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Pope, at Christmas Day Mass, says wars fed by falsehoods send young people to their deaths
Dec 25, 2025Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Day deplored the “falsehoods” used to justify wars that leave young people “forced to take up arms” and “sent to their deaths,” while also drawing attention to the humanitarian suffering of displaced people — including families living in tents in Gaza — in a homily centered on the vulnerability of the Word made flesh.
The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol
Dec 25, 2025The Christmas song, written and composed by St. Alphonsus Liguori in the mid-18th century, describes Christ, King and Creator, coming into the world as a poor baby.
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Christmas night homily
Dec 24, 2025Pope Leo XIV's full homily at Christmas Mass during the Night in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday.
Pope Leo XIV on Christmas night: Make room for others
Dec 24, 2025Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Christmas night Mass, also known as midnight Mass, for an estimated 6,000 attendees in the Vatican basilica at 10 p.m.
Christmas reversed in Slovakia: Why the homeless gave this archbishop a gift
Dec 24, 2025Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, Slovakia, found a special gift under the Christmas tree: a new “cathedra,” a wooden bench prepared by homeless people.
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Dec 24, 2025Amid the widespread destruction, Caritas Indonesia has emerged as a central pillar of the Church’s humanitarian response.
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Dec 24, 2025In an attempt to inscribe the name of the Land of the Cedars in the Guinness World Records, a group in Lebanon will sing Christmas hymns for 170 hours.
Syria celebrates Christmas with hope amid lingering security fears
Dec 24, 2025Christmas celebrations continue across various regions of Syria, carrying messages of hope that transcend divisions and wounds.
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Religious sisters offer abortion clinic workers Christmas cards with resources and prayers
Dec 24, 2025And Then There Were None, a pro-life organization dedicated to assisting abortion clinic workers leave their jobs, carries out a card ministry each Christmas season.
Pope Leo XIV revives tradition during first Christmas of his pontificate
Dec 24, 2025Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Christmas at the Vatican by reviving the tradition of offering Christmas Mass on Dec. 25 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Dec 24, 2025The Feast of the Seven Fishes stems from the southern part of Italy and spans generations.
‘Everybody’s had it’: Backlash to Charlotte bishop’s ban of altar rails, kneelers
Dec 23, 2025In a Dec. 17 letter, Bishop Michael Martin said that by Jan. 16, 2026, the use of altar rails, kneelers, and prie-dieus will no longer be permitted in the diocese.
