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MISSIONARIES AND PASTORAL WORKERS KILLED IN 2025
Rome – Even the hope of missionaries and pastoral workers who are killed is “a hope filled with immortality because their witness lives on as a prophecy of the victory …
Month: December 2025
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Vatican newspaper highlights mining pollution in DR Congo (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
With the headline “Tra i veleni degli scarichi tossici” [Among the poisons of toxic waste], L’Osservatore Romano devoted the most prominent article in its December 29 edition to pollution caused …
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US bishops underscore virtue of hope as 2025 jubilee year closes in dioceses (OSV News)
In Spes Non Confundit, his bull of indiction for the 2025 jubilee year, Pope Francis established that the jubilee year would end in the world’s dioceses on December 28. This …
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Cardinal Tagle recounts trips to Muslim nations (Fides)
In a recent homily, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, one of the two pro-prefects of the Dicastery for Evangelization, discussed his trips to three predominantly Muslim nations: Azerbaijan, Malaysia, and the …
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Ukrainian Catholic leader speaks of ‘increasingly dire’ situation (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
In his latest weekly address, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said that Ukrainians are celebrating the Christmas season, “although the circumstances in which they celebrate it are …
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EarthBeat news in 2025: Papal transition. US upheaval. Laudato Si’ turns 10.
With the death of Pope Francis, the introduction of Pope Leo XIV and major shifts in the U.S. away from climate and clean energy policies, there’s no doubt 2025 has …
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The Leo Chronicles: Naming rights
The Leo Chronicles: No one is buying St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Pope pays tribute to St. Thomas of Villanova (Dicastery for Communication)
Pope Leo XIV received pilgrims from the Parish of Santo Tomás de Villanueva in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and spoke to them about the parish’s patron saint. St. Thomas of …
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Leading Congolese prelate welcomes papal peace call (Vatican News)
Speaking with Vatican News, the president of the episcopal conference in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomed Pope Leo’s repeated calls for a “disarmed and disarming peace.” Archbishop …
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St. Anysius
St. Anysius Feast date: Dec 30 Saint Anysius was a Martyr of Greece. She was a wealthy woman of Salonika, in Thessaly, who used her personal funds to aid the …