Amid ‘fragile’ ceasefire, Caritas Jerusalem seeks to ‘replant hope’ in Gaza this Christmas December 17, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News As the celebration of Christ’s birth draws near, the traditional Christmas tree lighting in various places, including Bethlehem and the Vatican, is meant as a sign of joyful expectation for the coming of salvation.
Illinois Catholic bishops back pregnancy centers’ suit over law requiring abortion referrals December 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News Catholic bishops in Illinois offered their support to a lawsuit from pro-life pregnancy centers that say a Prairie State law requiring those centers to refer women for abortions violates their First Amendment rights.
Pope Leo names Bishop Ramón Bejarano to lead Diocese of Monterey December 17, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ramón Bejarano, currently auxiliary bishop of San Diego and titular bishop of Carpi, as Bishop of Monterey, Calif.
Attending school Christmas concert, pope thanks children for sharing love December 17, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News At the end of his one day off each week, Pope Leo XIV went to the local school in Castel Gandolfo and joined hundreds of excited parents in watching the children’s Christmas concert.
Readers share favorite Christmas carols December 17, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News A recent Catholic Review poll, conducted in print and online, invited readers to share their favorite Christmas carols.
Trump, lawmakers call for Jimmy Lai’s release after ‘unjust conviction’ December 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News President Donald Trump, the State Department, and members of Congress expressed concern after Hong Kong’s prominent Catholic media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai was convicted of national security offenses under the city’s controversial national security law.
Church beatifies 50 French Catholics killed ‘in hatred of the faith’ by German Nazis December 16, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Fifty French Catholics killed under German Nazism were beatified Dec. 13, 2025, during a Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris — an event that recognized their witness of faith during World War II.
Chile’s bishops’ congratulate new Catholic president, ‘worry’ over anti-migrant attitudes December 16, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Chile’s bishops’ congratulated José Antonio Kast for claiming the South American country’s election, but called for the president-elect to “promote an environment of dialogue, encounter, and respect, essential for rebuilding social trust” amid deep divisions and rising concerns over crime and migration.
USCCB president expresses church’s solidarity with Jewish community December 16, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed the Catholic Church’s solidarity with the Jewish community in the wake of a Dec. 14 terror attack by two gunmen that targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
Little Sisters of the Poor again appeal for protection from contraceptive rule December 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Little Sisters of the Poor appealed an August ruling from a federal district court that struck down a religious conscience rule, their legal representatives said Dec. 15.
Parishes clean up damage, help those displaced by floods in Western Washington state December 16, 2025By Andrew Foster Northwest Catholic Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Several parishes and schools across Western Washington have shut down operations due to historic flooding in the state.
Archdiocese will not assert charitable immunity in bankruptcy case December 16, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors filed a joint motion Dec. 10 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court that stipulates that the archdiocese will not use charitable immunity as a defense in the case.
