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Pope Leo XIV prays while celebrating Vespers in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 31, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

On New Year’s Eve, pope condemns weapons of ideology, ‘false religious motives’

Dec 31, 2025
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2025: A year of seismic shifts, in pictures

Dec 31, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV in front of a stature of St. Mary in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, on Jan. 1, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In the New Year, we can expect the beginning of the Leo-era

Jan 2
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Dublin’s Church of the Guardian Angels. (Credit: Newtownpark Parish.)

Irish archbishop says political battles need to not use ‘language of faith’

Jan 1
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In the New Year, we can expect the beginning of the Leo-era

Pope Leo XIV in front of a stature of St. Mary in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, on Jan. 1, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

In the New Year, we can expect the beginning of the Leo-era

Jan 2
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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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Dublin’s Church of the Guardian Angels. (Credit: Newtownpark Parish.)

Irish archbishop says political battles need to not use ‘language of faith’

Jan 1
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