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Graduates pose with their degrees at St. Mary’s University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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

Dec 29, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

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

6 Catholic public figures who made major headlines in 2025

Dec 29, 2025

By Diego López Marina

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

Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias

Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited

Vatican expert explains that the titles “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix” will no longer be used in the liturgy or official documents... 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

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

Dec 29, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

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

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV urges families to keep the flame of love alive

Dec 28, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged Christian families to “cherish the values of the Gospel” and protect the “flame of... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV sends 3 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Dec 28, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV has sent three trucks carrying humanitarian aid to parts of Ukraine hit hardest by bombardments, where residents... Read more

Bottega Ferrigno is located in the iconic “Christmas Alley,” part of the southern Italian city of Naples’ historic San Gregorio Armeno neighborhood. | Credit: Gianpiero Passalia/EWTN News

Italian family preserves 300-year tradition of handmade Nativity scenes

Dec 28, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Neapolitan Nativity scenes reflect the style and dress of the 1700s in Naples, the century in which they became popularized... 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

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

Dec 29, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

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

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

Dec 29, 2025

By Daniel Payne

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

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

Bishop of Columbus grants Mass dispensation to immigrants who fear deportation

Dec 29, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

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

After delaying restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass for three months, Bishop Michael Martin said in a Sept. 26, 2025, letter that the Chapel of the Little Flower in the St. Therese Parish in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was recently renovated by the diocese and can seat just over 350 people, will have two Masses each Sunday and on holy days of obligation,

‘Everybody’s had it’: Backlash to Charlotte bishop’s ban of altar rails, kneelers

Dec 23, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

In a Dec. 17 letter, Bishop Michael Martin said that by Jan. 16, 2026, the use of altar rails, kneelers,... Read more

José Antonio Kast | Credit: Photo courtesy of Goya Productions

Chile’s president-elect on the decision that changed his life forever

Dec 27, 2025

By Julieta Villar

In this interview, José Antonio Kast, the pro-life Catholic president-elect of Chile, shares his views on politics, life, and the... Read more

Empty wheelchairs were used during a Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome. | Credit: Photo courtesy of ProVita & Famiglia

2025 saw expanded access to physician-assisted suicide 

Dec 28, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Despite opposition from Catholic leaders, multiple states and countries advanced legislation in 2025 to expand access to physician-assisted suicide. Read more

Judge Amy Coney Barrett.  -  Rachel Malehorn/wikimedia CC BY SA 3.0

In interview with Bishop Barron, Justice Barrett opens up about her faith 

Dec 26, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says her Catholic faith “grounds her” and gives her “perspective.” Read more

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct. 1, 2024, in New York City.

Did Tim Walz allow abortion for any reason up to birth? Here’s what the law he signed says

Oct 7, 2024

By Daniel Payne

As governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz has signed several far-reaching abortion laws that have significantly expanded abortion in that state. Read more