The reason and reality of the Nativity
By James V. Schall, S.J. on Dec 24, 2025 02:00 pmEventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, December 24, 2025
By CWR Staff on Dec 24, 2025 02:14 amRecord Number of Pilgrims – “Nearly 13 million people visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 11 and 12, the anniversary of the final apparition to St. Juan Diego.” Our Lady of [...]
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‘Everybody’s had it’: Backlash to Charlotte bishop’s ban of altar rails, kneelers
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 23, 2025 08:20 pmAfter delaying restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass for three months, Bishop Michael Martin said in a Sept. 26, 2025, letter that the Chapel of the Little Flower in the St. Therese Parish in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was recently ... [...]
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Nigerian Christians again face threats of deadly attacks during Christmas
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Dec 23, 2025 08:06 pmA US-based humanitarian organization has issued a grave warning that armed groups are planning coordinated attacks against Christian communities in northern Nigeria during the Christmas period. The non-profit organization, Equipping the Persecuted, provides essential support [...]
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The fullness of time as eschatological presence in Auden’s “For the Time Being”
By Kenneth Craycraft on Dec 23, 2025 11:00 amWhen I was in college, I took a Church history class that used a textbook whose title I don’t remember by a Protestant author whose name I cannot recollect. What I do recall, however, is [...]
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Lessons from the Christmas gospels
By George Weigel on Dec 22, 2025 09:05 pmThe Roman Missal provides four distinct Mass texts for the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord: the “Vigil Mass,” the “Mass During the Night,” the “Mass at Dawn,” and the “Mass During the Day.” [...]
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New book examines the relationship between Judaism and the Catholic Church
By Paul Senz on Dec 22, 2025 07:59 pmThe historical relationship between Judaism and Catholicism is complex. Deep and abiding theological differences endure, and yet Jesus himself said that “salvation comes from the Jews” (Jn 4:22), and Pope Pius XI said that, “Spiritually, [...]
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Pope Leo in apostolic letter calls for renewed priestly formation, fraternity, and mission
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 22, 2025 11:07 amPope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 22, 2025 / 12:07 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV calls for renewed priestly formation, stronger priestly fraternity, an... [...]
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Persona humana at Fifty: Why the Church’s sexual ethics still matter today
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Dec 21, 2025 08:59 pmDecember 29th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Persona humana, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s (CDF) “Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics.” Issued in 1975, the document reaffirmed Catholic teaching on [...]
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Diagnosing and resisting drip-feed conspiracy parajournalism
By Marcus Peter on Dec 21, 2025 07:35 pmThe growing confusion in conservative public discourse warrants careful thought and analysis. As prominent commentators such as Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, among others, influence civic life, many Christians try to avoid this content because [...]
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Bring the wisdom of Saint Peter Canisius to your Christmas party
By Dawn Beutner on Dec 21, 2025 11:00 amSaint Peter Canisius, SJ (1521-1597) was a Dutch priest who lived in the sixteenth century and was one of the first members of the Jesuit order. He lived a blameless and holy personal life, preached [...]
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In praise of “the writer of the Spanish empire”
By Casey Chalk on Dec 20, 2025 12:00 pmFive hundred years ago this year, a twenty-one-year-old Spaniard made his religious profession as a member of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans. That man, now called Venerable Louis of Granada, though little known now, [...]
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St. Joseph’s doubt and the angel’s gift
By Carl E. Olson on Dec 20, 2025 04:00 amReadings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in [...]
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Martyrdom and celebration: The beautiful tension of the Christmas Octave
By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Dec 26, 2025 04:00 amWe keep things in discreet categories in our culture. Religion too often remains within the church’s walls, kept apart from the forces that drive society. That’s a large reason why we have secularized the festivity [...]
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Nigeria confirms release of all schoolchildren kidnapped on Nov. 21st
By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Dec 25, 2025 08:55 pmAs the Christmas season begins, the Catholic community of Kontagora Diocese in Nigeria has a double reason to celebrate. On Monday, December 22nd, they received what the Local Ordinary of the Diocese, Bishop Bulus Dauwa [...]
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The 8 days of Christmas? A look at the Christmas octave
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 25, 2025 04:57 pmDenver, Colorado, Dec 25, 2025 / 15:00 pm The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of [...]
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“God from God, Light from light, true God from true God …”
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Dec 25, 2025 06:00 amEditor’s note: This homily was preached, in slightly different form, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, on Christmas 2025. ————- Let me set the stage for our reflection on this glorious Solemnity of [...]
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“He has burst out of all things and broken the bounds of eternity”
By Carl E. Olson on Dec 25, 2025 05:10 amReadings: • Isa 52:7-10 • Psa 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6. • Heb 1:1-6 • Jn 1:1-18 “There has fallen on earth for a token/A god too great for the sky./He has burst out of all [...]
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