Day: December 25, 2025
Trafficking victims rise worldwide as experts, survivors call for stronger action
Rome’s International Conference on Human Trafficking was held at the Pontifical Gregorian University on Dec. 10, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2025 / 15:55 pm (CNA). Fifty million people are currently being trafficked around the world, according to the 2023 Global Slavery Index, driving over $236 billion into the hands of … Read more
Pope Leo XIV revives tradition during first Christmas of his pontificate
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Christmas at the Vatican by reviving the tradition of offering Christmas Mass … Read more