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With a budget surplus of €1.6 million (about $1.86 million), the Holy See has managed to present a balanced budget for 2024, a first in many years. But this news also lifts the veil on a very difficult year for the budget in 2023. “2024 could be a pivotal year if, after years of stable Read More…

After years of deficits, Vatican shows balanced 2024 budget 

Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona was appointed apostolic nuncio to Algeria by Pope Leo XIV, the Holy See Press Office announced on November 22, 2025. The Mexican archbishop, was previously posted to Congo and Gabon. Now, he will be tasked with overseeing a land particularly dear to the heart of the Pope. Leo XIV had already Read More…

Will this new apostolic nuncio to Algeria lead next papal visit?

Catholic bishops across the Caribbean — joined in recent days by Pope Leo XIV — are issuing increasingly urgent calls for dialogue as military activity intensifies throughout the region, heightening fears of a broader conflict. The Episcopal Conference of Puerto Rico (CEP) voiced “deep concern” over the surge in US military operations on the island Read More…

Bishops, Pope weigh in on military tensions in the Caribbean

St. Charbel wrote nothing and lived most of his life in seclusion in a hermitage in the hills of Annaya, Lebanon. Yet his teachings are so rich and relevant that Pope Leo XIV emphasized them when he paid his respects at his tomb on December 1, the second day of his apostolic journey to Lebanon, Read More…

4 Attitudes taught by St. Charbel according to Pope Leo XIV

December 4 is the feast of St. John Damascene (otherwise known as St. John of Damascus). Falling right in the first week of December, this saint’s feast day is a wonderful call to savor a more holy and meaningful Advent.  Advent is the Catholic season which begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and lasts Read More…

Beginning Advent with St. John Damascene

The moral framework upon which America was founded, upon which the Constitution rests, is that of Christianity. Our system of government is incapable of functioning without this framework.

Can we know someone by the media they consume? Here's a look at Pope Leo's favorite films.

Church of Panagia tou Arakos, triumphal arch, wall paintings, Lagoudera, Cyprus — north side, St. John of Damascus. / Credit: Winfield, David, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons National Catholic Register, Dec 4, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Dec. 4 we cel... [...]

Surveys indicate that reading books is dropping precipitously across all age groups. This is a tragedy in itself; it’s also a social disaster, as a post-literate society risks becoming a post-rational society. All the more [...]

Chesterton called America “a nation with the soul of a church.” He was largely right. Not all Americans buy into the whole of our national creed, but it’s real, and it dominates public life. It [...]