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Cardinal Angelo Becciu in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican City high appeal court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in Becciu case

Jan 13
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a surprise audience

Jan 12
Associated Press

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
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Associated Press

‘Catastrophic’ turn in prolonged food crisis imminent, Caritas Somalia director warns

Jan 13
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Catholic diocese in Cameroon frees 29 inmates who couldn’t afford bail

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Flag of Cameroon. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Catholic diocese in Cameroon frees 29 inmates who couldn’t afford bail

Jan 14
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People inspect the site where at least four Palestinians died following the collapse of walls onto tents sheltering displaced people in Gaza City amid rainfall and strong winds, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Gaza’s living conditions worsen as strong winds and hypothermia kill 5

Jan 14
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Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican City high appeal court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in Becciu case

Jan 13
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‘Catastrophic’ turn in prolonged food crisis imminent, Caritas Somalia director warns

Jan 13
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Catholic devotees walk beside a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, on its feast day, Friday Jan. 9, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

At Nazarene feast, Filipinos pray for corruption-plagued Philippines

Jan 9
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Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David celebrates the Midnight Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord at the San Roque Cathedral, Caloocan City, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: San Roque Cathedral Parish-Diocese of Kalookan/Facebook.)

Filipino cardinal warns Congress of outrage over corruption, dynasties in 2026

Jan 2
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Cardinal Jose Advincula, the archbishop of Manila, presides over the Christmas Eve Mass at the Manila Cathedral, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Eric Paul Guanlao/Manila Cathedral.)

‘Resist Herods,’ Manila archbishop tells Filipinos amid corruption scandal

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