India: Christmas celebrations disturbed or canceled over Hindu nationalist violence December 30, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Christmas visit to a Protestant cathedral in New Delhi has drawn renewed criticism from Christian leaders, who say symbolic gestures are no substitute for action amid rising anti-Christian violence.
Vatican agency says 17 church workers murdered in 2025 December 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Missions, News, Vatican, World News Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according to Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency.
U.S. bishops underscore virtue of hope as 2025 Jubilee Year closes in dioceses December 30, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Jubilee 2025, News, World News Amid poinsettias and sparkling Christmas trees, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis told Catholics gathered Dec. 28 at the Cathedral of St. Paul that the promise of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope did not disappoint, as the church focused on mercy and conversion.
Political authority should embody humility, honesty, sharing, pope says December 29, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News All power must be built on responsibility and service, Pope Leo XIV told local government leaders.
Ukrainian bishop issues letter to American people amid Trump-Zelenskyy talks December 29, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News The Catholic bishop ministering in Ukraine’s only surviving Black Sea port has urged Americans to continue upholding truth and justice, following new talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.
Ten thousand young Christians gather in Paris for Taizé’s European New Year meeting December 29, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Youth Ministry More than 10,000 young Christians from across Europe joined thousands of young French people in Paris Dec. 28-Jan. 1 to take part in the European meeting of the Taizé community, which is held every year in a different European city around New Year.
Bishop: To welcome immigrants is to follow God’s ‘divine command’ to care for the stranger December 29, 2025By Rick Snizek Rhode Island Catholic Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski said the Catholic Church’s call to stand in solidarity with migrant communities and a moral urgency compelled the Diocese of Providence to host a regional gathering on immigration at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul.
As Holy Doors close, cardinals emphasize God’s arms are always open December 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The path to conversion, the door to God’s mercy and the call to live in Christian hope all continue beyond the Jubilee Year, said the three cardinals who closed the Holy Doors at three major basilicas in Rome.
Families fostering Gospel values provide hope in dark world, pope says December 29, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, News, Vatican, World News Christian families must not let today’s tyrants suffocate their love and witness to Gospel values, Pope Leo XIV said.
Delaware law enforcement, governor, community mourn loss of trooper in fatal shooting December 29, 2025By OSV News The Dialog Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News The Delaware State Police are mourning the Dec. 23 fatal shooting of a 10-year veteran of the force who was an alum of a Catholic high school in the Wilmington Diocese and a standout wrestler in high school and college.
Analysis: Pope Leo spends 2025 steadily navigating church, global waters December 29, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News This year has been extraordinary not just because of the papal transition, but because of the election of Pope Leo XIV himself.
Upcoming symposium gives nod to St. John Paul II’s ‘Letter to Women’ December 28, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A new winter symposium promises to explore Catholic teaching on gender, sexuality and the role of women while marking the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s “Letter to Women.”
