Advent candles. / Credit: Romolo Tavini/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Advent begins this year on Sunday, Nov. 30. Most Catholics — even those who don’t often go to Mass — know that Advent involves a wreath with candles, possibly a “calendar” of hidden chocolates, and untangling strings of Christmas lights….

Pope Leo XIV with Armenian Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 30, 2025. / Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 30, 2025 / 04:50 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV dedicated the final morning of his visit to Turkey on Sunday to strengthening ties with the Armenian Apostolic…

Tiger widow Zebunnesa Khatun, wife of late Mohor Ali, receives help from Caritas Khulna Region on Nov. 15, 2025. / Credit: Caritas Bangladesh EWTN News, Nov 29, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Rashida Begum still remembers the day her life changed forever: Feb. 2, 2000, when her husband, Mojid Kaguchi, went to catch crabs in…

null / Lisa Missenda / Shutterstock Denver, Colorado, Nov 29, 2025 / 12:36 pm (CNA). The First Sunday of Advent 2025 is tomorrow, Nov. 30, less than four weeks before Christmas this year, and while the Church provides this time to allow you to be caught by the joy of the Incarnation, you can be…

The flights for Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic journey are taking place aboard an ITA Airways Airbus A320neo, one of thousands of Airbus planes affected by a computer issue, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News. CNA Staff, Nov 29, 2025 / 08:30 am (CNA). The papal plane set to fly Pope Leo…