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Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

Australian Cardinal George Pell in Rome on May 20, 2021. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Cardinal Pell is three years dead, but ‘Demos’ lives

Jan 10
Charles Collins

Leo XIV’s speech to diplomats a seminar in St. Augustine

Jan 11
Christopher R. Altieri

Leo XIV: Sistine Chapel baptisms, Angelus prayers for Mideast peace & condemnation of Russian attacks

Jan 11
Elise Ann Allen

A couple sits on a bench at a viewpoint of the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 9, 2026. (Credit: Cristian Hernandez/AP.)

Latin American Churches manifest support to the Venezuelan bishops and people

Jan 10
Eduardo Campos Lima

The pinnacles of the Duomo cathedral are lit by the afternoon declining sun and backdropped by the new Business Center in Milan, northern Italy, Jan. 4, 2017. (Credit: Luca Bruno/AP.)

Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

Jan 12
María Teresa Hernández,
Associated Press

Leo XIV’s speech to diplomats a seminar in St. Augustine

Jan 11
Christopher R. Altieri

Leo XIV: Sistine Chapel baptisms, Angelus prayers for Mideast peace & condemnation of Russian attacks

Jan 11
Elise Ann Allen

Australian Cardinal George Pell in Rome on May 20, 2021. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Cardinal Pell is three years dead, but ‘Demos’ lives

Jan 10
Charles Collins

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Palestinian parishioners check a recently installed Christmas tree after the previous one was destroyed at the Holy Redeemer Latin Church in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Majdi Mohammed/AP.)

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

Dec 25, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

Dec 25, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, left, leads a Christmas Eve Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Cardinal celebrates Christmas mass in Gaza City

Dec 21, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Palestinian vendors wait for clients in Manger Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Christmas spirit returns to Bethlehem after ceasefire in Gaza

Dec 20, 2025
Jalal Bwaitel,
Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation site where, according to the institution, a city wall from the Hasmonean period, dating to the late 2nd century BCE, was uncovered under the Tower of David Citadel Museum, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era

Dec 10, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

People mourn at the grave of Hadar Goldin an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 and whose body had been held there until it was released Sunday, during his funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Abir Sultan/Pool via AP.)

Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end

Nov 13, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Chinese sisters take different approach to helping disabled

Sep 2, 2017
Melanie Lidman

Nuns help expand coverage and care in Rwanda’s health system

May 14, 2017
Melanie Lidman

‘Sister Listeners’ help Rwandans move beyond genocide

Apr 22, 2017
Melanie Lidman