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Spectators gather in Nativity Square during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Bethlehem on Dec. 6, 2025.

Bethlehem lights Christmas tree again while conflict still echoes nearby

Dec 8, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The town of Bethlehem decided to have its Christmas celebrations return, starting with the lighting of the giant Christmas tree... Read more

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The St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square are seen at sunset near the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans on April 10, 2010.

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The flag of the European Union.

Catholic bishops in Europe express concern over EU ruling mandating recognition of same-sex unions

Notre Dame College in Mymensingh district, Bangladesh

Catholic colleges in Bangladesh threatened over conversion claims

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during a Jubilee audience on Nov. 22, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV criticizes transhumanism: ‘Death is not opposed to life’

Pope Leo XIV uses a tablet to navigate the website of the new digital version of the Vatican's Pontifical Yearbook, known as the "Annuario Pontificio" in Italian.

Pontifical Yearbook goes digital: What is it and what does it contain?

Entrance to the building of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal

Citing papal teaching, Poland bans Communist Party over totalitarian ideology

Dany Elachi, a Sydney father who advocated for Australia's social media ban, and his family.

Catholic advocates hail Australian social media ban for children as ‘new standard’

Father Maurice Emelu, now a U.S. citizen and founder of Gratia Vobis Ministries, told EWTN Germany recently that faith in Nigeria has the extraordinary ability to blossom “in harsh soil.”

‘Persecuted and thriving’: Catholic priest on resilience of Christians in Nigeria

“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?

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