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In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the Paschal Mystery, as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025. He reflected on how the resurrection of Christ offers hope for our restless hearts, saying that "The authentic approach of the heart does not consist in possessing the goods of this world, but in achieving what can fill it completely; namely, the love of God, or rather, God who is Love." ...read more
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Encounter with Emmanuel | Christmas Voices of Hope
Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR
December 15, 2025
Bishop Bayda tells reflects on a moment from childhood that brought Christmas home to him, and how he keeps the season alive today. ...read more
My Advent altar brings me joy whenever I look at it because it is a physical space that I have set apart for God. ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the Paschal Mystery, as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025. He reflected on how "The event of the Resurrection of Christ reveals to us that death is not opposed to life, but rather is a constitutive part of it, as the passage to eternal life." ...read more
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Longing for Jesus’ Birthday | Christmas Voices of Hope
Sr. Orianne Pietra René, FSP
December 8, 2025
On holiday in Japan one year, Sr. Orianne Pietra René, FSP found herself unable to go to Mass on Christmas Day. The experience served to deepen her longing to celebrate Jesus‘ birth. ...read more
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Introducing the Pre-Chalcedonian Churches | One Body
Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC
December 7, 2025
Sr. Donna tells the encouraging story of renewed Catholic dialogue with Pre-Chalcedonian Churches: Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church of the East. ...read more
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Pray with the Pope Reflection – December 2025
Fr. Edmund Lo, SJ
December 5, 2025
For this month of December, the Holy Father asks us to pray for Christians living in areas of war or conflict, especially in the Middle East, that they be seeds of peace, reconciliation, and hope. ...read more
Passing on Lebanese traditions to the next generation, sustaining practices of prayer and thanksgiving, and words of hope for everyone. ...read more
On December 2, 2025, the final day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV presided over Holy Mass at the Beirut Waterfront. ...read more
St. John Henry Newman was named a Doctor of the Church on November 1st. Who was he, and what can he teach os today? ...read more