Scripture readings for Dec. 21, 2025, Fourth Sunday of Advent
Is 7:10-14 Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24
It sounds so simple. This Sunday, we hear St. Matthew's account of the events leading up to Christ's birth and it...
The Catholic American Bible is set to replace the New American Bible Revised Edition in 2027, becoming the common text for the Mass lectionary, Liturgy of the Hours and private use.
OSV News recently spoke with Auxiliary Bishop Juan Miguel...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Christian faith leaders in early December called on the state of Tennessee and Republican Gov. Bill Lee to stop all executions.
Among speakers at a Dec. 8 press conference in Nashville was Rick Musacchio, executive director...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog and a song from the CD "Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols" from the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, we meet talented singer, songwriter and performer, Bradley Banning who is bringing the...
This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s Dec. 17, 2025 general audience given in St. Peter’s Square.
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
Human life is characterized by a constant movement that drives us to do, to act....
VATICAN CITY-- Pope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by telephone Dec. 17, just days after a terrorist attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia led to the deaths of 15 people.
The Israeli president initiated the call...
WILMINGTON – St. Elizabeth got close to William Penn a few times in the second half, but the Colonials pulled away with a late run in a 52-40 win over the Vikings in boys basketball on Dec. 16 at...
WASHINGTON -- Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, acknowledged "the struggle" that is Haiti's "reality," but he assured an estimated 5,000 Haitian Catholics gathered in Washington that Mary "walks with us in our struggles" as a...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ramón Bejarano, currently auxiliary bishop of San Diego and titular bishop of Carpi, as Bishop of Monterey, Calif.
The appointment was announced by the Vatican on Dec. 17.
Born in Laredo, Texas,...
WASHINGTON -- Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed the Catholic Church’s solidarity with the Jewish community in the wake of a Dec. 14 terror attack by two gunmen that...