60 Years as the Hometown Santa Claus
EWTN News Nightly A New Jersey Catholic man has been Santa Claus for 60 years. Why one Catholic New Jersey native still dons the red hat at Christmas
What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria’s on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years. U.S. President Donald…
In Effort to Stem Violence Against Christians, U.S. Conducts Airstrikes On ISIS in Nigeria
SevenMapsMap of Nigeria. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said he was ‘grateful for Nigerian government support and cooperation’ in the counter-terrorism effort.
Trump orders US strike on Islamic State targets in Nigeria
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In a direct response to escalating violence, particularly targeting Nigeria’s Christians, the United States has carried out air strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria’s Sokoto state, killing several terrorists. President Trump framed…
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: ‘God Does Not Wait for History to Improve Before Entering Into It’
Courtesy of the Latin Patriarchate of JerusalemCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem The Patriarch also referred to the announcement of peace on the night of Jesus Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, clarifying that…
PHOTOS: Pope Leo meets the tiniest members of the flock — babies
Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby on All Saints Day’ 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has welcomed and greeted a plethora of babies…
A Christmas I Will Never Forget
AgencjaMagico‘Polish Christmas Dinner’ COMMENTARY: A Polish Christmas Eve tradition, kept year after year, came to life in a way none of us expected.
Christmas and the Tyranny of the Possible
James Tissot, “The Magi in the House of Herod,” Brooklyn Museum, New York COMMENTARY: The Incarnation exposes how often ‘realism’ confuses political limits with divine possibility.
Pope offers Christmas blessing urging responsibility for violence, injustice
ROME – Pope Leo Thursday offered the world his first official Christmas blessing since his election, telling believers that peace begins with personal conversion, and urging faithful and those with authority to work for dialogue…
Pope Leo XIV highlights Gaza, Yemen, migrants in first Christmas Urbi et Orbi message
Pope Leo XIV delivers his Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” message at the Vatican on December 25, 2025. / Daniel Ibañez/ EWTN News Vatican City, Dec 25, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In his first Christmas…