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For San Diego bishop, protecting immigrants is personal (The Guardian)
Posted on 12/30/2025 05:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“There are people in court who have lived here for 10, 20, 30, 40 years without criminal records,” Bishop Pham told the British newspaper. “And just imagine they have family, children, grandchildren, businesses—now being torn apart.”
Over 200 Nigerian priests kidnapped in last decade (Aid to the Church in Need)
Posted on 12/30/2025 05:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Of the 212 kidnapped, 183 were released or escaped, 12 were murdered and three died later as a result of trauma and injuries suffered during their captivity,” according to the report. “Currently, at least four kidnapped priests remain in captivity.”
US bishops underscore virtue of hope as 2025 jubilee year closes in dioceses (OSV News)
Posted on 12/30/2025 04:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Cardinal Tagle recounts trips to Muslim nations (Fides)
Posted on 12/30/2025 04:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“It is good to remember that the population of Asia is around 4.8 billion people, of which only 3% is Catholic,” Cardinal Tagle preached on December 23 in the Chapel of the Magi, in the Palace of Propaganda Fide.
In Azerbaijan, “around 400 regularly attend the Masses on Sundays, most of them migrants brimming with hope amidst their difficult lives,” he said. “There are catechumens who grew up not practicing any faith, but are now drawn to Jesus and the Gospel, thanks to the friendship and sense of community provided by the Catholics.”
In Malaysia, Cardinal Tagle spoke at a gathering organized by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences; in the United Arab Emirates, he celebrated Mass for 30,000 in Dubai (the nation’s largest city) and 18,000 in Abu Dhabi (the nation’s capital).
Ukrainian Catholic leader speaks of 'increasingly dire' situation (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Posted on 12/30/2025 04:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk added, “By celebrating Christmas, Ukraine finds the Savior, who was born among us today, incarnated; who became a Ukrainian soldier defending the homeland; a refugee who left his home; a volunteer helping all those in need; a rescuer extinguishing fires; and a medic who saves human lives.”
Pope pays tribute to St. Thomas of Villanova (Dicastery for Communication)
Posted on 12/30/2025 03:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
St. Thomas of Villanova (or Villanueva) was an “Augustinian religious who was open to God’s action in his life, and whose readiness led him to do much good for the Church and society of his time,” Pope Leo said during the audience, which took place yesterday in Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace.
The Pontiff—like St. Thomas of Villanova, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine—spoke about the saint’s continuous prayer, industriousness, and love for the poor.
Leading Congolese prelate welcomes papal peace call (Vatican News)
Posted on 12/30/2025 03:12 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Archbishop Fulgence Muteba of Lubumbashi also welcomed the continuity between Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical on care for our common home, and the teaching of the current pope. The Congolese prelate said, “The future of the world depends on safeguarding the environment and combating the destruction of everything around us.”
Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, summarized Archbishop Muteba’s comments in its English-language report; it also posted the video of the interview, which was conducted in French.
Jonathan Roumie Tells Father Mike Schmitz: ‘Everything in My Life Has Prepared Me for This Role’
Posted on 12/30/2025 00:19 AM (The Daily Register)
Dec. 30 Sixth Day within the Octave of Christmas, Weekday
Posted on 12/30/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
17 Catholic missionaries killed in 2025 (Fides)
Posted on 12/29/2025 23:12 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Since the start of the 21st century, Fides reports, 626 missionary workers have been killed. That figure includes priests, religious, seminarians, and lay catechists.
Nigeria accounted for five of the missionaries slain in 2025. Two were killed in Haiti and two in Burkina Faso. Others died in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Mexico, the US, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Poland.
Africa saw the largest number of missionary killings, with ten. The Americas—treated by Vatican statistics as a single continent—followed with four.