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The Rorate Caeli Advent Mass celebrated at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion.

Ancient Advent Mass gains new interest among younger Catholics

Dec 14, 2025

The ancient Rorate Caeli Mass highlights Mary’s role and Christ’s coming light.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Hope for prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on December 14, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV urges mercy, reform as Jubilee of Prisoners closes Holy Year

Dec 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, rehabilitation, and hope as he celebrated a Jubilee Mass dedicated to prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica.

FOCUS Founder Curtis Martin announces his retirement from the role of FOCUS CEO, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025

Curtis Martin steps down as CEO of FOCUS after nearly 3 decades leading ministry group

Dec 13, 2025

Martin said that after nearly three decades, the organization now numbers “more than 1,000 FOCUS missionaries … in over 250 locations,” reaching “nearly 60,000 students and parishioners” in 2025 alone. 

Students from Nordiska Musikgymnasiet — The Nordic Music High School — in Stockholm perform traditional Swedish “Lucia songs” during an afternoon Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 11, 2025.

Swedish choir honors St. Lucy with songs in St. Peter’s Basilica

Dec 13, 2025

A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by singing at a Mass at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 11.

Simon Schwarz, head of the Caritas Vilnius Convicts Consultation Center, talks to university students  in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Caritas Lithuania launches program to help those struggling with pornography addiction

Dec 13, 2025

The program provides counseling not only for those battling compulsive sexual behaviors but also for spouses and family members affected by them.

“The Catholic Dating Show” recently launched on CatholicMatch, a Catholic dating site, and has quickly become a fan favorite.

Cupid goes Catholic: New faith-based dating show brings faith and matchmaking together

Dec 13, 2025

Earlier this year, CatholicMatch released a new platform called “Relate,” which now includes “The Catholic Dating Show.”

Father Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries’ 40th anniversary.

‘Holiness of family life’: A look behind the icon depicting a mother of 8

Dec 13, 2025

FOCCUS Marriage Ministries, a Catholic marriage ministry, invited priest-iconographer Father Richard Reiser to make a unique icon of St. Bridget of Sweden.

Children participate in the annual St. Lucy’s Day celebration in Sweden.

Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint

Dec 13, 2025

St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration filled with children in costumes, elaborate processions, and Swedish treats.

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Former EWTN president Doug Keck was presented with the Mother Angelica Award on Dec. 12, 2025.

Doug Keck honored with 2025 Mother Angelica Award

Dec 12, 2025

The EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2025 Mother Angelica Award to its longtime former president, Doug Keck.

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.

Pope Leo XIV entrusts pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe

Dec 12, 2025

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.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at Chi Hack Night on July 12, 2017.

Bishops call Illinois assisted suicide law signed by Gov. Pritzker ‘heartbreaking’

Dec 12, 2025

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed. 

Detail of the commemorative painting of the 124 martyrs of Jaén, Spain, beatified in 2025.

Priests, laypeople, Poor Clare nun among 124 20th-century martyrs beatified in Spain

Dec 12, 2025

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.

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