Sister Carla Venditti of the Sacred Heart of Jesus helps women and girls who are victims of human trafficking. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Giulio Gargiullo CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).… ‘From despair to serenity’: The Italian nun saving women from human trafficking

A child holds a phone with the Replika app open and an image of an AI companion. Apps that promise to help recreate digital versions of deceased family members using AI pose a “spiritual danger”… Should Catholics use AI to re-create deceased loved ones? Experts weigh in

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… What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest 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.

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

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… Trump orders US strike on Islamic State targets in Nigeria

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… Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: ‘God Does Not Wait for History to Improve Before Entering Into It’

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 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… PHOTOS: Pope Leo meets the tiniest members of the flock — babies

AgencjaMagico‘Polish Christmas Dinner’ COMMENTARY: A Polish Christmas Eve tradition, kept year after year, came to life in a way none of us expected.