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Pope Leo XIV leaves after praying in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary next to the Spanish Steps in Rome, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, on the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps

Dec 9
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Freed students of the St. Mary's Catholic School in the Papiri community upon arrival at the government house in Minna, Nigeria on Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

Dec 9
Chinedu Asadu,
Yunusa Umar, Associated Press

Archbishop Gregory Aymond, of New Orleans, listens during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 12, 2013. (Credit: Patrick Semansky/AP.)

Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

Dec 9
Jack Brook,
Associated Press

A worried parent of abducted school children in Papiri, Nigeria, on Nov. 28, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

Dec 8
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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
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Pope Leo XIV to diplomats: ‘Holy See will not be a silent bystander’ amid challenges to peace

Dec 6
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