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Month: December 2025

Courageous witnesses to the faith: 17 missionaries were murdered in 2025

A total of 17 missionaries were killed worldwide during 2025, the Jubilee Year of Hope. With these figures,

PHOTOS: Unforgettable moments from the 2025 papal transition

2025 began with Catholics around the world uniting in prayer for Pope Francis’ health as he entered the

Pope Leo XIV warns against gambling, which ‘ruins many families’

Pope Leo XIV warned about the danger that gambling poses to many families during a Dec. 29 audience

More than 3 million people attended Vatican audiences and ceremonies in 2025

During the year 2025, the participation of the faithful in audiences and liturgical celebrations at the Vatican reached

Enter Into the Holy Silence of the Christmas Octave

Pause and ponder the miracle we’re celebrating. There is a ceaseless drone of noise in our modern culture.

Pope Leo XIV: To let God work in your life, you have to empty yourself

Pope Leo XIV on Monday explained that in order to allow God’s action in our personal lives, people

6 Catholic public figures who made major headlines in 2025

The year 2025 will be etched in the memory of the Catholic Church for various profoundly significant events,
Pope Leo's first Regina Caeli. Credit: Jeffrey Bruno | EWTN News

A New Pontificate Begins in a Holy Year

Sunday, 18 May 2025 — the inauguration of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV — was a moment
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Vatican Media

Recap: Pope Francis and the Jubilee

It was Christmas Eve 2024 when Pope Francis, seated in his wheelchair, firmly knocked on the door of

Our Christmas Mission

COMMENTARY: Christmas is a celebration when the Church seeks to renew in every baptized Catholic the call to

Italian family preserves 300-year tradition of handmade Nativity scenes

On a small street in the center of Naples, Italy, artisans like Giovanni Giudice work to preserve the

Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited

Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi, an expert consultant for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican,

Pope Leo XIV urges families to keep the flame of love alive

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged Christian families to “cherish the values of the Gospel” and protect the

Pope Leo XIV sends 3 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV has sent three trucks carrying humanitarian aid to parts of Ukraine hit hardest by bombardments,
Pope Francis' Funeral in St. Peter's Square. Credit: Daniel Ibanez

Recap: Interregnum after the death of Pope Francis

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on April 21st at 7:35 in the morning in

PHOTOS: Pope Leo meets the tiniest members of the flock — babies

Pope Leo XIV has welcomed and greeted a plethora of babies at the Vatican since his election on

First Holy Door closed: ‘Special time for the Church is closed, but not God’s grace’

With the closing of the Holy Door of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, the Vatican began on

Pope Leo XIV: Christians have no enemies, only brothers and sisters

Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged Christians to resist the temptation to treat others as enemies, saying the

Pope Leo XIV highlights Gaza, Yemen, migrants in first Christmas urbi et orbi message

In his first Christmas “urbi et orbi” message as pope, Leo XIV urged the world to embrace “responsibility” as the

The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol

If you spend any part of Christmas in Italy, you are sure to hear one of the country’s

Pope at Christmas Day Mass says wars fed by falsehoods send young people to their deaths

Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Day deplored the “falsehoods” used to justify wars that leave young people “forced

The 8 days of Christmas? A look at the Christmas octave

The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas

St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died

If “Good King Wenceslas” is one of the Christmas hymns you look forward to each year, you probably know which
Pope Leo's first Christmas Urbi et Orbi Blessing. Credit: Vatican Media

Full text: Pope Leo’s Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing 2025

Pope Leo delivers his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing as Bishop of Rome, to which is attached

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