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KM 358 /01/ 2025 January- November 2025 “Glorify the Lord with me; together, let us…
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KM 358 /01/ 2025 January- November 2025 “Glorify the Lord with me; together, let us…
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR _____________________…
FINAL MESSAGE Gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, from 30 July to 4 August 2025, the 20th…

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN Jan 14, 2026 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Court of Cassation has cleared the way for the appeal phase [...]

Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 14, 2026 / 06:20 am [...]

St. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte. | Credit: Diocese of Charlotte Jan 13, 2026 / 11:41 am (CNA). Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter [...]

Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap addresses the diplomatic corps accredited to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta at the Magistral Villa on Rome’s Aventine Hill on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. [...]

St. Francis of Assisi. | Credit: Paolo Gallo/Shutterstock Jan 12, 2026 / 17:21 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th [...]

Christmas recital at the Sacred Hearts School in Kfardebian, Lebanon. / Credit: Roumi El Hab ACI MENA, Dec 24, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). With a rhythm of hymns carrying [...]

Olive Scout Troop Christmas Carnival in Old Damascus, 2025. / Credit: ACI MENA ACI MENA, Dec 24, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). In a scene reflecting Syrians’ deep longing for [...]

null / Credit: hyotographics/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 23, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA). Nigerian authorities have confirmed that 130 students and teachers kidnapped in November from a Catholic school [...]

The secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Father Michael Banjo. / Credit: Ijebu-Ode Catholic Diocese ACI Africa, Dec 23, 2025 / 11:37 am (CNA). The secretary-general of [...]

The ancient Aqaba Church witnesses to early Christianity in Jordan. / Credit: Sanad Sahliyeh/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Dec 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). In Aqaba, a port city on [...]
O Master and holy God, who are beyond our understanding: at your word, light came forth out of darkness. In your mercy, you gave us rest through night-long sleep, and raised us up to glorify your goodness and to offer our supplication to You. Now, in your own tender love, accept us who adore You and give thanks to You with all our heart. Grant us all our requests, if they lead to salvation; give us the grace of manifesting that we are children of light and day, and heirs to your eternal reward. ... [...]

St. Paul of Thebes Feast date: Jan 15 On Jan. 15, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Paul of Thebes, whose life of solitude and penance gave inspiration to the monastic [...]
Reading 1: 1 Samuel 4:1-11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 44:25-26, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 44:14-15, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 44:10-11, Gospel: Mark 1:40-45 [...]