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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, arrives to meet with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

Dec 10
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation site where, according to the institution, a city wall from the Hasmonean period, dating to the late 2nd century BCE, was uncovered under the Tower of David Citadel Museum, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era

Dec 10
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Interior of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian pastor murdered in Muslim-majority Pakistan

Dec 10
Nirmala Carvalho

Katisha Paul of the Lil'wat and Tsartlip Nations, left, and Peyal Laceese of the Tsilhqot'in nation touch a crate containing indigenous artifacts and cultural items at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, after they were returned by the Vatican. (Credit: Graham Hughes /The Canadian Press via AP.)

Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

Dec 10
Associated Press

Basque criminal court acquits pro-lifers praying outside abortion clinic

Dec 12
Fionn Shiner

Precious Njikonye, center, the mother of a student at St. Mary's Catholic School, who was abducted by gunmen and later released, sits outside her house in Papiri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Credit: Afolabi Sotunde/AP.)

‘They said they’d shoot us’: Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction

Dec 11
Ope Adetayo,
Afolabi Sotunde, Associated Press

Bangladeshi migrant workers who are illegally going abroad are sent back to the country. (Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario.)

Deportation from the US in handcuffs is inhumane, says Church in Bangladesh

Dec 11
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Freed students of the St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Papiri community upon arrival at the government house in Minna, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: AP Photo.)

Nigerian children reunite with their parents after being released from abduction

Dec 11
Associated Press

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A nun holds up a portrait of Pope Leo XIV where he will meet with bishops, priests, consecrated persons and pastoral workers at the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims

Dec 1
Nicole Winfield,
Trisha Thomas, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope strongly backs US bishops on immigration support, urges humane treatment

Nov 19
Trisha Thomas,
Associated Press

Italian archbishop officiates at funeral for 26 Nigerian women – most without a name

Nov 17, 2017
Trisha Thomas