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Graduates pose with their degrees at St. Mary’s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. / Credit: St. Mary’s University College EWTN News, Dec 29, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). Four generations of teachers, a Nobel Prize winner, and a kicker ... [...]

“I’ve been a fan of yours since San Remo! And my secretary is your biggest fan, if not in the world, then at least in Latin America!” Receiving such spontaneous compliments from a Pontiff is no small thing … Received in a private audience on November 12, Italian singer Laura Pausini didn’t hide her surprise Read More…

Pope Leo’s first year: Encounters with celebrities

Pope Leo XIV, Pope Francis, Michael Iskander, Bishop Mark Seitz, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Andrea Bocelli. Credit: Vatican Media; ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images; Jason Davis/Getty Images; Hakim Shammo/EWTN News; Latin Patriarch... [...]

When Pope Leo XIV released his message for the 59th World Day of Peace, he did not offer a diplomatic checklist or a spiritual abstraction. Instead, he presented peace as a lived Christian posture—unarmed, disarming, and urgently relevant in a world shaped by fear, rearmament, and technological warfare. The World Day of Peace is celebrated Read More…

World Day of Peace: 5 Takes from Pope Leo’s message

Now that TV and smartphones are everywhere, we forget how things used to be.  There was a time when reading classic books was the go-to entertainment for people from all classes and backgrounds. Don’t believe me? Check out Louis L’Amour’s fascinating memoir, Education of a Wandering Man.  L’Amour spent more than a decade wandering the Read More…

2026 goal: Bring back the lost art of self-education

Have your kids had the flu this winter? Mine had it last week, and it feels as if all of my friends’ kids had it too (or a stomach bug, or hand-foot-mouth disease, or RSV, or … the list is endless).  While my kids were laid up with fevers, I thought about a few things that Read More…

St. Benedict’s good advice for care of the sick

The city of Lyon, France, has announced a 45% reduction in funding for private middle schools under contract with the government. Catholic schools are among those affected. This cut is based on a new method of calculating the flat rate for day students, the basis for allocating funding. The Interdepartmental Union of Catholic Education Management Read More…

Catholic schools hit by funding cuts in French city of Lyon

From December 2025 through December 2026, the Church is celebrating a Jubilee Year dedicated to John of the Cross, one of Christianity’s most demanding — and enduring — spiritual teachers. Proclaimed by the Discalced Carmelites with papal approval, the jubilee marks two anniversaries: 300 years since his canonization and 100 years since he was named Read More…

Why the Church is marking a Jubilee for John of the Cross

Just days before taking the stage for The Voice Season 28 finale, singer Aubrey Nicole returned to a very different stage: the one that started it all. In a video posted to Instagram on December 7, the top 4 finalist is seen standing in the pews of the historic Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Read More…

This church performance is best yet of ‘The Voice’ finalist