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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

  • Nov 27
  • Fionn Shiner
People visit Herrnhuter Sterne GmbH manufacturing, a Christmas stars manufacturing company in Herrnhut, Germany, Nov. 10, 2025. (Credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP.)

Moravian stars light up Germany’s Christmas season

  • Nov 27
  • Kirsten Grieshaber, 
    Associated Press
In this July 8, 2021, file photo, a lobster boat carries a heavy load of traps as it motors out to sea near Peaks Island in Portland, Maine. (Credit: Robert F. Bukaty/AP.)

Fishing industry facing new challenges, and the Church is trying to help

  • Nov 25
  • Charles Collins
Visitors walk through the Magdeburg Christmas market, in Magdeburg, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Matthias Bein/dpa via AP.)

Germany’s Christmas markets open with festive cheer and tight security

  • Nov 24
  • Kirsten Grieshaber, 
    Associated Press
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the referendum on assisted dying for terminally ill patients, in Domzale, Slovenia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Darko Bandic/AP.)

Slovenians reject in a referendum a law on assisted dying for terminally ill patients

  • Nov 24
  • Associated Press
A Christian Orthodox clergy stands in one of the corridors of the Christian Orthodox Halki Theological school, at the Holy Trinity monastery, in Heybeliada island, Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Optimism ahead of pope’s visit to Turkey for reopening of Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary

  • Nov 24
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Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of an audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Choirs in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff

  • Nov 22
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    Associated Press
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Catholic clergy are ecstatic about Rosalía’s songs of faith in her new album ‘Lux’

  • Nov 22
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    Associated Press
Visitors walk through the Magdeburg Christmas market after the opening in Magdeburg, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Matthias Bein/dpa via AP.)

Christmas market in Germany opens after last year’s deadly attack in the city of Magdeburg

  • Nov 21
  • Associated Press
In this photo provided by Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, center, speaks as he visits the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve during a working visit to the Lepel District of the Vitebsk Region , Belarus, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Credit: Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP.)

Belarus frees 2 imprisoned Catholic priests after talks with Vatican

  • Nov 21
  • Yuras Karmanau, 
    Associated Press

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In Iznik, Pope Leo issues call for unity in world marred by war

  • Nov 28
  • Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV to call for Christian unity at site where Nicaean Creed established

  • Nov 28
  • Associated Press

Pope offers boost to pastors of Turkey’s small Catholic flock

  • Nov 28
  • Elise Ann Allen

Nigeria’s president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductions

  • Nov 27
  • Grace Ekpu, 
    Associated Press