Lebanese have what is needed to build a future of peace, pope says December 1, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Even in the face of difficulties and the constant threat of war, the young people of Lebanon and the country’s religious leaders have enormous resources that can build a better future for all people, Pope Leo XIV said.
Children, refugees victimized by AI-fueled human trafficking, says Vatican diplomat December 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Immigration and Migration, News, World News With human trafficking on the rise globally, the Vatican’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations is highlighting concerns for child victims and refugees — while warning of technological tools used by traffickers to expand their criminal activities.
Record numbers of women are visiting pregnancy centers, study shows December 1, 2025By Zoey Maraist Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News In 2024, pregnancy centers saw more new clients, provided more medical care and distributed more material goods than ever before, according to a new report from the Charlotte Lozier Institute.
Pew: U.S. Latinos disapprove of Trump’s immigration, economic policies December 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Most of the nation’s Latinos disapprove of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration and economic policies — and more than half are worried that they or a loved one could be deported, including about 1 in 3 Puerto Ricans, who are U.S. citizens by birth.
Love without fear, pope tells Lebanese church workers December 1, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News At a shrine topped by a 28-foot-tall statue of Our Lady of Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV listened to stories of unshakable faith amid war, injustice and suffering.
Pope Leo accepts resignation of Bishop Mulvey of Corpus Christi; names Bishop Avilés as successor December 1, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop W. Michael Mulvey, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, and has appointed Bishop Mario A. Avilés, currently auxiliary bishop of Brownsville, Texas, as his successor.
Pope urges Lebanese not to give up on peace or each other November 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Acknowledging the existence of “circumstances that are highly complex, conflictual and uncertain,” Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon preaching peace.
Holding inflight news conference, pope talks about peace in Gaza, Ukraine November 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight news conferences of his predecessors would continue.
Ecumenism is not ‘absorption or domination,’ but sharing gifts, pope says November 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News As he had done throughout his visit to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV spent his last morning in the country reaffirming the Catholic Church’s commitment to the search for Christian unity.
Pope gives Catholics in Turkey Advent ‘resolutions’ — building bridges November 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating Mass Nov. 29 in Istanbul’s Volkswagen Arena, Pope Leo was joined by laypeople, priests and bishops from the Latin, Chaldean, Armenian and Syriac Catholic churches.
‘Sacré Coeur’ blockbuster will come to the U.S. in time for consecration of the country to Sacred Heart November 30, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The hit French film “Sacré Coeur” (“Sacred Heart”) is set to reach American audiences next spring, with a U.S. release planned for June 12, the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
NCYC relics chapel offers attendees a chance to pray in presence of saints November 29, 2025By Sean Gallagher The Criterion Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry The Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis was often filled with laughter and loud, excited talk as thousands of teens made their way back and forth through its wide hallways during the National Catholic Youth Conference Nov. 20-22.
