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Bishop John Keenan speaks at the First Saturdays Conference in Knock, Ireland, on Dec. 6, 2025.

Knock Shrine event highlights urgent call to revive First Saturdays practice

Dec 9, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

Bishop urges “no half-measures” at First Saturdays’ centenary as hundreds mark 100 years of First Saturdays devotion at Knock Shrine. Read more

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“For patients with serious disabilities, this law will put us at risk of deadly discrimination," says Daniese McMullin-Powell, a polio survivor who has used a wheelchair for most of her life.

Disability advocates sue Delaware over allegedly ‘discriminatory’ assisted suicide law 

The Holy House of Our Lady in the Shrine of Loreto.

Did angels really carry the Holy House of Mary to Loreto, Italy?

American adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained steady, a new Pew Research Center report finds. 

Pew study: Religion holds steady in America

Pope Leo XIV addresses the press at Castel Gandolfo Dec. 9, 2025.

Pope says Trump Ukraine plan would weaken U.S. alliance with Europe

Flowers are seen on Sept. 3, 2025, outside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where a shooter killed two children and injured 21 other people on Aug. 27, 2025.

Archbishop performs rite of reparation at Annunciation Catholic Church after shooting

The Pope greets Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo.

The pope urges ‘continued dialogue’ after receiving Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo

The exterior of St. Casimir church in Buffalo, New York

Vatican reverses several parish closures in Diocese of Buffalo, advocates say

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

FBI leader who oversaw Catholic investigation tapped to lead Virginia public safety department

A Nativity display with anti-ICE messaging outside St. Susanna Church in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Boston-area pastor refuses to remove anti-ICE Nativity scene, seeks meeting with archbishop

Eduard Habsburg, Hungary's ambassador to the Holy See from 2015 to 2025, takes his leave during a farewell visit to Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 21, 2025.

Former Hungarian ambassador reflects on 10-year term at the Vatican

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