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The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of $1.86 million

Vatican City, Dec 1, 2025 / 16:51 pm The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of 1.6 million euros ($1.86 million), according to the 2024 Consolidated Financial Statement published Nov. 26 [...]

Aid to the Church in Need welcomes appointment of Cardinal Koch as its new president

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2025 / 16:21 pm The executive director of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Regina Lynch, thanked Pope Leo XIV for appointing Cardinal Kurt Koch as the new president [...]

Reactions mount in Canada to undercover video exposing late-term abortions

Vancouver, Canada, Dec 1, 2025 / 15:51 pm A week after The Catholic Register in Canada revealed that pro-life advocate Alissa Golob went undercover while 22 weeks pregnant to test whether late-term abortions were accessible in Canada [...]

Brother of Beirut explosion victim speaks ahead of Pope Leo IV’s visit to blast site

ACI MENA, Dec 1, 2025 / 15:21 pm As part of his visit to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion — the largest nonnuclear blast in [...]

Philippines bishops’ conference elects Garcera as president, an advocate for synodality

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 1, 2025 / 14:14 pm Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa has officially begun his new role as president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The CBCP elected Garcera [...]

Pope Leo appoints Mexican-born Oratorian as bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas

Vatican City, Dec 1, 2025 / 13:44 pm Pope Leo XIV on Monday appointed Bishop Mario Avilés as the new bishop of Corpus Christi, selecting the Mexican-born Oratorian to lead the south Texas diocese. Avilés, 56, [...]

Father Bob and his bicycle: How this 88-year-old priest serves Bangladesh’s disabled children

Munshigonj, Bangladesh, Dec 1, 2025 / 13:34 pm Father Robert Terence McCahill, a Maryknoll missionary who works in health care for poor, disabled people in Bangladesh, marks 50 years of service in the country in [...]

Pope Leo to Lebanese youth: Love, not retaliation, is the real answer to evil

Bkerke, Lebanon, Dec 1, 2025 / 12:34 pm Pope Leo XIV told thousands of young people in Lebanon on Monday that love, not retaliation, is the real force capable of transforming their country as it [...]

Lebanese fear the return of war after the Pope’s departure

Wearing a white scarf emblazoned with the logo of Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Lebanon and holding a Vatican flag, Sister Geneviève struggles to hide her emotion. The Pope is due to appear at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa today, Monday, December 1. Like more than 2,000 Lebanese priests and religious, Read More…

Lebanese fear the return of war after the Pope’s departure

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Oxford University Press has just revealed its Word of the Year: Rage bait. It is defined as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive” — the term may feel all too familiar to anyone who’s spent five minutes scrolling this year. According to Oxford’s data, usage of Read More…

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