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By Julieta Villar ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 10:35 am Pope Leo XIV has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine layman, husband, father, and businessman who died in 1962 at the age of 41. The prefect of the Dicastery for ... read more

Servant of God Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 10:35 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine layman, husband, father, and businessman who died in 1962 at the age of ... read more

Alexi Rosenfeld Cardinal Timothy Dolan preaches at Christmas Midnight Mass on Dec. 25, 2021, in New York City. COMMENTARY: As Vatican II taught that proclaiming the Gospel stands at the heart of priestly ministry, Cardinal Timothy Dolan spent decades giving that teaching a living, compelling voice. ... read more

As we light the fourth candle on the Advent wreath we find ourselves only a few days away from Christmas. The Sunday Gospel invites us to see the mystery of Christ’s coming through the quiet and resolute faith of Joseph. Joseph is engaged to Mary and he finds that she is pregnant. Suddenly, Joseph’s world is turned upside ... read more

(See the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent) Advent is the season of hope. It provides the Christian community a period of time to bolster our hope and to be strengthened by this virtue for our continued journey through life. The four Sundays of Advent provide us an opportunity to reflect on several aspects ... read more

This is a story both big and small, of art and faith and a human tragedy that caught the attention of Pope Francis: homeless German man Burkhard Scheffler died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square. ... read more

Romolo Tavani During her pregnancy, Mary’s heart beat in rhythm with that of her Child, forming the nucleus of a cor ad cor love. But that beginning preceded a larger beginning, the beginning of Christmas. COMMENTARY: 'Few are those,' said Albert Einstein, 'who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.' ... read more

By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 10:00 am A new animated film called “David” tells the story of King David, from his humble beginnings as a shepherd boy to his battle against Goliath. Created by Sunrise Animation Studios, the film aims to bring the story of ... read more

A new animated film titled “David” tells the story of King David — from his humble beginnings as a shepherd boy to his battle against Goliath. / Credit: Sunrise Animation Studios CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). A new animated film called “David” tells the story of King David, from his ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach, Florida, and named as his successor Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Corona (Queens), New York. The same day, the pope appointed the auxiliary bishop of Phoenix — Msgr. Peter Dai Bui, currently vicar ... read more

Netflix Josh O'Connor and Daniel Craig in 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.' Father Scott Bailey says the Blockbuster film perfectly encapsulates the complex spirituality of the priesthood. ... read more

Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, was appointed as the 12th archbishop of Westminster on Dec. 19, 2025. On hearing of his appointment, archbishop-elect Moth said he was 'moved greatly by the trust that Pope Leo has placed in me.' ... read more

I’ve told this story more times than I can count, and it never gets old. What happened changed my life in ways I couldn’t have imagined. I first crossed paths with Karl Keating in early 1987 after reading a short, unremarkable notice in our diocesan newspaper about a public debate on the papacy between Catholic ... read more

Diocese of Palm Beach Palm Beach Bishop-elect Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez Bishop-elect Rodriguez is currently a priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn, where he serves at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Queens. ... read more

Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, was appointed as the 12th archbishop of Westminster on Dec. 19, 2025. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) London, England, Dec 19, 2025 / 09:26 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, as ... read more