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

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

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

Nov 23
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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

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

Visitors walk through the Magdeburg Christmas market, in Magdeburg, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Matthias Bein/dpa via AP.)

Germany’s Christmas markets open with festive cheer and tight security

Nov 24
Kirsten Grieshaber,
Associated Press

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the referendum on assisted dying for terminally ill patients, in Domzale, Slovenia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Darko Bandic/AP.)

Slovenians reject in a referendum a law on assisted dying for terminally ill patients

Nov 24
Associated Press

A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme patrol in Lysoka, near Buea, in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, October 07, 2018. (Credit: Voice of America.)

Cameroon archbishop attacks separatists targeting priests

Nov 24
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Police tape blocks the door of the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. (Credit: Josh Funk/AP.)

Man pleads guilty to killing Catholic priest who was stabbed in his rectory in Nebraska

Oct 29
Josh Funk,
Associated Press

Judge won’t block Creighton University’s vaccine mandate

Sep 28, 2021
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