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Iranian women walk in front of a relief sculpture of the Virgin Mary at the newly-opened Maryam Moghaddas (Virgin Mary) metro station near the Sarkis Cathedral of the Armenians in Tehran on Oct. 18, 2025.

Iran’s new ‘Virgin Mary’ metro station and what it says about faith in the Islamic Republic

Oct 20, 2025

By Romy Haber

A subway station in Iran has been named after the Virgin Mary — is it hope or propaganda? Read more

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The pope with boys and girls from Italian Catholic Action on Dec. 18, 2025.

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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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