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‘This must stop’: Sydney archbishop condemns hate after Aussie terror kills 16
AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Catholic leaders in Australia have issued strong condemnations of what they described as a “festering” atmosphere of antisemitism, following a terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration…
Catholic Voters Still Back Trump
Matthew Bunson, National Catholic Register Monday, December 15, 2025 One year after the 2024 presidential election returned him to the White House, President Donald Trump remains popular among Catholic voters. That backing extends to the chief…
Illinois legalizes assisted suicide – The Catholic Thing
Gina Christian & Simone Orendain, OSV News Monday, December 15, 2025 Illinois has become the 12th state, along with the District of Columbia, to legalize assisted suicide, amid outcry among the state’s Catholic bishops and other pro-life and…
Pope Leo XIV: Memento mori
Isabella H. de Carvalho, Vatican News Friday, December 12, 2025 During his recent General Audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke about existential questions of how human beings view death and invited us to ponder on the end of life and discover the power…
From Nigeria to Belarus, 2025 marks a grim year for religious freedom
Paulina Guzik, Catholic Review Friday, December 12, 2025 As 2025 draws to a close, the plight of persecuted Christians around the world remains dire — and in many places, deeply forgotten. The year has exposed how fragile religious freedom is,…
White House rejects call from pro-life group to fire FDA Commissioner
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which works to elect pro-life candidates to public office, was among the pro-life groups that criticized U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and called for him to be fired over his…
Citing papal teaching, Poland bans Communist Party over totalitarian ideology
Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency Thursday, December 11, 2025 Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has unanimously ruled that the Communist Party of Poland, founded in 2002, is incompatible with the nation’s 1997 constitution, citing…
Trump becomes first U.S. president to honor the Immaculate Conception
Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency Wednesday, December 10, 2025 President Donald Trump honored the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Monday, which appears to be the first time an American president formally recognized the Catholic holy…
N.Y. Archdiocese will negotiate sex-abuse settlement for 1,300 accusers
Liam Stack, New York Times Wednesday, December 10, 2025 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York says it was raising at least $300 million to negotiate a settlement that would benefit roughly 1,300 people who have said they were sexually…
Pope: Believe as Mary believed: Say ‘yes’ to God
On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo encouraged the faithful to believe in God as the Blessed Virgin Mary did and thus give “generous assent to the mission to which the Lord calls us.” He reminded the crowd that Mary was…