- Doug Keck honored with 2025 Mother Angelica Award
Former EWTN president Doug Keck was presented with the Mother Angelica Award on Dec. 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 20:02 pm (CNA). The EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2025 Mother Angelica Award to its longtime former president, Doug Keck, in recognition of his decades of service, faithful leadership, and tireless commitment to the mission of […]
- Pope Leo XIV entrusts pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec. 12, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). On Dec. 12, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Mass on the solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom he asked to come to his aid “so that she may confirm in the one true path that leads to the […]
- Missionaries in friendship with Christ. Cardinal Tagle celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Newman, Patron of Urbaniana University
Rome - "Brothers and sisters, may our new Doctor of the Church and the Patron of our University inspire us in our life and work as a University and as people sent on mission," said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, this morning in the chapel of the Pontifical Urban College, before more than 300 faculty members, students, and staff of the Pontifical […]
- Bishops call Illinois assisted suicide law signed by Gov. Pritzker ‘heartbreaking’
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at Chi Hack Night on July 12, 2017. / Credit: Chi Hack Night, CC-BY-3.0 CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed.Pritzker, who met with Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 19, cited “freedom,” “choice,” and “autonomy” as his reasons for signing the bill, which […]
- Priests, laypeople, Poor Clare nun among 124 20th-century martyrs beatified in Spain
Detail of the commemorative painting of the 124 martyrs of Jaén, Spain, beatified in 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Jaén ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:03 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Jaén in Spain will celebrate on Dec. 13 the beatification of 109 priests, 14 laypeople, and one Poor Clare nun martyred during the Spanish Civil War.With the addition of these 124 new blesseds, the number of […]
- Syrian Christians face ‘insecurity’ 1 year after political change
Two men attacked Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, in Damascus, Syria, killing 22 people and injuring 59 on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Mohammed Al-Rifai/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 15:18 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed:Syrian Christians face ‘insecurity’ 1 year after political changeOn the one-year […]
- Proposed U.S. law would require fathers to financially support pregnant moms
null / Credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 14:33 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.Proposed U.S. law would require fathers to financially support pregnant momsA Republican U.S. representative is sponsoring a bill that would require fathers to cover half of pregnancy-related costs for mothers carrying their children. Rep. Ashley […]
- Pope Leo praises Christian archaeology, capable of ‘bringing to light anonymous holiness’
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 10, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 11:42 am (CNA). On the centenary of the founding of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Pope Leo XIV published a new apostolic letter in which he praised Christian archaeology as a work capable of […]
- Prayer rally protests Vienna exhibition depicting ‘crucified frog and transgender Mary’
Official appearance of the exhibition in Vienna from Vienna Künstlerhaus website. / Credit: Vienna Künstlerhaus website CNA Deutsch, Dec 12, 2025 / 10:11 am (CNA). On Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a prayer rally against an exhibition called “Du sollst dir ein Bild machen” (“You shall make yourself an image”) took place in front of the Vienna Künstlerhaus […]
- New Carmelite monastery to open in Fort Worth Diocese following scandal
The skyline of Fort Worth, Texas. / Credit: 21 Aerials/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 09:41 am (CNA). Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, has announced the opening of a new order of Discalced Carmelite nuns after an older one in the diocese lost its canonical status last year. Olson announced the news of the opening in a letter on Dec. 2 in which he said the […]
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