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Families fostering Gospel values provide hope in dark world, pope says

Catholic Standard 29 Dec 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Christian families must not let today’s tyrants suffocate their love and witness to Gospel values, Pope Leo XIV said. “In our families, we should cherish the values of the Gospel ... Peter’s Square Dec. 28 ... St ... ....
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Nigerian Catholic Church leaders give mixed reaction to US airstrikes

Catholic Standard 29 Dec 2025
(OSV News) – While some Nigerian Catholic Church leaders welcomed the U.S ... The U.S. carried out a deadly strike in northwestern Nigeria Dec ... 25 post on his social media platform, Truth Social ... “Let us heed those solemn words of Jesus to Peter ... On Dec.
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Full text: Pope Leo XIV Angelus address on the feast of the Holy Family

Catholic Standard 29 Dec 2025
(OSV News) – This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s message before the prayer of the Angelus Dec. 28, 2025, the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! ... Matthew 2.13-15, 19-23) ... Luke 2.8-20) ... ....
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Barrett discusses Dobbs decision, Roe’s ‘flawed’ reasoning, life at the court, her faith

Catholic Standard 29 Dec 2025
Known as “The Little Flower,” the French Carmelite nun died at just 24, but her “little way” of trust and love has made her one of the most beloved saints in modern Catholicism.
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As Holy Doors close at Rome basilicas, cardinals emphasize God’s arms are always open

Catholic Standard 29 Dec 2025
ROME (CNS) – The path to conversion, the door to God’s mercy and the call to live in Christian hope all continue beyond the Jubilee Year, said the three cardinals who closed the Holy Doors at three major basilicas in Rome ... 28 ... 27. And U.S ... 28 ... 25 ... At St.
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Scripture Reflection for Dec. 28, 2025, Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Catholic Standard 26 Dec 2025
Sirach 3.2-6, 12-14. Psalm 128.1-2, 3, 4-5. Colossians 3.12-21 OR 3.12-17. Matthew 2.13-15, 19-23. Always on the Sunday after Christmas we keep the feast of the Holy Family ... What I mean is that the feast of the Holy Family is a feast of meditation.
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Across the world, Christmas shines even – and especially – in the darkest places

Catholic Standard 26 Dec 2025
(OSV News) – Amid disaster and division, Catholics across the world celebrated Christmas by lifting up their hope in Christ, finding renewed faith and joy even – and especially – in profoundly challenging circumstances.
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To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve

Catholic Standard 25 Dec 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – If people refuse to make room for others – like the poor, children and the stranger – then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus ... Peter’s Basilica ... As the bells of St ... ....
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At Christmas Eve Mass, Cardinal McElroy says Jesus’s Incarnation is the first and greatest gift ...

Catholic Standard 25 Dec 2025
Celebrating his first Christmas as the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy during a Christmas Eve Mass on Dec. 24, 2025 at the Cathedral of St ... ....
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O Holy Night by Andrea Bocelli

Earth Newspaper 25 Dec 2025
O Holy Night (4.30)by Andrea BocelliLive At St.
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Immigration debate ‘dividing us’, incoming archbishop of Canterbury warns in Christmas sermon

The Guardian 25 Dec 2025
Sarah Mullally says ‘national conversations continue to divide us when our common humanity should unite us’ ... ....
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Open your hearts to baby Jesus and one another, pope says on Christmas

Catholic Standard 25 Dec 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Jesus entering the world as a little baby in need of everything is a sign of God’s solidarity with every person in need, longing for love and a helping hand, Pope Leo XIV said at Christmas morning Mass ... 25 in St. Peter's Basilica.
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What I Lost When I Gave Up My Catholicism

The Atlantic 24 Dec 2025
Catholicism is hot right now ... Catholicism—with its stained glass and embroidered robes—is particularly well suited to a visual medium that sells beautiful imagery ... (Catholicism isn’t alone—the ranks of ...
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All children kidnapped from Nigeria Catholic school will be home for Christmas

Catholic Standard 24 Dec 2025
(OSV News) – Catholics in northwestern Nigeria are celebrating just days before Christmas, as the last group of students kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri has been freed ... Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri ... On Dec ... On Dec.
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Cardinal Pizzaballa: Gaza’s Christians long to rebuild life after two years of war

Catholic Standard 24 Dec 2025
22. Straying from tradition, the patriarch did not read from a prepared statement but said he would rather “have a dialogue” with the journalists ... 21 ... They also visited St ... “There is stress about returning to life after two years of war.

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