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Pope Leo XIV, front left, prays in front of a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience with donors of the Christmas tree and of the nativity scenes, at the Vatican Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

On Christmas eve, Leo urges believers to welcome Jesus in every human life

Dec 25
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In annual speech to curia, Leo challenges ad intra divisions

Dec 22
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Pope blesses baby Jesus statues for Nativity scenes ahead of Christmas

Dec 21
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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
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Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Church altar featuring homeless man goes on display a stone’s throw from his grave at the Vatican

Dec 17
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Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo makes Vogue top 50 ‘best dressed’ list for 2025

Dec 16
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An 82-foot fir tree from the Ultimo valley in South Tyrol, Italy, is lit up as Christmas tree together with a crib in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican unveils Nativity scene, lights Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square

Dec 16
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Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass on Gaudete Sunday and during the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo calls on governments to grant pardons for prisoners during Jubilee year

Dec 14
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Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in the St. Peter¥s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope meets with Italian secret agents and urges them to be ethical

Dec 13
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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
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