It's a week to worry more about wrapping presents and celebrating the birth of Jesus than wins and losses for the athletic teams from the various Catholic high schools. Only a few games and matches are sprinkled on the...
Catholics in northwestern Nigeria are celebrating just days before Christmas, as the last group of students kidnapped from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri has been freed.
Church officials confirmed that the remaining 130 students were released on Dec. 21,...
The following is the full text of the Angelus address given by Pope Leo XIV Dec. 21, 2025, at St. Peter's Square.
Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon!
Today, on the fourth Sunday of Advent, the liturgy invites us to meditate...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father James A. Misko, vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Diocese of Austin, Texas, as the bishop of Tucson, Arizona.
The appointment was publicized in Washington Dec. 22 by Cardinal...
Scripture readings for Dec. 28, 2025, Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Col 3:12-21 OR 3:12-17 Mt 2:13-15, 19-23
Always on the Sunday after Christmas we keep the feast of...
This week's question if from the Question Corner archives.
Q: I'm curious as to the appropriate practice of saying the St. Michael prayer either before the final blessing or after Mass. Is there a suggested practice to this powerful prayer...
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for his stories of Hobbits, elves and magic rings set within his invented world of Middle-earth. At first glance, a new reader will encounter this world as one filled with inspiring themes of heroism,...
The scriptural scene for this Christmas is familiar to us all. We encounter it in most Nativity scenes. But there, the scene is calm -- they are but statues. But in Scripture, the scene is a busy one: Angels...
WASHINGTON -- In a year that brought both a new U.S. president and a new pope, the issue of immigration emerged as a flashpoint between them and as a key issue for the U.S. church.
President Donald Trump was sworn...
Merry Christmas!
On this special Christmas Catholic Forum, we feature Bishop William Koenig's annual Christmas message to the people of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore.
We then talk with Boglárka Sztancs, International Relations Coordinator for EWTN Global Services. Boglárka, a native of Hungary,...