Archive for December 25, 2025

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By CNA Staff

In effort to stem violence against Christians, U.S. conducts airstrikes on ISIS in Nigeria

With the support of the Nigerian government, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military has carried out strikes... Read more

Cardinal  Pierbattista Pizzaballa is the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem: ‘God does not wait for history to improve before entering into it’

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa affirmed that “one of the great messages of Christmas” is that God “does not wait for history... Read more

Pope Leo XIV delivers his Christmas “urbi et orbi” message at the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV highlights Gaza, Yemen, migrants in first Christmas urbi et orbi message

In his first Christmas “urbi et orbi” message as pope, Leo XIV urged the world to embrace “responsibility” as the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby on All Saints Day’ 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

PHOTOS: Pope Leo meets the tiniest members of the flock — babies

Pope Leo XIV has welcomed and greeted a plethora of babies at the Vatican since his election on May 8. Read more

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope at Christmas Day Mass says wars fed by falsehoods send young people to their deaths

Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Day deplored the “falsehoods” used to justify wars that leave young people “forced to take... Read more

The Shrine of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Deliceto, Italy, where St. Alphonsus Liguori was inspired to write and compose the famous Italian Christmas carol, “Tu Scendi dalle Stelle,” in 1744. | Credit: Gianpiero Passalia/EWTN News?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol

The Christmas song, written and composed by St. Alphonsus Liguori in the mid-18th century, describes Christ, King and Creator, coming... Read more