Day: December 14, 2025
Dec. 13 Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, Memorial
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 in Catania. Lucy made a … Read more
Pope Leo XIV entrusts pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec. 12, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). On Dec. 12, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Mass on the solemnity of Our Lady … Read more
Swedish choir honors St. Lucy with songs in St. Peter’s Basilica
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 (CNA). A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by … Read more