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DRC bishops’ president denounces ‘sell-off’ of country as government defends pact with US

Mariela Gmez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Dec 26
Matias Delacroix,
Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria

Dec 26
Chinedu Asadu,
Associated Press

Arrests made following Christmas harassment incident at Catholic school in India

Dec 27
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope urges Christians to strive for peace, justice even when it costs

Dec 26
Elise Ann Allen

A mine worker holds bits of coltan ore in the mining town of Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

DRC bishops’ president denounces ‘sell-off’ of country as government defends pact with US

Dec 30
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Arrests made following Christmas harassment incident at Catholic school in India

Dec 27
Nirmala Carvalho

People visit the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Credit: Tunde Omolehin/AP.)

Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

Dec 27
Ope Adetayo,
Tunde Omolehin, Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria

Dec 26
Chinedu Asadu,
Associated Press

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Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

Dec 24
Paolo Santalucia,
Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo for the third time

Dec 9
Paolo Santalucia,
Illia Novikov, Associated Press

A journalist flips through a faithful reproduction of the 15th century Borso D’Este Bible, comprising two illuminated manuscripts, during its unveiling at the Italian Senate as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Bible described as the ‘Mona Lisa of illuminated manuscripts’ goes on display in Rome

Nov 14
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

A faithful throws a keffiyeh as Pope Leo XIV arrives for a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are ‘the sign a different world is possible’

Aug 3
Colleen Barry,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press