Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Hope for prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on December 14, 2025. / Mirjana Gabrić / EWTN Vatican City, Dec 14, 2025 / 05:25… Pope Leo XIV urges mercy, reform as Jubilee of Prisoners closes Holy Year
On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called for nations to give out amnesties and pardons to prisoners during the Jubilee year. Speaking in St Peter’s Basilica at a Mass for the Jubilee for prisoners and those… Pope Leo calls on governments to grant pardons for prisoners during Jubilee year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker signed Friday. Legalized medically assisted suicide takes effect in September 2026… Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide
IZNIK, Turkey — Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: A fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.” The painting was discovered in August… Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope
Simon Schwarz, head of the Caritas Vilnius Convicts Consultation Center, talks to university students in Vilnius, Lithuania. / Credit: Caritas Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 13, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Caritas Lithuania has launched a… Caritas Lithuania launches program to help those struggling with pornography addiction
The top leader of the Anglican Church in North America faces a church trial after a board of inquiry said Friday it found probable cause for formal charges that include abuse of power and sexual… Anglican archbishop accused of sexual misconduct faces a church trial
FOCCUSFather Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries’ 40th anniversary. The end result was an icon ripe with symbolic… ‘Holiness of Family Life’: A Look Behind the Icon Depicting a Mother of 8
L to R: St. Joan of Arc is the subject of a Mark Twain novel, while Jean Valjean, the hopeful lead of ‘Les Misérables,’ and Samwise Gamgee of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ are among… Characters of Hope: Well-Read Catholics Reflect on Inspirational Protagonists
Pope Leo XIV meets with the committee that chooses recipients of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, at the Vatican on December 11, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 06:52 am… Pope Leo XIV, in meeting with award committee, calls for concrete acts of charity
Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan speaks to Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over,” Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). U.S. border czar… Border czar says Catholic leaders should ‘support’ safety