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Eduard Habsburg, Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See from 2015 to 2025, takes his leave during a farewell visit to Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Dec 9, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Archduke of Austria Eduard Habsburg, who served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See since…

A Nativity display with anti-ICE messaging outside St. Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts. / Credit: Matthew McDonald Boston, Massachusetts, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The pastor of a Catholic parish near Boston says an anti-immigration-enforcement display in its Nativity scene will stay up at least for the time being, and he is asking…

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent who oversaw the Virginia office responsible for a highly controversial investigation into local Catholics will lead the state’s…

The exterior of St. Casimir church in Buffalo, New York / Michael Shriver/buffalophotoblog.com CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy has declared that several parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York can remain open after Bishop Michael Fisher ordered their closure amid a diocesan-wide renewal plan.  Save…

The Pope greets Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 9, 2025 / 14:32 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV received the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in audience today at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy See announced in a statement. The meeting, described as “cordial,” focused on the…