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Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron meet in Corsica on Dec. 15, 2024.

In meeting with France’s Macron, Pope Francis shares prayer for having a sense of humor

Dec 16, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

The 40-minute private meeting took place in a room at Ajaccio’s Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, where the two leaders addressed several... Read more

Pope Francis meets with members of the Filipino community at the Vatican's Consistory Hall on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

Pope Francis to Filipino community in Spain: The Church ‘is a warm and welcoming home’

Dec 16, 2024

By Kristina Millare

“It is a great joy for me to welcome you to the house of St. Peter, to the home of... Read more

The cover image for the podcast “A Christmas Carol: An Audio Advent Calendar,” produced by The Merry Beggars.

‘A Christmas Carol’ audio drama for Advent climbs the podcast charts

Dec 16, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

An immersive Catholic-produced audio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas novel is climbing the podcast charts this Advent.  Read more

Advent wreath St. Catherine's Church in Bethlehem

The beauty and power of the O Antiphons

Dec 16, 2024

By Father Thomas Petri, O.P.

These seven ancient prayers remind us there is more to Advent than simply preparing for Christmas. Read more

Pope Francis presides over Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.

Pope Francis praises faith of Catholics in French Corsica

Dec 15, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

During the Dec. 15 trip, the pontiff encouraged the island’s Catholic majority to continue to foster its traditional piety as... Read more

St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Reverently awe-inspiring’: The story behind twin Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland

Dec 15, 2024

By Daniel Payne

St. Benedict Church in Baltimore and St. Benedict Church in Richmond were both constructed by Father Michael McInerney, a monk... Read more

The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning the stone completely white.

Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles

Dec 15, 2024

By Marinella Bandini

The Milk Grotto has long been a favored pilgrimage site for women and families seeking the blessing of a child... Read more

Lee Edwards received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum in June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92

Dec 14, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Author and Catholic convert Lee Edwards died a little before 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady... Read more

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

Dec 14, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Here is the story of John Traynor, whose miraculous healing at Lourdes was announced Dec. 8 by the archbishop of... Read more

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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

Dec 14, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

With Christmas quickly approaching, you may still be looking for the perfect gift for people on your shopping list. Read more

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

Dec 14, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Even before his ordeal in prison, Father Alfred Delp had preached and written extensively on Advent, even exhorting his people... Read more

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Dec 13, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would not use his executive authority to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Read more

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

Dec 13, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Catholic Charities agency has argued that caring for those in need is part of its religious mission as a... Read more

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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

Dec 13, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“No one should engage in a gesture that calls attention to oneself or disrupts the flow of the procession,” Cardinal... Read more

Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn.

Archbishop Cordileone wants to encourage a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in U.S.

Dec 13, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over” of his goal of “informing people of this call... Read more

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021.

Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says

Dec 13, 2024

By Kristina Millare

Pelosi would have needed to bring her case to Pope Francis within 30 days of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s initial imposition... Read more

Pope Francis blessing a baby during a general audience.

Vatican opens first day care for employees’ children

Dec 13, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

The Vatican’s first day care center is slated to begin operating next spring and will serve up to 30 children... Read more

Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St. Lucy in Pampanga province, Philippines.

Pope Francis: St. Lucy is an example of female leadership in the Church

Dec 13, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis said that “we need women’s work and their word in a Church that reaches out that it may... Read more

Michael P. Warsaw, chairman and CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, presents the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, on Dec. 12, 2024.

FOCUS co-founders receive 2024 Mother Angelica Award

Dec 13, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship of... Read more

Father Augustus Taylor.

Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies at 84

Dec 13, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Father Gus Taylor died in Los Angeles from unspecified causes on Nov. 5, the Black Catholic Messenger reported on Thursday. Read more