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Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in Piazza della Libertà in August, 2025. / Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). More than two-thirds of American Catholic voters have a favorable opi... [...]

Tom Vander Woude with baby Joseph “Josie” Vander Woude. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Tom Vander Woude Guild CNA Staff, Dec 11, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). When Virginia father Tom Vander Woude’s 19-year-old son, a boy with Down syndrome, fell int... [...]

Puebla, Mexico, Dec 11, 2025 / 07:10 am Although millions of faithful recognize Tepeyac Hill in Mexico City as the site of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe, not many know that the miracle [...]

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 11, 2025 / 06:30 am Congress is set to vote on two plans regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that are scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2025. The [...]

“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

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

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

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

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 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