Stories for week of December 28, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Tuesday, Dec. 30

 Pope pays tribute to St. Thomas of Villanova

Released Monday, Dec. 29

 Irish archbishops question Vatican report on female deacons
 Pope sees dangerous rise in gambling
 Strive for Christian unity, Ecumenical Patriarch urges in Christmas encyclical
 Ohio bishop grants Mass dispensation amid immigration enforcement actions
 Papal humanitarian aid for Ukraine
 Archpriests close jubilee holy doors at Lateran, St. Paul’s basilicas
 Amid pre-election violence, leading Ugandan prelate calls for repentance
 Pope Leo: Do not let the world’s mirages suffocate Christian family love
 Pope encourages youth at Taizé meeting to seek Christ
 Let us be reborn, as St. Stephen was, Pope tells pilgrims

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Tue30 December
Christmas

Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas

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The Christmas Octave with its variety of feasts and rich liturgy gives great opportunity to invite us for quiet contemplation. We can take this time to enter…

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