Advent call is to cooperate in building a kingdom of peace, pope says December 8, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Preparing the way of the Lord means taking concrete steps to help usher in God’s kingdom of peace, Pope Leo XIV said on his first Advent Sunday back at the Vatican after his trip to Turkey and Lebanon.
Baton Rouge bishop suspends Mass obligation amid ICE crackdown December 8, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid immigration detention sweeps in Louisiana — part of an ongoing nationwide campaign by the Trump administration — Bishop Michael G. Duca of Baton Rouge has issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass for those concerned for their safety.
Archbishop Curley’s 1975 soccer squad defied the odds – and Cold War barriers December 8, 2025By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports During Archbishop Curley High School’s Oct. 11 Homecoming Day, a group of 60-something ex-soccer teammates made Curley history – five decades after they had achieved distinction while playing on soccer pitches a long way from home.
Radio Interview: Discovering Our Lady’s Center December 8, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, Marian Devotion, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Rita Buettner sits down with Jack Kissane, longtime board president of Our Lady’s Center in Ellicott City, and Christine Cunningham, the center’s manager. Founded in 1974 as an oratory shrine and family apostolate, Our Lady’s Center welcomes thousands each year to draw closer to Jesus through the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A look at highlights of Vatican II on 60th anniversary of its wrap December 7, 2025By Alexander Brüggemann OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting closed on Dec. 8, 1965, changed the face of the church, and opened it to the modern world.
Marseille’s famed ‘Good Mother’ will shine again atop city’s cathedral December 6, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News One year after the reopening of Notre Dame de Paris, Marseille’s Basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde is preparing to celebrate, on Dec. 7, the completion of restoration work on the iconic gilded copper statue of the Virgin Mary that crowns it.
A Vatican commission recently said ‘no’ to women deacons. Two members of the commission explain why December 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: deacons, News, Vatican, World News A newly released Vatican commission report on the issue of women deacons ultimately shows the profound theological mystery of Christ’s relationship to the church, as well as the rediscovery of the long-dormant diaconate itself, experts told OSV News.
Florida Catholic bishops urge Gov. DeSantis to stay two executions December 5, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Saying it is possible both to uphold justice and to exercise mercy, Florida’s Catholic bishops have urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to stay executions scheduled for Dec. 9 and Dec. 18.
USCCB’s racial justice chair discourages ‘dehumanizing language’ after Trump Somali comments December 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Immigration and Migration, News, Racial Justice, World News While the statement from Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of Austin, Texas, did not name President Donald Trump, it came after Trump took aim at Somali immigrants during comments at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec. 2, calling them “garbage.”
The story behind young woman who wept while hugging Pope Leo in Beirut December 5, 2025By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News As Pope Leo XIV was wrapping up his first apostolic trip to Turkey and Lebanon recently, the world was moved by the sight of a young Lebanese woman crying and hugging the pontiff as he was meeting with victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion.
Pope asks Michael Bublé, other artists to give their best for poor December 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV asked Canadian singer Michael Bublé and other artists to do their very best when performing a Christmas concert for the poor.
Christian persecution event focuses on human dignity in Iraq, Nigeria December 5, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Knights of Columbus, News, Religious Freedom, World News Speaking in a room adjacent to the exhibit, which will remain open until Feb. 8, the panelists invited American Catholics to see the human dignity of Christians suffering in Iraq and Nigeria. They asked Catholics to pray and remember the persecution that their brothers and sisters face worldwide.
