Pope Leo XIV with Armenian Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 30, 2025. / Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 30, 2025 / 04:50 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV dedicated the final morning of his visit to Turkey on Sunday to strengthening ties with the Armenian Apostolic Church, thanking God for “the courageous Christian witness of […]

Advent candles. / Credit: Romolo Tavini/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 30, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Advent begins this year on Sunday, Nov. 30. Most Catholics — even those who don’t often go to Mass — know that Advent involves a wreath with candles, possibly a “calendar” of hidden chocolates, and untangling strings of Christmas lights. But Advent is much more than that. Here’s an […]

Pope Leo XIV attends a Divine Liturgy celebrated by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (left) at the Orthodox Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 30, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. CNA Staff, Nov 29, 2025 / 19:10 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV concluded the first half of his six-day apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon by praying with Orthodox Christian communities in […]

Tiger widow Zebunnesa Khatun, wife of late Mohor Ali, receives help from Caritas Khulna Region on Nov. 15, 2025. / Credit: Caritas Bangladesh EWTN News, Nov 29, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Rashida Begum still remembers the day her life changed forever: Feb. 2, 2000, when her husband, Mojid Kaguchi, went to catch crabs in the Sundarbans, a vast mangrove forest in southern Bangladesh. Hours later, she […]