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Afternoon prayers for the ecumenical youth gathering are taking place in the Accor Arena, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people. Credit: Taizé Community Dec 31, 2025 / 11:58 am (CNA). Thousands of young Catholics and other fellow Christ... [...]

“When I began hearing the confessions of the faithful, I understood that there can be no inner peace without forgiveness," said Father Pero Miličević.| Credit: Vatican Media Dec 31, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA). Father Pero Miličević witnessed th... [...]

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