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Trump honors Mary’s ‘freedom from original sin’ in Immaculate Conception message

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 8, 2025 / 18:09 pm President Donald Trump honored the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, which appears to be the first time an American president formally recognized the [...]

Bethlehem lights Christmas tree again while conflict still echoes nearby

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 17:39 pm For the past two years — while the war in Gaza has been taking place — all Christmas celebrations have been canceled in Bethlehem, the town where [...]

Mariologists publish scathing critique of Vatican note on Mary’s titles

National Catholic Register, Dec 8, 2025 / 16:58 pm One of the Catholic Church’s foremost associations of Mariologists has issued a strongly critical response to Mater Populi Fidelis, a recently published Vatican doctrinal note that has been [...]

2025: The Year of Violent Absurdities

In the past week or so, as I write this, the President of the United States has called a reporter “piggy,” the Governor of Minnesota “retarded,” and an entire ethnic group “garbage.” Also in the [...]

Benedict XVI’s former secretary hopes the pope’s beatification process will open soon

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Alan Holdren/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 16:28 pm (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification... [...]

Tennessee faith leaders call on Gov. Lee to stop executions

Republican Gov. William Lee, pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., in September 2025, should stop all executions and support an end to the death penalty, faith leaders said at a Dec. 8, 2025, press conference hoste... [...]

Where Mary has been loved for 2,000 years (Watch)

Few places can claim a 2,000-year Christian history. Jerusalem, Asia Minor, Rome … and Malta. When Acts of the Apostles recounts Paul’s shipwreck on this island, it doesn’t give a lot of details. It indicates that he passed the winter there, that the people showed “unusual kindness,” and that he healed a man named Publius Read More…

Where Mary has been loved for 2,000 years (Watch)

High school seniors: 42 Colleges with strong Catholic communities

High school seniors applying to American universities are wrapping up their college applications this December and making final decisions about where to apply. If you’re a senior, or the parent or grandparent of one, you might be wondering which secular colleges have robust Catholic communities that can support your faith during your college years. Even Read More…

High school seniors: 42 Colleges with strong Catholic communities

Change just one word the next time your spouse asks your help

In homes everywhere, December arrives with its familiar choreography: Someone hunting for wrapping paper, someone else refereeing homework battles, someone unloading the dishwasher yet again. These tasks tend to fall into habitual patterns — and sometimes, into habitual language. “Can you help me with this?” “I did this for you.” “Can you handle her homework Read More…

Change just one word the next time your spouse asks your help

The Left Gave Up God—Now They’ve Picked Up Guns

Anxious, depressed, online, and isolated, the once firmly anti-gun left has taken up arms to silence, once and for all, the voice of truth.