Detail from “The Stoning of St Stephen” (1603-04) by Annibale Carracci. (Image: WikiArt) We keep things in discreet categories in our culture. Religion too often remains within the church’s walls, …
On leaving Rome in 1223, St. Francis of Assisi made for the Rieti Valley and back to the hermitage of Fonte Columbo, where he had written his rule. It was …
Father Raymond Njoku, an assistant priest at a parish in Ogbaku in Nigeria’s Imo State, was shot as he drove back to his parish residence. “His vehicle was riddled with …
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said in his Christmas message that “Christ comes to people in human flesh to transform them, to open up new perspectives for …
Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, apostolic nuncio to Israel and apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine, condemned an arson attack on the parish in the West Bank city of Jenin. Vatican …
In his Christmas homily, the vicar general of Trinidad and Tobago’s sole diocese spoke of fears that “Venezuela might bomb Trinidad, and so we have this specter. We have this …
On Christmas Day, the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (CNEWA profile) spoke of a “contradiction” between the continued violence against Christians in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expressions …
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2025 / 04:00 am If “Good King Wenceslas” is one of the Christmas hymns you look forward to each year, you probably know …
As the year ends, much of American democracy seems to be in ruins with self-inflicted devastation, writes NCR’s Michael Sean Winters.
Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, closed the basilica’s holy door on Christmas evening, as the 2025 jubilee year begins to come to a …
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