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Parishes find a trick for connecting with people: French cafés

“For us, our parish café is a way of extending Christian hospitality,” explains Magalie, a lay pastoral worker at the parish of Saint Pierre de Crussol in Guilherand-Granges (in Ardèche, France). Like a priest who opens the doors of the church, she has been opening the doors of Le Frat’ café every day since it Read More…

Parishes find a trick for connecting with people: French cafés

Pope Leo XIV, a Marian pope … and a cautious one

The topic of Marian devotion has returned to the forefront of the Church in recent months, driven by a series of clarifications. On November 4, the dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly CDF) published the doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis (Mother of the Faithful People), clarifying certain titles attributed to the Virgin Mary Read More…

Pope Leo XIV, a Marian pope … and a cautious one

Stuck for a gift? Kate Winslet has the perfect idea

With the Christmas countdown in full swing and many of us frantically checking off shopping lists, it’s easy to get caught up in the pressure to find the “perfect” gift. But at the recent Westminster Abbey carol service hosted by Catherine, Princess of Wales, actress Kate Winslet offered a timely reminder: that the most meaningful Read More…

Stuck for a gift? Kate Winslet has the perfect idea

Church where shooting happened “reclaimed” for God with special rite

Archbishop Bernard Hebda led a rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday, December 6, restoring the building for worship months after two students were killed in a shooting. A rite of reparation is a special Mass celebrated by the local bishop after a church building is desecrated by “seriously offensive Read More…

Church where shooting happened “reclaimed” for God with special rite

Venezuela: Authorities seize Cardinal Porras’s passport

Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo had his passport confiscated at Simón Bolívar Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, as he prepared to travel abroad, according to Spanish-language media reports on December 10, 2025. In addition to Vatican outlets that covered the incident, several voices denounced what they called a “violation of the rights” of a citizen. The Read More…

Venezuela: Authorities seize Cardinal Porras’s passport

Christmas trees return to Bethlehem

Christmas festivities in Bethlehem have returned with the first public tree lighting at the Church of the Nativity since the start of the Gaza War, in what local leaders say is a glimmer of hope after two very hard years. “It’s been a bad two years of silence; no Christmas, no jobs, no work,” Bethlehem Read More…

Christmas trees return to Bethlehem

The Lost Boys and the Failure of Our Institutions

We can look at the rise of figures such as Nick Fuentes as a crisis of true shepherds.

Dr. Zhivago: A Study in Philosophical Anthropology

Dr. Zhivago is a study in sin taking hold over an entire society, which conversely also makes it the perfect Christmas story.

SCOTUS reviews New Jersey’s fishing expedition against pro-life centers

On December 2, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Center v. Platkin, a potentially far-reaching dispute over whether public officials could, without justification, investigate the activities of a faith-based, pro-life [...]