For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the First Sunday of Advent, opening the Advent season. In this new Liturgical Year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a renewed commitment to the faith by all those who follow Christ, the Lord. This time of … Read more
Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters during his flight to Lebanon on Nov. 30, 2025. / Credit: Elias Turk/EWTN News Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 30, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying that … Read more
Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on November 30, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 30, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to the common good during an address at the Presidential Palace in Baabda … Read more
Workers erect the Vatican’s 2025 Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 27, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). A towering Christmas tree now stands in the center of St. Peter’s Square, after the spruce arrived at the Vatican on Thursday morning. The 88-foot-tall spruce tree … Read more
It is the Liturgical New Year’s Eve: today is the last day of Ordinary Time and the current Liturgical Year. Evening marks the beginning of Advent and the New Liturgical Year..
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians … Read more
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople sign a joint declaration at the Palace of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 10:07 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople said on Saturday they … Read more
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. James of the Marches (1391-1476). St. James became a doctor of canon and civil law, and then decided to live austerely as a Franciscan friar. St. James studied theology with Saint John of Capistrano. He became a popular preacher, traveling all over Italy and through thirteen Central and Eastern European … Read more
The Council of Nicaea in 325 as depicted in a fresco in Salone Sistino at the Vatican. / Credit: Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618), Cesare Nebbia (1534-1614) e aiuti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 28, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). In the summer of A.D. 325, more than 300 bishops gathered in Nicaea … Read more
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at an ecumenical event marking the 1,700th anniversary of Nicene Creed, in Iznik, Turkey, on November 28th, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Iznik, Turkey, Nov 28, 2025 / 08:05 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea on … Read more