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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 Leo and the meaning of ‘manners’

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Pope Leo XIV presides Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on the Cathoilic feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (Pope Francis: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV faces crisis as a traditionalist group plans bishop consecrations without consent

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Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ resumes after prosecutors suffer embarrassing setbacks on appeal

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A restored chapel with Angels depicted on a fresco to the memory of late Italy's King Umberto II is seen inside the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Police officers and firefighters inspect the damage after a commuter train derailed as a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Credit: Joan Mateu Parra/AP.)

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Guardia Civil officers collect evidence next the wreckage of train cars involved in a collision in Adamuz, Spain, on Jan. 20, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

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The president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Arguello, centre and Jesus Diaz Sariego, President of Spain’s Conference of Religious Orders, left, take part in a press conference in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Credit: Paul White/AP.)

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The Spanish flag flies during a memorial for coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks in Brussels on March 23, 2023. (Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP.)

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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross over the Waters in Cádiz, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Spanish bishop accused of sexual abuse maintains his innocence

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The Cathedral in Cádiz, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Pope Leo is aware of investigation into Spanish Bishop of Cádiz

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The Spanish flag flies in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Bishop of Cádiz steps back from duties amid sexual-abuse allegations he denies

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Pope Leo XIV presides Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on the Cathoilic feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (Pope Francis: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ resumes after prosecutors suffer embarrassing setbacks on appeal

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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 Leo and the meaning of ‘manners’

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A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome, May 3, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

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