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Discover the Spiritual Miracles of St. Thérèse
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St. Thérèse’s promised ‘A Shower of Roses.’ Read about
Swedish choir honors St. Lucy with songs in St. Peter’s Basilica
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Students from Nordiska Musikgymnasiet — The Nordic Music High School — in Stockholm perform traditional Swedish “Lucia songs” during an afternoon Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 11, 2025. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 2025 / 09:00 am
Caritas Lithuania launches program to help those struggling with pornography addiction
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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 new support initiative for individuals struggling with
Cupid goes Catholic: New faith-based dating show brings faith and matchmaking together
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“The Catholic Dating Show” recently launched on CatholicMatch, a Catholic dating site, and has quickly become a fan favorite. / Credit: CatholicMatch/Tony Tibbetts CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Secular dating shows like “The Bachelor,” “Farmer Wants a Wife,” and
Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint
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Children participate in the annual St. Lucy’s Day celebration in Sweden. / Credit: Claudia Gründer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration
‘Holiness of Family Life’: A Look Behind the Icon Depicting a Mother of 8
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FOCCUS Father Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of
Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide
Crux   
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 to give the Illinois Department of Public Health and other medical participants time to develop
Anglican archbishop accused of sexual misconduct faces a church trial
Crux   
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 immorality. Archbishop Stephen Wood was already suspended from ministry in November by his fellow bishops
Rare fresco of Jesus as the ‘Good Shepherd’ uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope
Crux   
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 in an underground tomb near Iznik, a town in northwestern Turkey that secured its place
Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
Crux   
DEDHAM, Mass. — One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, wearing a plastic gas mask and flanked by Roman soldiers in tactical vests labeled “ICE.” In
Top Vatican diplomat visits Mozambique’s violence hit Cabo Delgado
Crux   
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In his visit to the Southern African country of Mozambique, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin paid a risky visit to the war-ravaged town of Cabo Delgado where terrorism and natural disasters have brought untold hardship to the people. The Vatican diplomat told victims that their
Thousands of devotees flood Mexico City for Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage
Crux   
MEXICO CITY — Devotees of Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, flooded streets overnight near the capital’s Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, carrying images of her on their backs and converging with music, bottle rockets, candles and prayers. Some say that every Dec. 12, all roads in Mexico
Under-fire Nigerian bishop says Christian genocide claims ‘escalated by the Trump administration’
Crux   
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto state in Nigeria has told Crux that claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria have been escalated by the Trump administration. “The genocide stuff has been escalated by the Trump administration,” Kukah said.
Pope meets with Italian secret agents and urges them to be ethical
Crux   
ROME — Pope Leo XIV met Friday with members of Italy’s intelligence services and warned them not to use confidential information for blackmailing or other nefarious purposes. Leo urged the 007s, as the Italian agents are popularly known, to do their work professionally and ethically, always respecting the human dignity
Catholics express concern over shooting of July coup leader in Bangladesh
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DHAKA – Catholic leaders in Bangladesh are expressing concern over the shooting of a potential candidate and the leader of last year’s student uprising, a day after the announcement of the national election schedule in the South Asian nation.. On December 12, two motorcycle-riding men shot Sharif Osman Hadi in
Austen Adapted: Which Film Version Is Your Favorite?
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Clockwise from left: 1995’s ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ 1995’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and 2005’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’
Dec. 13 Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, Memorial
Catholic Culture Liturgical Year   
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Lucy (283-304). St. Lucy (or Lucia) was born in Syracuse, Sicily, where she also died. She was of a noble Greek family, and was brought up as a Christian by her mother, who was miraculously cured at the shrine of St. Agatha
Doug Keck honored with 2025 Mother Angelica Award
CNA Daily News   
Former EWTN president Doug Keck was presented with the Mother Angelica Award on Dec. 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 20:02 pm (CNA). The EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2025 Mother Angelica Award to its
Pope Leo XIV Entrusts Pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe
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Mario Tomassetti Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec.
Bishops call Illinois assisted suicide law signed by Gov. Pritzker ‘heartbreaking’
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at Chi Hack Night on July 12, 2017. / Credit: Chi Hack Night, CC-BY-3.0 CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:52 pm (CNA). Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law an assisted suicide bill that Catholic leaders have ardently