Year: 2025

On January 1, the Church commemorates the 59th World Day of Peace. Pope Leo’s message for the day, dated December 8 and released on December 18, is entitled “Peace be …

How can I ignore Christ himself being born this Christmas as a tiny helpless babe when I turn a deaf ear to his whimper in the cry of the poor …

If the political landscape in 2025 was grim, prospects for 2026 do not appear much better. And the dominant figure in the new year will still be Donald Trump, writes …

When it was first published in 1993, Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical on the reform of Catholic moral theology, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth), dealt a severe blow …

St. Sylvester, Pope Feast date: Dec 31 Saint Sylvester was born in Rome around the year 250. Not much is known about him, but legends surround him. Some legends state …

I can as yet scarcely understand the sacred burden I bear, and, aware of my weakness, I tremble at the weight of my task. — St. Paulinus of Nola

Dimitri Messinis Pope Benedict XVI and Ecumencial Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I raise their clasped hands at the balcony of the Patriarcal Church of St. George, Nov. 30, 2006, in Istanbul. …

Dimitri Messinis Pope Benedict XVI and Ecumencial Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I raise their clasped hands at the balcony of the Patriarcal Church of St. George, Nov. 30, 2006, in Istanbul. …

Aerial view of St. Peter’s Square filled with thousands of mourners, including clergy and dignitaries, gathered for Pope Francis’ funeral Mass under a clear blue sky on April 26, 2025, …