Archive for November 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV encourages Catholic clergy, religious brothers and sisters, and lay pastoral workers to see the Catholic community’s small size as a strength during an encounter at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo reminds Turkish Catholic minority of the ‘logic of littleness’

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s small Catholic community Friday to rediscover what he called the Gospel’s “logic of littleness.” Read more

Pope Leo XIV visits a care home for the elderly run by a community of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo shares ‘secret of Christian charity’ with Little Sisters of the Poor

Pope Leo XIV visited the Nursing Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul on Friday. Read more

Members of Iglesia ni Cristo take part in a protest against corruption on Nov. 16, 2025, in Manila, Philippines. A powerful Philippine megachurch, Iglesia ni Cristo, mobilized over half a million members to join growing protests over alleged corruption in multibillion-peso flood control projects. Catholic leaders in the Philippines have also mobilized Catholics to participate in similar marches.?w=200&h=150

By Zoe Romanowsky

Filipino archbishop asks Catholics to attend protests against government corruption

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more

Co-founder Bob Hogan (left) and CEO and co-founder Daniel Cruz (right) are launching a pro-life health insurance plan that is in line with Catholic morality.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Pro-life, Christian health insurance company launches in Texas

Daniel Cruz and Bob Hogan founded the FortressPlan by Presidio Healthcare because they wanted a pro-life, Christian alternative. Read more

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at an ecumenical event marking the 1,700th anniversary of Nicene Creed, in Iznik, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Elias Turk

Pope Leo XIV marks Nicaea anniversary, urges Christians to overcome divisions

Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea on Friday in the Turkish city historically... Read more

The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco in Salone Sistino at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Council of Nicaea: 1,700 years of Christian unity amid division

The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses bishops, priests, religious, pastoral workers, and laypeople at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Romy Haber

Immigrants, converts, and students reflect on Pope Leo’s visit to Istanbul cathedral

Parishioners of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul welcomed Pope Leo XIV today with profound emotion and vibrant... Read more