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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

by Associated Press December 20, 2025

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

by Geir Moulson, Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press December 17, 2025

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

by Elise Ann Allen December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

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

by Associated Press December 16, 2025

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

by Crux Now Staff December 14, 2025

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

by Associated Press December 13, 2025

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.)

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

by Associated Press December 10, 2025

Pope Leo XIV leaves after praying in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary next to the Spanish Steps in Rome, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, on the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Associated Press December 9, 2025

Pope marks Marian feast urging believers to embrace God’s plan

by Elise Ann Allen December 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV greets Canadian singer Michael Bublé after an audience Dec. 5 in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Song legend Michael Bublé meets Leo XIV, takes requests

by Crux Now Staff December 6, 2025

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