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Zelenskyy seeks security guarantees as peace talks continue
Posted on 12/28/2025 09:18 AM ()
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is holding talks with former U.S. President Donald Trump at his Florida residence, as part of renewed efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Central African Republic votes amid term limit controversy
Posted on 12/28/2025 08:34 AM ()
Citizens in the Central African Republic are choosing representatives at the presidential, legislative, regional, and municipal levels in an election marked by controversy.
In Bethlehem, a religious orphanage gives love to children without families
Posted on 12/28/2025 07:32 AM ()
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul run the Orphanage of the Holy Family in Bethlehem, where children up to the age of 6 who have been orphaned or abandoned are welcomed. “Here we celebrate the living Jesus every day. We welcome Christ into our arms, because these children have been rejected by society,” says one of the sisters
Cardinal Harvey closes Holy Door at St Paul's Outside the Walls
Posted on 12/28/2025 05:27 AM ()
In his homily during Mass in the papal basilica of St Paul’s Outside the Walls, Cardinal James Harvey reaffirms the central theme of the Jubilee: a trusting confidence capable of passing through history without succumbing to “naïve optimism.”
Pope Leo at Angelus: Pray for peace and for families suffering due to war
Posted on 12/28/2025 05:20 AM ()
During the Angelus on the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Pope Leo reflects on how families can be a light in a society often marked by loneliness, despair, divisions, and conflicts.
Jubilee Year concludes in particular Churches
Posted on 12/28/2025 03:17 AM ()
The Holy Year concludes on Sunday, 28 December – the Feast of the Holy Family – in accordance with "Spes non confundit," the Bull of the Indiction of the 2025 Jubilee.
Bishop grants dispensation from Mass for faithful fearing immigration detention
Posted on 12/28/2025 02:24 AM ()
The Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, USA, grants a dispensation to members of the faithful "who reasonably fear being detained" due to increased immigration enforcement activities in the area.
Lord's Day Reflection: The blessings of family life
Posted on 12/28/2025 01:00 AM ()
As the Church marks the Feast of the Holy Family, Fr Luke Gregory reflects on how divine guidance shepherds families through challenges.
Pope Leo sends aid to Ukraine for Holy Family Sunday
Posted on 12/27/2025 10:13 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV donates three truckloads of humanitarian aid to regions of Ukraine most affected by bombing – a “small gesture,” according to Papal Almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, intended to support families that, like the Holy Family, “are travelling along the ‘via dolorosa’ of exile in search of refuge.”
Much of Kyiv without heat after deadly Russian airstrikes
Posted on 12/27/2025 09:12 AM ()
Authorities say a third of Kyiv is without heating after a deadly Russian drone and missile barrage on the Ukrainian capital cut off power supplies, leaving hundreds of thousands of people facing freezing temperatures. The attack, which reportedly killed at least one person and wounded two dozen others, prompted nearby Poland to scramble fighter jets and close civilian airports.