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.”
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
Mass shooting at Brown University a tragedy that strikes at heart of Providence community December 19, 2025By OSV News Rhode Island Catholic Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News The violence that erupted at the Brown University’s campus Dec. 13 was more than a national headline; it was a deeply personal tragedy that struck at the heart of the Providence community.
A new rider at the helm: Bishop Richard Moth named archbishop of Westminster December 19, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News An avid horseback-riding Pope Leo XIV has appointed a bishop who shares his passion as the new leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton was named Dec. 19 as the 12th archbishop of Westminster.
Pope Leo appoints Queens pastor as Palm Beach bishop, and Vietnam-born priest as auxiliary in Phoenix December 19, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach, Florida, and named as his successor Father Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Corona (Queens), New York.
