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“Human judgment on the nullity of marriage cannot […] be manipulated by false mercy.” This was the warning issued by Leo XIV when he received participants in a training course of the Roman Rota — the court of appeal for cases of Catholic marriage nullity — on November 21, 2025. During this audience, he recommended Read More…

Leo XIV urges annulment judges not to give in to “false mercy”

The co-owner of the Chicago White Sox says Pope Leo XIV is interested in throwing out the first pitch at some point in the future. Justin Ishbia, the team’s co-owner, recently met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. (He gave him a signed jersey, which is becoming somewhat of a tradition for people meeting Read More…

Pope Leo reportedly wants to throw out a White Sox first pitch

Every year my husband and I look at each other and say, “We really should do something with the kids for Advent.”  And every year, we kind of drop the ball.  Whoops. It’s not that we don’t do anything for Advent.  We always light our Advent wreath and sing O Come, O Come, Emmanuel with Read More…

A beautiful family Advent: 5 fantastic options

When we treat every uncomfortable query as morally suspect, we only imitate the reaction of the Woke Left, which treats disagreement, albeit incoherently, as intolerance.

There is a certain majesty and real beauty to be found in everyday life. If we have the eyes to see it, everything from rising in the morning, to going to work, to doing the [...]

Advent is a a time of looking towards the first coming of Christ as a baby, which is precisely why the Church spends the season contemplating His second coming at the end of time.

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“It might be said of Advent that it is not for the faint of heart. To grasp the depth of the human predicament, one has to be willing to enter into the very worst.” — [...]

Pope Leo XIV visits a care home for the elderly run by a community of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 28, 2025 / 03:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV visited the Nursi... [...]

Pope Leo XIV encourages Catholic clergy, religious brothers and sisters, and lay pastoral workers to see the Catholic community’s small size as a strength during an encounter at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2... [...]