Archive for December 29, 2025

Graduates pose with their degrees at St. Mary’s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. | Credit: St. Mary’s University College?w=200&h=150

By Patrick J. Passmore

Northern Ireland’s only Catholic college celebrates 125 years of training teachers

St. Mary’s University College in Belfast is marking the 125th year of a remarkable journey that began in 1900. Read more

The lethal injection chamber at the Oklahoma State Penintentiary, May 7, 2010. Credit: Josh Rushing via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

U.S. executions rise in 2025 amid shifting public opinion

A rise in executions in the U.S. in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty... Read more

Pope Leo XIV, Pope Francis, Michael Iskander, Bishop Mark Seitz, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Andrea Bocelli. Credit: Vatican Media; ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images; Jason Davis/Getty Images; Hakim Shammo/EWTN News; Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; Franco Origlia/Getty Images?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

6 Catholic public figures who made major headlines in 2025

A look at six of this past year’s leading Catholic newsmakers. Read more

Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, carries the Blessed Sacrament during a procession at Pickaway Correctional Institution on June 28, 2024, at one of the stops on the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Credit: Catholic Times/Ken Snow?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Bishop of Columbus grants Mass dispensation to immigrants who fear deportation

Bishop Earl Fernandes announced that those who fear immigration enforcement action are free from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with a group of pilgrims from St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, on Dec. 29, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV: To let God work in your life, you have to empty yourself

Speaking to pilgrims from St. Thomas Villanova Parish in Spain, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the saint’s virtues and interior life... Read more

Actor Jonathan Roumie, known for his role as Jesus in “The Chosen,” and Father Mike Schmitz, known for the “Bible in a Year” podcast, sit down for an in-depth interview. Credit: Ascension Presents?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Jonathan Roumie tells Father Mike Schmitz: ‘Everything in my life has prepared me for this role’

In a new sit-down interview with well-known podcaster priest Father Mike Schmitz, actor Jonathan Roumie spoke in depth about his... Read more

Micah Kim, 5, son of popular Catholic speaker Paul Kim, is anointed by a priest on Dec. 26, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Paul Kim's Facebook page?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Popular Catholic speaker pleads for a miracle amid son’s medical emergency

Popular Catholic content creator Paul Kim has continued to ask for prayers for his 5-year-old son, Micah, who is in... Read more

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Begum Khaleda Zia, former Bangladesh prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in 2010 at the Diploma Engineers Institute, Dhaka. | Credit: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, Catholic school alumna, dies at 80

Aerial view of St. Peter’s Square filled with thousands of mourners including clergy and dignitaries gathered for Pope Francis’ funeral Mass under a clear blue sky on April 26, 2025, in Vatican City. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

More than 3 million people attended Vatican audiences and ceremonies in 2025

Father Sylvester Okechukwu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. | Credit: Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria

Courageous witnesses to the faith: 17 missionaries were murdered in 2025

Family Day celebrations at St. Austin's Msongari Parish. | Credit: St Austin's Msongari Communications

‘Faith must be lived within a community,’ bishop tells historic parish in Kenya

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Pope Leo XIV warns against gambling, which ‘ruins many families’

Afternoon prayers for an ecumenical youth gathering organized by the Taize Community are taking place in the Accor Arena, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people. Credit: Vilacor, via Wikimedia Commons

Thousands of young Europeans are beginning the new year at ecumenical gathering

U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, talks about his faith with Eric Rosales on “EWTN News Nightly” on Dec. 29, 2025. | Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot

Rep. Tom Emmer credits his parents’ example in fostering Catholic faith

Fifty-one senators asked the FDA to rescind its approval of a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone on Oct. 9, 2025. | Credit: Yta23/Shutterstock

How federal and state abortion policies shifted in 2025

The coffin of Pope Francis rests before the altar at the funeral Mass on St. Peter’s Square, April 26, 2025.

PHOTOS: Unforgettable moments from the 2025 papal transition

Micah Kim, 5, son of popular Catholic speaker Paul Kim, is anointed by a priest on Dec. 26, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Paul Kim's Facebook page

Popular Catholic speaker pleads for a miracle amid son’s medical emergency

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