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Pope inflight says fears over Islam often a political maneuver against migrants

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Why Moscow’s absence from Turkey events was conspicuous – and significant

Nov 30
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Auction officer Jean-Pierre Osenat gestures as the long-lost painting “Crucifixion of Jesus Christ” by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens was sold at auction for 2,3 million euros or $2.66 million in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million

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En route to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV talks Gaza, Ukraine, potential Jerusalem visit

Nov 30
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A Nativity scene containing characters with cloth faces, by Belgian artist Victoria-Maria Geyer, is displayed in a white tent in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Sylvain Plazy/AP.)

A controversial infant Jesus is stolen from a Belgian Nativity scene

Dec 2
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Pope Leo XIV on the plane to Rome from Lebanon on Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/CruxNow.com)

Pope inflight says fears over Islam often a political maneuver against migrants

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People wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV to visit the De la Croix hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope bids farewell to Lebanon with call for end to armed conflict

Dec 2
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Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Beirut’s waterfront. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope ends Mass with a call for peace

Dec 2
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A group of nuns hold flags while waiting for the arrival of Pope Leo XVI to a meeting with bishops, clergy, religious and pastoral workers in Lebanon at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pastors in Lebanon hope papal visit will give boost to Christians’ civil rights

Dec 2
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A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stand amid the destruction left by Israeli strikes north of Gaza City Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

Israel says it has received another set of human remains from militants in Gaza

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