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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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Aerial view of Djibo town, Burkina Faso, Feb. 18, 2021. (Credit: Sam Mednick/AP.)

Burkina Faso has become a ‘Church on the move,’ says Catholic priest

Dec 17
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Leo condemns large, ‘out of control’ investment portfolios

Dec 17
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks in Brussels on March 23, 2023. (Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP.)

Spanish government clashes publicly with Church hierarchy

Dec 16
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Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk

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Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA speaks during the Turning Point Action conference, July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.(Credit: Lynne Sladky/AP.)

Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk

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Associated Press

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York attends a news conference at the North American College in Rome, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgio/AP.)

Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York

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Associated Press

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

New York is set to legalize medically assisted suicide with ‘guardrails,’ governor says

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On December 18, 2025, during a meeting between Catholic leaders and senior police officials, including the Chief of Bangladesh Police in Dhaka, the police administration assured special security for Christmas. (Credit: Bangladesh Christian Association.)

Bangladesh police to take special security measures for Christmas

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Father Julio Lancellotti hands food to a homeless person in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 3, 2020. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

Brazilian cardinal orders a popular Catholic priest to go offline following right-wing attacks

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Pope Leo XIV, the Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo, Bishop Robert Prevost, preaches during a Corpus Christi Mass in a stadium in Chiclayo, Peru, on June 19, 2019. (Credit: Julio Reano/AP.)

Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest

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Brazil’s senate OKs evangelical Bolsonaro ally to top court

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro baffles evangelicals with top court pick

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Invasions of Brazilian indigenous land rise under Bolsonaro

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