ROME – One could perhaps summarize Pope Leo XIV’s high profile meeting of cardinals next month with a line from Jerry Reed’s famed song “East Bound and Down”, featured in the 1977 film Smokey and… Pope Leo’s first consistory to be both a landmark and a challenge

Martin BarillasThe Christmas market underway on Dec. 14. The scene was festive and inviting …

DHAKA – A Catholic Church run charity organization in Bangladesh put together a special Advent Spiritual Seminar on Dec. 15 at the capital, Dhaka. Caritas Bangladesh organized the event under the Strengthen Care & Support… Catholic Church in Bangladesh participates in fight against HIV/AIDS

For the last two years, Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus Christ, has not been able to properly celebrate Christmas. Due to the war in Gaza, there has not been a tree in the village square,… Christmas celebrations return to Nazareth in Israel

ATLANTA — Millennial and Generation Z Christian influencers are increasingly filling a void in American religion, growing audiences across digital platforms by steering young people to biblical answers to tough questions that aren’t always answered… These influencers are teaching Christianity online — and young people are listening

The ancient Aqaba Church witnesses to early Christianity in Jordan. / Credit: Sanad Sahliyeh/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Dec 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In Aqaba, a port city on the Red Sea in Jordan,… Church in Jordan reopens as a rare window into pre-Constantinian Christianity

ROME – Pope Leo XIV Sunday blessed statues of the infant Jesus that will be placed in nativity scenes on Christmas day, pointing to Saint Joseph as an example of charity and mercy for his… Pope blesses baby Jesus statues for Nativity scenes ahead of Christmas

PHOENIX — Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and the organization’s new leader, endorsed a potential presidential bid by Vice President JD Vance on the opening night of the conservative youth… Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk, a Catholic, backs Vice President JD Vance’s potential 2028 presidential bid

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Catholic Church rejected a proposed $137.8-million budget to “reward” villages that have “cleared” themselves of communists, saying that the government should address the “structural roots of poverty” instead. Caritas Philippines, the… Philippine Church rejects $138-million budget for anti-communism task force

ROME — Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will… Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church