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Miss Universe Brazil honors Virgin Mary with pageant costume
Posted on 11/21/2025 06:08 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Each year during the Miss Universe pageant, every contestant competes in the “National Costume” round, wearing a design they feel best represents their country. These costumes are typically extremely elaborate, eye-catching, and often risque. This year, Miss Universe Brazil Maria Gabriela Lacerda took to the stage dressed in a garment designed to reflect her Catholic Read More…
Miss Universe Brazil honors Virgin Mary with pageant costumeCardinal Pizzaballa urges “courage” for Gaza’s future
Posted on 11/21/2025 06:04 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
In an interview with L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, offered a stark yet hopeful reading of the fragile situation in Gaza and the wider region. He welcomed the UN Security Council’s endorsement of the U.S. peace proposal, describing it as imperfect but currently the only plan that has slowed the expansion Read More…
Cardinal Pizzaballa urges “courage” for Gaza’s futureNigeria faces third major attack in three days
Posted on 11/21/2025 05:59 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has been rocked by a series of at least three violent attacks within a span of three days, underscoring the insecurity in the nation. According to multiple sources, these assaults targeted a girls’ boarding school and two Christian communities. The first incident occurred on November 17 when armed men stormed Read More…
Nigeria faces third major attack in three daysGroypers, Quo Vadis: The Race Question
Posted on 11/21/2025 05:10 AM (Crisis Magazine)
It is seemingly impossible to engage in a conversation about conservative politics, or even the intersection of religion and politics, without the topic of “Groypers” rearing its head. If you know what a Groyper is, or what “groyperism” is, then I will not have to define what it is. If you do not know what ... Read moreOn “World Vasectomy Day,” Ever Ask Why There’s No Male “Pill”?
Posted on 11/21/2025 05:00 AM (Crisis Magazine)
While the vasectomy is lauded by feminists for men doing their part to keep casual sex culture childless, it's also a reminder that men won't subject themselves to a chemical bath for birth control.Pope Leo receives cans of “Da Pope” beer brewed in his honor
Posted on 11/20/2025 10:45 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Illinois Governor Jay Pritzker made a very special delivery to the Vatican on Wednesday, November 19: He gave cans of “Da Pope” beer to Pope Leo XIV. “We bring good tidings from Chicago,” said Pritzker during the meeting. In addition to the cans of Da Pope beer, Pritzker invited Pope Leo to visit Chicago, noting Read More…
Pope Leo receives cans of “Da Pope” beer brewed in his honor2025 has been such a great year for the Church, for us! (Watch)
Posted on 11/20/2025 07:42 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
This year was bound to be intense — ordinary Jubilees only come once every quarter century, and in a whole lifetime, you can’t expect to have very many of them. Our beloved Pope Francis finished his journey and moved on to the Father’s house, and then Providence dealt us quite a surprise: the election of Read More…
2025 has been such a great year for the Church, for us! (Watch)The 100-year-old veteran who says his secret is simple
Posted on 11/20/2025 07:22 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
At 100 years old — and soon turning 101 this December — World War II veteran Joe “Peppy” Sciarra doesn’t look like a man slowing down. He still serves as an usher at Holy Angels Church in Arcadia every Sunday, standing faithfully at the door, greeting parishioners with a smile that has seen an entire Read More…
The 100-year-old veteran who says his secret is simpleHas American Christianity Been Hijacked by Nazis?
Posted on 11/20/2025 05:10 AM (Crisis Magazine)
Online cries of "Christofascism" continue in the wake of the Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes interview; but is it real?A Good Teacher
Posted on 11/20/2025 05:00 AM (Crisis Magazine)
In November, Holy Mother Church bids us lift our eyes to the end, but how faithfully do we proclaim that life is a preparation for eternity and that failure is a possibility?