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A Nativity display with anti-ICE messaging outside St. Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Boston-area pastor refuses to remove anti-ICE Nativity scene, seeks meeting with archbishop

Dec 9, 2025

By Matt McDonald

The pastor of a Catholic parish near Boston says an anti-immigration-enforcement display in its Nativity scene will stay up at... Read more

New Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and outgoing archbishop Cardinal Cardinal Seán O’Malley during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 31, 2024.

New Boston archbishop challenges flock to develop ‘deeply personal’ relationship with God

Oct 31, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Archbishop Richard Henning, 60, most recently bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, replaced Cardinal Seán O’Malley, who led the Archdiocese of... Read more

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Iskali, a ministry that serves young Hispanic Catholics in the United States, seeks to form active missionary disciples.

How Iskali is helping young Latino Catholics encounter God and find their purpose

Children greet the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, during his visit to Gaza’s Holy Family Parish on Dec. 19, 2025.

Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Holy Family Parish in Gaza days before Christmas

A new Vatican labor regulations decree was issued after an audience granted to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, pictured here with Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV strengthens legal protections for employees of the Vatican and Holy See

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025.

State Department set to roll out religious worker visa plan next month

Bishop of San Diego Michael Pham dedicates “Angels Unawares,” a new sculpture on the campus of the University of San Diego (USD), on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.

San Diego bishop dedicates sculpture honoring migrants and refugees at college campus

Pope Leo XIV addresses employment consultants on Dec. 18, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV: The person and families must be at center of labor system

A group set fire to the office of the country’s top Bangla newspaper, Prothom Alo, late on Dec. 19, 2025, to protest the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a front-line leader of a 2024 uprising in Bangladesh.

Church leaders condemn arson attack on top Bangladesh newspaper offices

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Massachusetts removes LGBT ideology requirements for foster care parents

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