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José Antonio Kast | Credit: Photo courtesy of Goya Productions Dec 27, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In an exclusive 2024 interview with Goya Producciones for the documentary “ Valientes” (Brave Ones), the now president-elect of Chile, José Antonio Kast, addressed topics such as defending life, his family history, and the problem of leftist ideological…
Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757–1825), “St. John the Evangelist,” ca. 1804-1809. / Credit: Public domain National Catholic Register, Dec 27, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. John, both an apostle and an evangelist, played a very prominent role in many of the New Testament narratives. He was part of an inner-circle trio with his brother James (the…
Sister Carla Venditti of the Sacred Heart of Jesus helps women and girls who are victims of human trafficking. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Giulio Gargiullo CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Some women, forced into prostitution by violence, desperation, or false promises, line the streets of Rome and Abruzzo at night…
Flag of Nigeria on soldiers arm. / Credit: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 26, 2025 / 18:22 pm (CNA). After launching an attack on ISIS militants in Nigeria, President Donald Trump vowed that the United States would wage more military strikes if the ongoing persecution of Christians persists in the country. The U.S. military…
Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku of Sudan’s El Obeid Diocese. Credit: CRN ACI Africa, Dec 26, 2025 / 15:37 pm (CNA). In a country battered by violence, displacement, and fear, the 2025 Christmas message of Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of El-Obeid addressed the people of God in the midst…
Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas closes the Holy Door at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media Dec 26, 2025 / 16:20 pm (CNA). With the closing of the Holy Door of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, the Vatican began on Dec. 25 the gradual conclusion of the 2025…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. / Credit: Rachel Malehorn/wikimedia CC BY SA 3.0 Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 26, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says her Catholic faith “grounds her” and gives her “perspective.” During an interview with Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Barrett tackled a…
null / Credit: hyotographics/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 25, 2025 / 22:08 pm (CNA). With the support of the Nigerian government, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military has carried out strikes against elements of ISIS in Nigeria that “have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians.” “I have previously warned these terrorists…
null / Credit: FotoDax/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Amid heavy immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, several bishops in the U.S. have recently issued broad dispensations to Catholics in their dioceses, allowing them to refrain from attending Mass on Sundays if they fear arrest or deportation from federal officials. Bishops…
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on December 26, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 26, 2025 / 07:17 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged Christians to resist the temptation to treat others as enemies, saying the mystery of…
