Yesterday was the winter solstice, the point at which, because of variations in the way that the Earth orbits the Sun, night is longest, the “darkest day of the year.” (It’s also my birthday, and for some who have followed me over the years, I…
A few months ago, I was lucky enough to be in the capital city of Slovakia, Bratislava, formerly Pressburg, staying in the beautiful Old Town, to speak at a conference. To say it is charming makes it sound like a wedding-cake creation; it charms…
Nigeria has become the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, yet much of the international community responds with either indifference or outright denial. The facts are not subtle. Last year alone, more than 3,000 Christians were…
Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency Friday, December 19, 2025 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign into law an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently opposed, making New York the 13th state to allow the practice. Hochul, who…
Let’s start with the “O Antiphons.” They began yesterday. There are seven of them, and they end on December 23. Then, with Christmas Eve and Christmas, they make nine – a novena – which is a period of expectation, the same in number as the…
Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Vatican II, states that the Mohammedans “profess their faith as the faith of Abraham, and with us they worship the one, merciful God who will judge men on the last day” (par 16). But when…
Hong Kong’s drawn-out show trial of Jimmy Lai has now resulted in a guilty verdict. Lai was convicted of colluding with foreign powers under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, deliberately written to imperil any critic of Beijing’s repression in…
Julieta Villar and Walter Sánchez Silva, ACI Prensa/Catholic News Agency Wednesday, December 17, 2025 José Antonio Kast, who had finished in second place in the general election to Communist Party opponent Jeannette Jara, reversed the result in…
The Mahoney and Maier clans have been best friends for half a century. Our kids – their eight, our four – grew up together and remain close. Kim, the oldest Mahoney sibling, is godfather to our youngest son. A former Marine Corps fighter…
Becket filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal appeals court to stop Illinois from forcing pro-life healthcare professionals to promote and make referrals for abortion. In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v.…
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