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Bottega Ferrigno is located in the iconic “Christmas Alley,” part of the southern Italian city of Naples’ historic San Gregorio Armeno neighborhood.

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

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

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

Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias

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

Empty wheelchairs used during the Nov. 4, 2025, anti-assisted suicide event in Rome.

2025 saw expanded access to physician-assisted suicide 

Bottega Ferrigno is located in the iconic “Christmas Alley,” part of the southern Italian city of Naples’ historic San Gregorio Armeno neighborhood.

Italian family preserves 300-year tradition of handmade Nativity scenes

José Antonio Kast | Credit: Photo courtesy of Goya Productions

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

A child holds a phone with the Replika app open and an image of an AI companion. Apps that promise to help recreate digital versions of deceased family members using AI pose a “spiritual danger” to Catholics and others who may use the technology in place of healthy grief, experts say.

Should Catholics use AI to re-create deceased loved ones? Experts weigh in

Sister Carla Venditti of the Sacred Heart of Jesus helps women and girls who are victims of human trafficking.

‘From despair to serenity’: The Italian nun saving women from human trafficking

Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825), “St. John the Evangelist,” ca. 1804-1809.

St. John the Evangelist — apostle, Son of Thunder, beloved disciple, caretaker of Mary

Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas closes the Holy Door at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

First Holy Door closed: ‘Special time for the Church is closed, but not God’s grace’

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku of Sudan's El Obeid Diocese. Credit: CRN

Sudanese bishop delivers Christmas message in midst of war

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