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Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, presided over the beatification Mass of the 50 martyrs of the Catholic apostolate, held Dec. 13, 2025, at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN NewsACI Prensa Staff, Dec 16, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, celebrated in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Dec. 13 the Mass of beatification for 50 young martyrs who were murdered by the Nazis out of hatred for the Catholic faith during World War II.In an apostolic letter he sent to the French capital, Pope Leo XIV established that the feast day of the 50 new blessed martyrs, belonging to about 30 French dioceses, will be May 5, 2026."Raymond Cayré, priest; Gérard-Martin Cendrier, of the Order of Friars Minor; Roger Vallé, seminarian; Jean Mestre, layman; and 46 companions were beatified in Paris. They were killed in hatred of the faith in 1944-45 during the Nazi occupation," Pope Leo XIV said after the Angel...
Catholic actor and director David Henrie speaks with EWTN News after the first episode of his new travel show, "Seeking Beauty," premiered at the Vatican's movie theater on Dec. 15, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Dec 16, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA).The first episode of a new travel show, hosted by Catholic actor and director David Henrie, premiered at the Vatican's movie theater on Monday evening."Seeking Beauty," which will debut on EWTN's free streaming platform EWTN+ on Jan. 19, 2026, is a series documenting Henrie's exploration of the beauty of art and culture in six Italian cities.Henrie and executive producer Edmundo Reyes, with other crew members, were present for the airing of Episode 1 inside Vatican City on Dec. 15. The premiere was followed by a Q-and-A with Henrie, Reyes, and Peter Gagnon, president of EWTN Studios, moderated by Andreas Thonhauser, chief global officer of EWTN."It's a blessing to be able to play the show at the Vatican, which is where we [...
The Berlaymont building in Brussels, seat of the European Commission. / Credit: EmDee/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)EWTN News, Dec 16, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA).A drastic cut in EU funding has plunged the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) into financial crisis, according to the association, sparking accusations of "ideological discrimination" against the Brussels-based group.FAFCE announced that the European Commission excluded all six of its recent project applications from funding, reportedly penalizing the Catholic group's proposals for lacking sufficient "gender diversity" and "safeguards against discrimination," according to documents reviewed by CNA.Responding on social media, Hungarian Member of the European Parliament Kinga Gál, vice president of the Patriots for Europe group, condemned the European Commission's decision as "the highest form of discrimination."She argued that the move targets the Catholic association "simply for defending family as the ...
The Michigan government released another report on diocesan abuse in December 2025, detailing dozens of allegations against more than 50 priests in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. / Credit: Snehit Photo/ShutterstockCNA Staff, Dec 16, 2025 / 12:15 pm (CNA).The Michigan government this week released its fifth report on diocesan abuse in the state, detailing dozens of allegations against more than 50 priests in the Diocese of Grand Rapids. The report from the attorney general's office, released on Dec. 15, comes after four other reports detailing abuse allegations in the dioceses of Lansing, Kalamazoo, Gaylord, and Marquette. As with the other reports, the allegations detailed in the Grand Rapids investigation go back decades. The Dec. 15 report encompasses abuse allegations against "priests or deacons who are current or former clergy for the Diocese of Grand Rapids, that occurred in the diocese from Jan. 1, 1950, to the present," the review says. The alleged abu...
Bishop Evelio Menjivar speaks with "EWTN News in Depth" on Friday, March 14, 2025. / Credit: "EWTN News in Depth"Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA).The Virgin Mary's role as comforter to all was specially highlighted during a pilgrimage through the streets of Washington, D.C., Saturday morning. "Our Lady of Guadalupe is the mother of all. She envelops each one of us with the same tenderness and the same love, no matter our country of origin or language," Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjívar said during his homily at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The words from the bishop, who was born in El Salvador, came after the Archdiocese of Washington's annual "Walk with Mary" procession that began at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Hispanic Catholic parish. Participants also prayed a rosary upon arriving at the basilica, which holds 2,500 people and was filled to capacity, according to the archdiocese. The archdiocese...
