Month: December 2025

Pictorial Press Ltd / AlamyCary Elwes and Robin Wright star in ‘The Princess Bride’ (1987). COMMENTARY: The beloved film echoes a truth taught from the manger and proclaimed by the …

Clergy, churches and other religious organizations wrestle with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays while also serving an immigrant population in crisis.

More than 30 years after its release, ‘Home Alone’ remains cherished as pure Christmas fun: slapstick booby traps, a wisecracking 8-year-old, and two burglars who refuse to quit despite the …

Judge Amy Coney Barrett. – Rachel Malehorn/wikimedia CC BY SA 3.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 26, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says her …

Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, …

The new General and Staff Regulations of the Roman Curia, published on Nov. 23, marked the conclusion of the Curial reform initiated by Pope Francis. Almost simultaneously, Bishop Marco Mellino …

SevenMapsMap of Nigeria. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said he was ‘grateful for Nigerian government support and cooperation’ in the counter-terrorism effort.

BY GINA LOEHR The joy of Christmas is best understood by children. Excused from the stress of planning, blissfully unaware of the expenses of gift-giving and the labor of holiday …

From Adrian Lawson of Sips with Serra…