Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 31, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, 2025 / …
By Marco Mancini Dec 31, 2025 / 08:08 am Pope Leo XIV used the Vatican’s final general audience of 2025 on Wednesday to invite Catholics to look back on the …
In his most significant U.S. episcopal appointment to date, Pope Leo XIV is going back to his Chicago roots, tapping a young prelate with a remarkably similar background to his …
Pope Leo XIV greets a girl in a wheelchair during an audience with members of Italian Catholic Action on Dec. 19, 2025 at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, …
By Francesca Pollio Fenton Dec 31, 2025 / 08:00 am 2025 was filled with impactful moments — from the death of Pope Francis to the election of the first American-born …
Is peace worth having if it’s unjust? Is justice worth pursuing if it prolongs war? Those are questions as troubling as they are old. Ceasefires built on coercion or exhaustion …
by Nicholas Senz Where do feast days come from? Often the answer to this question is simple. Usually feast days commemorate the life of a saint. Sometimes they commemorate events, …
At least 46 Catholic churches in Germany were deconsecrated in 2025, a German newspaper reported. Citing data from the bishops’ conference, the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung also reported that at least …
Ozarks First, the digital news platform of two television stations in Springfield, Missouri, examined the history of The Menace, a Missouri-based anti-Catholic weekly newspaper founded in 1911. “By September 1913, …
Pope Leo XIV walks through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross while leading the Holy See’s pilgrimage on June 9, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, 2025 / 07:00 …
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