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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

Talk of defeating death is no longer confined to science fiction. From life-extension research to artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces, a growing number of voices suggest that technology may soon free humanity from its oldest limit. This vision has a name: transhumanism. And it is precisely this promise that recently drew the attention of Pope Read More…

What transhumanism really promises — and what it misses

When Suze Lopez went to the doctor back in August, the last thing the 41-year-old woman from Bakersfield, California, thought was that she would soon be having a baby. After all, Lopez had no reason to suspect she was pregnant: She had not felt any kicks, had no morning sickness, and her cycle was irregular Read More…

Miracle: Baby born after developing outside the uterus

Credit: udra11/Shutterstock Dec 31, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The past year has seen several notable Catholics pass away — from public officials to the vicar of Christ himself.Here’s a rundown of some prominent Catholics around the world who left ... [...]

Our Bishop didn't just close and sell our church, he swindled parishioners into paying for what turned out to be capital improvements to make the sale more lucrative.

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