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Pope indicates new governing style for Catholic Church with regular, annual cardinal meetings

Pope Leo XIV delivers catechesis during his General Audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo starts new series of speeches on documents of Vatican II

Jan 7
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets Cardinals and Bishops at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years

Jan 8
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope says consistory must be free of personal, group ‘agendas’

Jan 8
Elise Ann Allen

President Donald Trump points to the crowd after speaking to House Republicans in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal

Jan 7
Bill Barrow,
Associated Press

From left, Cardinals Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Stefen Brislin and Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio arrive at a press conference at the end of Pope Leo XIV's first Extraordinary Consistory, a special formal assembly convening the College of Cardinals from around the world, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope indicates new governing style for Catholic Church with regular, annual cardinal meetings

Jan 9
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra speaks to the media in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Jan. 5, 2026. (Credit: Jean-Fernand Koena/AP.)

Cardinal Nzapalainga says Central African Republic will not be built with weapons

Jan 9
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arguello, centre and Jesus Diaz Sariego, President of Spain’s Conference of Religious Orders, left, take part in a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Credit: Paul White/AP.)

Bishops and government of Spain reach new agreement to compensate sex abuse victims

Jan 9
Fionn Shiner

Pope says consistory must be free of personal, group ‘agendas’

Jan 8
Elise Ann Allen

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