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As we ring in 2026, consider a resolution that not only tidies up your home but also might lower your stress and even give your marriage a boost. According to research from a study of dual-income married couples, household clutter can do more than litter your floors – it can clutter your mind and strain Read More…

A New Year’s resolution that could even save your marriage!

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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered for his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 31, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, 2025 / 08:08 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV used the Vatican’s final general audience of 20... [...]

As the last day of 2025 has fallen on a Wednesday, Pope Leo has had a unique chance to reflect on the end of the year and the graces to come. At the general audience this morning, December 31, he considered some of the graces and sorrows of the past 12 months, particularly the millions Read More…

From the old to the new year: Words from Pope Leo

Pope Leo XIV greets a girl in a wheelchair during an audience with members of Italian Catholic Action on Dec. 19, 2025 at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). 2025 was filled with impactful moments — from the death ... [...]

Pope Leo XIV walks through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross while leading the Holy See’s pilgrimage on June 9, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). 2025 was the Jubilee Year of Hope — and the news often seemed dete... [...]

Speaking to the National Association of Italian Municipalities in a December 29 audience, Pope Leo XIV condemned gambling and encouraged people to celebrate children and families. Cities today, said Pope Leo, “know forms of marginalization, violence, and loneliness that demand to be confronted.” In particular, he said, he wanted to bring attention to “the scourge Read More…

Pope Leo: Stop gambling, care for others

New Year’s is approaching, and along with it, the traditional day of taking up a new challenge. Changes will be made. This is the year to finally start exercising, battle that addiction to high-calorie coffee drinks piled high with whipped cream, become a better parent, a nicer person, pray every night, never miss Sunday Mass Read More…

Sir Gawain and the New Year’s challenge

Beneath the stone expanse of Jerusalem’s Western Wall Plaza, archaeologists have uncovered a discovery that reaches back to the city’s final, fragile days before catastrophe: a rock-hewn ritual bath, or mikveh, dating to the closing chapter of the Second Temple period. As first reported in The Jerusalem Post, the mikveh was found sealed under a Read More…

Second Temple ritual bath unearthed under Western Wall

I have the honor of being part of a volunteer choir at our local Marian shrine. Most of us are not professional musicians, or even very skillful at reading music and sticking to our voice, but we come together in our shared love for Mary, the Mass, and the beauty of sound — even if Read More…

A random 6-word Bible verse to set the tone for 2026