Sister Raffaella Petrini, president of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State, presided at the inauguration of the Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square on the evening …
In a foreword to a new book on the Second Vatican Council, a former director of the Holy See Press Office praised the authors for “rekindling the desire to personally …
By Bohumil Petrík EWTN News, Dec 17, 2025 / 04:00 am In a strongly secular European Union, the Balkans’ complex religious reality plays an important role as officials and diplomats …
Pope Leo XIV received Prime Minister Robert Abela of Malta on December 15. “Marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between Malta and the Holy See, we discussed peace, climate change, …
Responding to a psychologist’s letter for a message that can “touch the hearts” of young people, Pope Leo XIV spoke of “the importance of Christian witness as a way to …
St. Olympias Feast date: Dec 17 Born sometime between 360-365, this pious, charitable, and wealthy disciple of St. John Chrysostom came from an illustrious family in Constantinople. Her father (called …
Saint Jose Manyanet y Vives Feast date: Dec 17 St. Jose Manyanet y Vives was born on January 7, 1883 in Catalonia, Spain. At the age of five, José’s mother …
December 17 marks the beginning of the O Antiphons, the seven jewels of our liturgy, dating back to the fourth century, one for each day until Christmas Eve. These antiphons …
Dominic Bevan (D. B.) Wyndham Lewis (1894-1969) entered the Catholic Church shortly after his service in the infantry in World War I. Widely acclaimed as one of Britain’s greatest humorists, …
At his weekly public audience on December 17, Pope Leo XIV said that the restlessness that all people experience will be eased when “we ill enter into God’s repose, which …
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