Pope Leo admires the Nativity scene that was made in Costa Rica. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Dec 15, 2025 / 17:06 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Monday thanked Costa Rican artist Paula Sáenz Soto for donating a pro-life Nativity scene to the Vatican, named "Gaudium" ("Joy"), which features a pregnant Virgin Mary."I thank the Costa Rican artist who, along with the message of peace of Christmas, also wanted to make an appeal for protecting life from conception," the pope said during the audience he granted Dec. 15 to the delegations that prepared this year's Christmas tree and Nativity scenes that will adorn the Vatican during the Christmas season.The artwork from the Central American country has been on display since Dec. 15 in the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, the large hall where the pope is now holding his Wednesday general audiences so pilgrims don't have to endure the cold temperatures of the Roman winter in St. Peter's Square.In his address, the Holy Father...
null / Credit: Shai Barzilay via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2025 / 17:36 pm (CNA).United Airlines reached a settlement with a flight attendant who alleged that the airline fired him for endorsing Catholic teachings on marriage and gender identity.The former employee, Ruben Sanchez, of Anchorage, Alaska, alleged that United Airlines investigated his social media history after someone reported a private in-flight conversation he had with another Catholic flight attendant."Sanchez and his colleague discussed their working conditions and everyday life. As they were both Catholic, their discussion turned to Catholic theology and then, with United's 'Pride Month' activities set to start on June 1, Catholic teachings on marriage and sexuality," Sanchez's complaint states.The Catholic Church makes a distinction between homosexual orientation and homosexual activity. Same-sex attraction itself is not considered morally wrong, and homosexuals "must be accepte...
Religious sisters show their support for the Little Sisters of the Poor outside the Supreme Court, where oral arguments were heard on March 23, 2016, in the Zubik v. Burwell case against the HHS mandate. / Credit: CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 15, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA).The 14-year legal battle against federal contraceptive mandates will continue, with Little Sisters of the Poor and the federal government seeking to reinstate moral and religious exemptions that were established in 2017.Little Sisters of the Poor have already won religious freedom cases on this subject twice at the Supreme Court level. The high court ruled in 2016 that the federal government must protect religious freedoms for those who oppose the contraceptives and in 2020 ruled that the federal government had the legal authority to adopt the broad exemptions established in 2017.Those exemptions fully covered employers that had religious or moral objections to providing the contraceptives, some of which can ...
Chilean president-elect José Antonio Kast. / Credit: Equipo Kast vía Flickr (CC BY 4.0)ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 18:31 pm (CNA).After being edged out by 2.9% in the Nov. 16 general election by his Communist Party opponent Jeannette Jara, Republican Party candidate José Antonio Kast reversed the result in the Dec. 14 runoff vote to become the new president-elect of Chile.With 58% of the vote, and in line with the polls that predicted him as the winner with more than 55%, Kast prevailed over Jara, who obtained 42%.With 99.97% of the ballots counted, showing a difference of more than 2 million valid votes, the runoff election marks a change of political direction for the country, currently led by President Gabriel Boric of the political left.Kast is slated to take office as president of Chile on March 11, 2026. On the same day, the legislators elected in November will also take office."Democracy has spoken loud and clear. I have just spoken with president-elect Kast to wish...
A residence hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. / Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCNA Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA).After a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island over the weekend, Providence Bishop Bruce Lewandowski issued a statement asking for God's guidance and expressing his grief in the wake of the tragedy.On the afternoon on Saturday, Dec. 13, while approximately 60 Brown students participated in a study session for final exams in the Barus and Holley building, which houses the School of Engineering and the physics department, an unidentified shooter opened fire, leaving two dead and nine injured. "As are many, I am deeply saddened and troubled by the senseless shooting today at Brown University in Providence," Lewandoski wrote. "Let us unite in prayer for those who lost their lives, for the injured, for the Brown University community and all affected by this tragedy."As of Monday morning, Providence polic...
