic reading "Victims of the Beirut port explosion" is seen in the foreground, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope Leo XIV’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon

Nov 25
Kareem Chehayeb,
Abby Sewell, Associated Press

Greek pilgrims visit the Christian Orthodox Halki Theological school at the Christian Orthodox Holy Trinity Monastery, in Heybeliada island, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Cardinal says Pope Leo’s trip to Türkiye revives the spirit of Ecumenism

Nov 25
Crux Staff