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2025 Year End

With a U.S. flag in the background, Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Aug. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

From Chicago to Peru to Rome, Pope Leo remains 'one of us,' say US Catholics

Gina Christian|Dec 30, 2025|7 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful before he celebrates Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, on the final day of his first apostolic journey Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

A steady light: Pope Leo XIV's top five moments of 2025

Elizabeth Scalia|Dec 30, 2025|7 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves after walking onto the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his election during the conclave. He is the first American pope and the first Augustinian pope in history. (OSV News photo/Catholic Press Photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo spends 2025 steadily navigating church, global waters

Michael Heinlein|Dec 30, 2025|5 Min Read

A doctor carries mifepristone, the first of two drugs used either in a medication-based abortion or in some miscarriage care protocols, to a patient waiting in an exam room at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Ill., April 20, 2023. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

2025 spans life spectrum, from abortion and family programs to immigration and death penalty

Kimberley Heatherington|Dec 30, 2025|7 Min Read

Participants gathered Oct. 22, 2025, in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Philadelphia as part of the nation-wide "One Church, One Family" prayer vigils organized by the Jesuits West province and several Catholic organizations, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration and Refugee Services, to protest mass deportations and promote pastoral accompaniment for immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the U.S. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)

2025 brought new pope, new president, and immigration as key issue

Kate Scanlon|Dec 30, 2025|6 Min Read

Schoolchildren from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, pose for a photo at the Niger State Government House Dec. 8, 2025, after being freed from captivity following their abduction by gunmen Nov. 21. (OSV News photo/Marvellous Durowaiye, Reuters)

World

From Nigeria to Belarus, 2025 marks a grim year for religious freedom

Paulina Guzik|Dec 30, 2025|8 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV holds the Jubilee Cross as young people gather around him during a prayer vigil at Tor Vergata in Rome Aug. 2, 2025, part of the Jubilee of Youth celebrations. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

'Hope does not disappoint:' A Jubilee for the history books

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 30, 2025|6 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from a mini popemobile during an event with Lebanese young people in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Missionary on the move: Where Pope Leo XIV might travel next in 2026

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 30, 2025|6 Min Read

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