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Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff

Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

At meeting in Assisi, the shape of new Leonine pontificate emerges

Nov 21
Charles Collins

Visitors look at tombs at archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, also known by its ancient name Nicaea, northwestern Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

1,700 years ago, bishops and an emperor wrote a creed

Nov 20
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

Pope Francis shakes hands with Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary general of the Vatican’s governorship, at the Vatican, on Dec. 23, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope tweaks a law allowing a woman to head the Vatican City State, months after a nun was appointed

Nov 21
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Report: Roughly 1/3 of Catholic clergy ordained in Britain 1992-2024 come from Anglicanism

Nov 20
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of an audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Choirs in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff

Nov 22
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

This image released by Columbia Records shows "LUX" by Rosalía. (Credit: Columbia Records via AP.)

Catholic clergy are ecstatic about Rosalía’s songs of faith in her new album ‘Lux’

Nov 22
Joseph Wilson,
Associated Press

Senator Imee Marcos, eldest sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Credit: Senator Imee R. Marcos/Facebook.)

Filipino bishop criticizes Marcos sister for calling President a ‘drug addict’

Nov 22
Joseph San Mateo

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing, Aug. 4, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Christian pastor’s daughter urges US lawmakers to help free her father in China

Nov 22
Didi Tang,
Associated Press

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