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Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of the Epiphany at the Vatican Jan. 6, 2026, marking the official end of the Jubilee Year 2025. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters)

Closing Holy Year, pope calls to reject 'distorted economy' of profit

Migrant children wearing golden cardboard crowns gather around a large Nativity scene at a church where the advocacy group Salvavision organized a Three Kings Day celebration in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (Anita Snow)

Arizona parish hosts Three Kings Day celebration for migrant children

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Maria Bambina Srs. Agustina Tudu, 69 (left), and Flora Rozario, 45, care for Mohammad Sowrav, a patient in the sisters' tuberculosis shelter in the Diocese of Rajshahi. (Stephan Uttom Rozario)

Q&A with Sr. Agustina Tudu, serving tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh