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On Christmas eve, Leo urges believers to welcome Jesus in every human life

Pope Leo’s first consistory to be both a landmark and a challenge

Dec 22
Elise Ann Allen

In annual speech to curia, Leo challenges ad intra divisions

Dec 22
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Vice President JD Vance speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

Vance refuses to set red lines over bigotry as conservatives feud at Turning Point

Dec 22
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Steam rises from chimneys during the night shift at the Tyson Foods’ beef plant in Lexington, Neb., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Credit: Thomas Peipert/AP.)

A small town’s American Dream is at risk. What happens when its biggest employer shuts down?

Dec 23
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Pope Leo XIV, front left, prays in front of a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience with donors of the Christmas tree and of the nativity scenes, at the Vatican Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

On Christmas eve, Leo urges believers to welcome Jesus in every human life

Dec 25
Elise Ann Allen

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
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Associated Press

Freed students of St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community, upon their arrival at the government house, in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren

Dec 25
Associated Press

People attend the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church, months after the church was the site of a deadly suicide bombing, in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.(Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Syrian church marks Christmas and reaffirms faith months after deadly attack

Dec 25
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Associated Press

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