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Rome Newsroom, Nov 26, 2025 / 18:04 pm Pope Leo XIV praised “the wonderful adventure” of becoming parents that many families are choosing to embark on today, even in a time marked by economic and [...]

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 26, 2025 / 16:15 pm A Christian advocacy group’s report details “legal, institutional, and social hostility” toward Turkish Christians as Pope Leo XIV begins his six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon Thursday. [...]

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has issued a stark warning about the country’s deteriorating security landscape, calling the current crisis “deplorable.” They also say “the ongoing discourse heating up the nation’s fragile social and religious climate are truly worrisome.” Nigeria has been brought to the world’s attention of late, particularly after statements from Read More…

Nigerian bishops: Let’s not argue about who has suffered most

Today, on the eve of Pope Leo XIV’s departure for his first apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon, the Holy Father’s prayer intention for December was released through The Pope Video. It is dedicated specifically to Christian minorities who live in the midst of war. In fact, in this last prayer intention of the year, Read More…

Pope leads poignant prayer for Christians in areas of conflict

Pope Paul VI inaugurated apostolic trips by airplane in 1964: He traveled to the Holy Land; a more significant choice couldn’t have been possible. Ever since, the first trip a pope makes seems to carry a weight beyond the geographical stops. It’s seen almost as a symbol of the pontificate. While John XXIII had made Read More…

Where popes have gone first: Destinations are meaningful

As journalists gathered outside Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo last night, Pope Leo XIV paused to speak about global tensions, interreligious concerns in light of the trip he begins tomorrow, and the hopes he carries into this uncertain moment. Yet amid questions on Ukraine, the distant prospect of peace in the Middle East, and violence Read More…

Pope Leo on Thanksgiving: “There are many things I’m thankful for”

Life is not “a threat” or “a parenthesis between two eternal nights,” said Pope Leo XIV during the general audience of November 26, 2025. Before tens of thousands of faithful attending this weekly gathering, the Pope encouraged people to live in hope, despite the difficulties of daily life. In his catechesis, Leo XIV focused on Read More…

Pope: We need confidence in life!

In all circumstances give thanks,for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.[1 Thessalonians 5:18] When I started in priestly ministry, I heard of another priest who kept a stack of notecards, and would end each day by writing a simple thank you or a greeting to anyone who touched his life Read More…

Becoming a thanks-giving, thanks-doing, thanks-saying people

GOP opposition to Trump is rare these days. But Marjorie Taylor Greene's recent resignation may be a reflection of where the lines are drawn.

Either we begin to take fatherhood very seriously, or we will have to face off with a future Führer.