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A residence hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. / Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). After a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island over the weekend, ... [...]

Philip Rivers had a crazy week. First, on Monday, December 8, the “retired” Catholic father of 10 and grandfather of one flew in from Alabama to Indiana for a workout with the Indianapolis Colts. (That day was his 44th birthday, to boot.) On Tuesday, he was signed to the Indianapolis Colts’ practice squad after a Read More…

Watch: Philip Rivers’ Catholic school players react to his touchdown pass

Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan celebrates Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Dagupan City, on Dec. 13, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan Manila, Philippines, Dec 15, 2025 / 09:00 am... [...]

The coffin of Cardinal Josef Beran is carried by a horse-drawn carriage toward St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague on April 21, 2018. The cardinal’s remains were repatriated to his homeland 49 years after his death in exile in Rome. / Credit: PetrS./W... [...]

Daughters of Charity Congregation in Cuba. / Credit: Archdiocese of Havana ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious co... [...]

Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Nov. 12, 2025. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 15, 2025 / 07:48 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Monday condemned a deadly attack on the Jewish... [...]

Pope Leo spoke out about the attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. The Holy Father mentioned the tragedy in the midst of an audience he had this morning, December 15, with those who donated the Christmas tree and crib to the Vatican. He will likely send a message to Sydney’s Archbishop Fisher, which will Read More…

Pope Leo: Enough of this antisemitic violence!

While fighting in eastern DRC is nothing new, the renewed intensity of it after US President Donald Trump brought leaders to Washington for a “peace deal” on December 4, is disheartening. After praying the midday Angelus on December 14, Pope Leo noted the situation: I am following with deep concern the resumption of fighting in Read More…

Pope Leo mentions failed peace deal in DRC

Mass at Arizona State University’s Newman Center chapel. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Bill Clements, director of ASU Newman Center Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec 15, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Several college campuses across the country are witness... [...]

Christmas is a season of wonder. It is a time when the world pauses to celebrate a birth that changed history. In 2025, this sacred holiday takes on even deeper significance as it unfolds within the Jubilee Year — a time of renewal, grace, and spiritual pilgrimage. The Nativity story, with its message of divine Read More…

A Jubilee Christmas in Malta: The gift of hope