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Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

A list of the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

Dec 9
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Leo’s first foreign trip an exercise in learning ‘how to pope’

Dec 8
Elise Ann Allen

New York Archdiocese says it’s setting up a $300M fund for sexual abuse victims

Dec 9
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Pope marks Marian feast urging believers to embrace God’s plan

Dec 8
Elise Ann Allen

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, arrives to meet with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

Dec 10
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Katisha Paul of the Lil'wat and Tsartlip Nations, left, and Peyal Laceese of the Tsilhqot'in nation touch a crate containing indigenous artifacts and cultural items at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, after they were returned by the Vatican. (Credit: Graham Hughes /The Canadian Press via AP.)

Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

Dec 10
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
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Interior of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian pastor murdered in Muslim-majority Pakistan

Dec 10
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