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Families face crucial challenges today, including the right to life, Pope Leo tells diplomats

Pope Leo XIV delivers catechesis during his General Audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo starts new series of speeches on documents of Vatican II

Jan 7
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets Cardinals and Bishops at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years

Jan 8
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope says consistory must be free of personal, group ‘agendas’

Jan 8
Elise Ann Allen

President Donald Trump points to the crowd after speaking to House Republicans in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Credit: Evan Vucci/AP.)

Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal

Jan 7
Bill Barrow,
Associated Press

Pope Leo meeting with members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican on Jan. 9, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Families face crucial challenges today, including the right to life, Pope Leo tells diplomats

Jan 9
Charles Collins

Palestinians pass along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City, Dec. 30, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Pope Leo repeats Vatican’s call for Two State solution in Holy Land, asks for respect of rights of Venezuelans

Jan 9
Charles Collins

Flag of Brazil. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Former Catholic priest sentenced to 24 years in prison for underage rape case in Brazil

Jan 9
Mauricio Savarese,
Associated Press

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
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

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