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Cindy Wooden

Catholic News Service

Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, closes the basilica's Holy Door Dec. 28, 2025, as the Jubilee Year was about to end. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

As Holy Doors close, cardinals emphasize God's arms are always open

Cindy Wooden|Dec 29, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo celebrates first papal Christmas Day Mass in 30 years

Cindy Wooden|Dec 25, 2025|6 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV joins religious leaders at the International Meeting of Dialogue and Prayer for Peace near the Colosseum in Rome Oct. 28, 2025. In his message for World Peace Day, the pope said religious leaders must refute "forms of blasphemy that profane the holy name of God" by using religion to defend war. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope urges people to protect, cultivate even smallest signs of peace, hope

Cindy Wooden|Dec 18, 2025|4 Min Read

Emergency vehicles are at the scene of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney Dec. 14, 2025. Two gunmen targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah, leaving 12 dead, including a gunman, and 29 wounded, New South Wales police said. (OSV News photo/Izhar Khan, Reuters)

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Catholic leaders pray for victims of anti-Jewish terror attack at Bondi Beach in Australia

Junno Arocho Esteves and Cindy Wooden|Dec 15, 2025|5 Min Read

After Mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 14, 2025, Pope Leo XIV blesses a crucifix made of recycled paper and other trash by an inmate, named only as G.C., who is currently incarcerated in Tolmezzo, Italy. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

God wants all people to be saved, pope says at Jubilee of Prisoners

Cindy Wooden|Dec 15, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Dec. 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Intelligence agencies must protect human dignity always, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Dec 12, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile as he departs after celebrating a Mass concluding the Jubilee of Youth in Rome’s Tor Vergata neighborhood Aug. 3, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Vatican's 2025: Year brings new pope, renewed focus on unity, peace

Cindy Wooden|Dec 12, 2025|6 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV speaks to members of the Conservatives and Reformists Group of the European Parliament in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Dec. 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope says US-European alliance needs to be strong

Cindy Wooden|Dec 10, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets Canadian singer Michael Bublé after an audience Dec. 5, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace with the performers and organizers of the Vatican Christmas concert for the poor. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Singer Michael Bublé 'overwhelmed' to perform Christmas concert for Pope Leo

Cindy Wooden|Dec 5, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV prays at a memorial marking the site of a deadly explosion in 2020 at the port in Beirut Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

3 highlights from Pope Leo's historic visit to Turkey, Lebanon

Cindy Wooden|Dec 3, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV gives his farewell address on the final day of his first apostolic journey at the international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 2, 2025. Looking on is Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo visits Beirut port explosion site, calls for peace on last day in Lebanon

Cindy Wooden|Dec 2, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV participates in an ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos, during his first apostolic journey, in Iznik, Turkey, Nov. 28, 2025. (OSV News/Umit Bektas, Reuters)

Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew encourage unity during Nicaea celebration

Cindy Wooden|Nov 28, 2025|5 Min Read

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