All children kidnapped from Nigeria Catholic school will be home for Christmas December 22, 2025By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Catholics in northwestern Nigeria are celebrating just days before Christmas, as the last group of students kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri has been freed.
Pope thanks priests, encourages them to share responsibilities with laity December 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News At a time when so much pressure and so many demands are placed on priests, they should find support, freedom and relief in recognizing the gifts of laypeople and collaborating with them, Pope Leo XIV said.
Curia must reflect ‘new humanity,’ founded on love, solidarity, pope says December 22, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who work in the Roman Curia are called to be a “sign of a new humanity,” founded on mutual love and solidarity, not selfishness and individualism, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope names vicar general Diocese of Austin, Texas, as bishop of Tucson December 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father James A. Misko, vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Diocese of Austin, Texas, as the bishop of Tucson, Arizona.
Pray for peace in front of the Nativity scene, pope asks children December 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV asked children to pray in front of their Nativity scenes this Christmas and, especially, to pray “that all the world’s children may live in peace.”
Radio Interview: Inside the diaconate December 22, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: CR Radio, deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations On this episode of Catholic Review Radio, George Matysek explores the diaconate from its apostolic origins to its modern-day expression. The program begins with Father Michael Foppiano, pastor of St. Mark in Fallston and director of the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, who addresses common misunderstandings about permanent and transitional deacons, explains their liturgical role at Mass and outlines the formation process for men discerning this vocation.
Cherished Nativity sets display true meaning of Christmas December 22, 2025By Katie V. Jones OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News The Nativity scene – Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus – is a Christmas image found worldwide. Big or small, carved from wood, sculpted from stone or knitted from yarn, the crèche represents the true meaning of the holiday.
‘Make more use of Newman,’ say British church experts December 21, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The head of the English archdiocese where St. John Henry Newman lived and worked, has joined in appeals for the saint’s teachings to be used more imaginatively in education and evangelization.
Bishop: New Bible translation shows ‘God never changes, but always has something new for us’ December 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bible, Books, News, World News The Catholic American Bible is set to replace the New American Bible Revised Edition in 2027, becoming the common text for the Mass lectionary, Liturgy of the Hours and private use.
Fundraiser by cancer survivor, third-grade classmates brings Christmas joy to school, community December 20, 2025By Bill Brewer The East Tennessee Catholic Filed Under: Christmas, News, World News Third-grader Hattie Halter is the inspiration behind the classroom project that has brought Christmas joy not only to the St. Joseph community but also to people throughout East Tennessee who saw Hattie, her classmates and their heart-filled Christmas tree featured in a news segment on local station WBIR-TV.
Haitian Catholics persevere with faith, courage amid adversity in US and in troubled homeland December 20, 2025By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, Jubilee 2025, News, World News Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, acknowledged “the struggle” that is Haiti’s “reality,” but he assured an estimated 5,000 Haitian Catholics gathered in Washington that Mary “walks with us in our struggles” as a mother.
Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Gaza City’s Holy Family Parish before Christmas December 19, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News In a sign of closeness as Christmas approaches, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, accompanied by the Latin Patriarchal Vicar Bishop William Shomali and a small delegation, arrived in Gaza Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to the Holy Family Parish.
