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Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

Erika Kirk speaks during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

Conservatives clash at Turning Point USA conference over MAGA movement’s direction

Dec 19
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Associated Press

Bishop Richard Moth speaks during a press conference announcing him as the new Archbishop of Westminster, replacing Cardinal Vincent Nichols as the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, in the Throne Room of Archbishop's House, Westminster, London, Friday Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA via AP.)

Pope names new archbishop of Westminster in London

Dec 19
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves St. Peter's Square at the end of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

Dec 20
Associated Press

Erika Kirk during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk, a Catholic, backs Vice President JD Vance’s potential 2028 presidential bid

Dec 20
Matt Brown,
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves St. Peter's Square at the end of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

Dec 20
Associated Press

Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, president of Caritas Philippines. (Credit: Diocesan Social Communications Ministry-San Carlos.)

Philippine Church rejects $138-million budget for anti-communism task force

Dec 20
Joseph San Mateo

Erika Kirk during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk, a Catholic, backs Vice President JD Vance’s potential 2028 presidential bid

Dec 20
Matt Brown,
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest in December 2025 shows Bishop Stewart Ruch III. (Credit: Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest via AP.)

Church court acquits a bishop from a small Anglican denomination embroiled in scandal

Dec 20
Peter Smith,
Associated Press

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