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  • [ December 24, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV on Christmas night: Make room for others News Briefs
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  • [ December 24, 2025 ] Christmas reversed in Slovakia: Why the homeless gave this archbishop a gift News Briefs
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‘Your confessional is ready’: Buzzing into confession at a Denver Catholic high school

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver, Colo., Dec 29, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
As you walk the halls of Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver, you won’t find any lines for confession. Instead, students simply pick up a buzzer — like the … […]

Catholic higher ed in 2023: 3 universities that thrived, 1 that decided to close its doors

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Portiuncula chapel on the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Credit: Franciscan University of Steubenville

Denver, Colo., Dec 29, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), there are alm… […]

Vatican announces art contest for Stations of the Cross to be displayed in St. Peter’s Basilica

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

“Christ Carrying the Cross” by Titian (1490–1576). / Credit: Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rome Newsroom, Dec 29, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Attention Catholic artists: The Vatican has announced an art competition in which your paint… […]

2023 witnessed continued attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers, churches

December 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Vandalism of a pro-life display outside St. Paul Catholic Church in Fenton, Missouri on Oct. 3, 2023. / Credit: Katherine Burns

CNA Staff, Dec 29, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pro-life institutions continued to be targets of pro-abortion attacks in 2… […]

20 riot police sent to remove 10 young people praying rosary at abortion clinic in Spain

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A 40 Days for Life volunteer tries to pray for the end of abortion in Madrid in front of the police present on Dec. 28, 2023. / Credit: Nicolás de Cárdenas/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 28, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
The Government Delegation (p… […]

Bishop decries ‘scourge of violence’ by organized crime on Mexico’s southern border

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez presides over the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexico-Guatemala border region. / Credit: Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, México

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 28, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Bishop Rodri… […]

French priest and Holocaust expert counters attempts to exploit Jesus for anti-Israel agenda

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Patrick Desbois leads Yahad-In Unum, an organization created to the locate the sites of mass graves of Jewish victims of WWII Nazi mobile killing units. / Credit: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec… […]

Oregon mother appeals court ruling in religious discrimination adoption case

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Oregon resident Jessica Bates appealed a court’s ruling against her in a case alleging that the government is religiously discriminating against her by refusing to allow her to adopt children from the state system. / Credit: Alliance Defending F… […]

Papal Christmas deadline over Syro-Malabar rift is met, but Indian archdiocese simmers

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

More than 4,000 faithful attended the celebration of the Christmas Mass at the St. George Parish in the suburb of Edappally, India. / Credit: Anto Akkara

Kochi, India, Dec 28, 2023 / 14:35 pm (CNA).
While most of the approximately 350 parishes … […]

CUA theology dean: Just war doctrine requires Israel to avoid civilian casualties

December 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Moral theology professor Joseph Capizzi speaks with Tracy Sabol on “EWTN News Nightly” Dec. 22, 2023. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 28, 2023 / 10:52 am (CNA).
If it wants to comply with “just war” doctrine, Israel… […]

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