Pope Leo XIV’s new message for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace, released Dec. 18, offers a great deal of food for thought.

“Protomartyr,” a Greek term that is usually translated as “the first martyr,” explained through the life of St. Stephen whose feast day was December 26.

Did you know that your home is holy? It might not feel like it sometimes, but similar to the way God transforms common bread and wine into his precious body and blood, God uses sacramental grace to transform your messy family life into a “domestic church.”

A bishop’s golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to the Catholic Church of his youth.

Catholic bishops across the United States marked the Dec. 28 close of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in dioceses with Masses emphasizing mercy, conversion and the family’s key role in faith formation.

Third-grader Hattie Halter is the inspiration behind the classroom project that has brought Christmas joy not only to the St. Joseph community but also to people throughout East Tennessee.

En su bula papal en la que proclamaba el Año Jubilar, el difunto Papa Francisco hizo hincapié en el tema de la esperanza, una virtud muy necesaria en tiempos de incertidumbre, guerra y tribulación.

A medida que avanza el tiempo de Adviento, los católicos viven con plena expectativa, preparándose espiritualmente para el nacimiento del Salvador en Navidad, el 25 de diciembre.