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Jonathan Roumie tells Father Mike Schmitz: ‘Everything in my life has prepared me for this role’

Dec 29, 2025 / 17:21 pm In a new sit-down interview with Father Mike Schmitz, who is best known for the “Bible in a Year” podcast and YouTube videos on Ascension Presents, actor Jonathan Roumie [...]

Pope Leo XIV: To let God work in your life, you have to empty yourself

Dec 29, 2025 / 14:48 pm Pope Leo XIV on Monday explained that in order to allow God’s action in our personal lives, people must “empty” themselves and cultivate a deep inner life. The pontiff [...]

Bishop of Columbus grants Mass dispensation to immigrants who fear deportation

Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, carries the Blessed Sacrament during a procession at Pickaway Correctional Institution on June 28, 2024, at one of the stops on the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Credit: Catholic Tim... [...]

U.S. executions rise in 2025 amid shifting public opinion

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign going into 2026 even amid high levels of capital punishment. [...]

Is 2026 the Year of Something? On to the next holy year or jubilee

Wrapping up the Jubilee Year 2025, with its theme centered on hope (Pilgrims of Hope) such that it has been called the Year of Hope, has most of us asking: What’s next? There is already one clear answer to that question. The 2,000th anniversary of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus is coming soon-ish: in Read More…

Is 2026 the Year of Something? On to the next holy year or jubilee

Northern Ireland’s only Catholic college celebrates 125 years of training teachers

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 ... [...]

Pope Leo’s first year: Encounters with celebrities

“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

6 Catholic public figures who made major headlines in 2025

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... [...]

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

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

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

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