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FOCUS Founder Curtis Martin announces his retirement from the role of FOCUS CEO, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 / Credit: FOCUS CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Curtis Martin, who founded the Catholic student ministry group FOCUS nearly 30 years ago, announced this week that he will step down from his management role…
Students from Nordiska Musikgymnasiet — The Nordic Music High School — in Stockholm perform traditional Swedish “Lucia songs” during an afternoon Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 11, 2025. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by…
Father Richard Reiser, an iconographer based in Omaha, Nebraska, writes an icon of St. Bridget of Sweden with her family for FOCCUS Marriage Ministries’ 40th anniversary. / Credit: Photo courtesy of FOCCUS CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). When an iconographer began his work on a unique icon, he looked to the…
“The Catholic Dating Show” recently launched on CatholicMatch, a Catholic dating site, and has quickly become a fan favorite. / Credit: CatholicMatch/Tony Tibbetts CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Secular dating shows like “The Bachelor,” “Farmer Wants a Wife,” and “Love Is Blind” are among a plethora of programs that aim to…
Simon Schwarz, head of the Caritas Vilnius Convicts Consultation Center, talks to university students in Vilnius, Lithuania. / Credit: Caritas Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 13, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Caritas Lithuania has launched a new support initiative for individuals struggling with pornography addiction, responding to what staff describe as a marked surge in people…
Former EWTN president Doug Keck was presented with the Mother Angelica Award on Dec. 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 20:02 pm (CNA). The EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2025 Mother Angelica Award to its longtime former president, Doug Keck, in recognition of his decades of service,…
Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec. 12, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA). On Dec. 12, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Mass on the solemnity of Our Lady…
null / Credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 14:33 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Proposed U.S. law would require fathers to financially support pregnant moms A Republican U.S. representative is sponsoring a bill that would require fathers to cover half of pregnancy-related costs for mothers carrying…
Two men attacked Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, in Damascus, Syria, killing 22 people and injuring 59 on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Mohammed Al-Rifai/ACI MENA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 12, 2025 / 15:18 pm (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Syrian Christians…
Detail of the commemorative painting of the 124 martyrs of Jaén, Spain, beatified in 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Jaén ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 12, 2025 / 16:03 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Jaén in Spain will celebrate on Dec. 13 the beatification of 109 priests, 14 laypeople, and one Poor Clare nun martyred during…
