Archive for November 27, 2025

Pope Leo XIV blesses rosaries for EWTN News’ Elias Turk aboard the papal plane to Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV to focus on Christian unity, relations with Islam in Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday on his first international apostolic journey. Read more

Students in Lebanon from the School of the Apostles (“Collège des Apôtres”) in Jounieh, prepare letters and posters ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit.?w=200&h=150

By Romy Haber

Lebanese students prepare for Pope Leo XIV’s historic visit with heartfelt letters

Students from the School of the Apostles in Jounieh, Lebanon, wrote letters to Pope Leo XIV in anticipation of the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks from the Vatican, Nov. 21, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Leo’s prayer intention for December: For Christians in areas of war or conflict

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for December is for Christians living amid war or conflict, especially in the Middle East. Read more

Bishop Stephen Hero celebrates Mass to start the Jubilee Year in December 2024 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Prince Albert, Saskachewan. Hero has been appointed Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta.?w=200&h=150

By The B.C. Catholic

Pope Leo XIV appoints 2 new archbishops for western Canada dioceses

Pope Leo appointed Bishop Stephen A. Hero as the archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, and Father Susai Jesu, OMI, as archbishop-elect... Read more

Pope Leo XIV with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo denounces ‘might is right’ in address to Turkish authorities

Pope Leo XIV opened his first international trip on Thursday with a sweeping call for unity, renewed dialogue, and a... Read more

Pope Leo XIV receives a Thanksgiving pie on board the papal flight to Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pies and a baseball bat: The gifts Pope Leo XIV received on the papal flight to Turkey

“To the Americans here, happy Thanksgiving!” Leo said as he greeted about 80 journalists aboard the chartered ITA Airways flight... Read more

Nadia Howlader is given a key to a new apartment by Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 16, 2025, on the ninth World Day of the Poor.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Homeless mother given ‘key’ to new apartment by Pope Leo XIV

Nadia Howlader and her daughter were given a key to a new apartment by Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 16... Read more

Image from page 155 of “Young Folks’ History of the United States” (1903).?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Was Squanto Catholic? What we know about this hero of the first Thanksgiving

In March 1621, the chief of the Wampanoag confederation met with the Pilgrims and brought Tisquantum along to translate. He... Read more

Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, speaks on the Senate floor.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to protect medical residents from coercive abortion training

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

Workers erect the Vatican’s 2025 Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Vatican’s 2025 Christmas tree installed in St. Peter’s Square

A towering Christmas tree now stands in the center of St. Peter’s Square after the spruce arrived at the Vatican... Read more