December 29
1170: Martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral by the knights of King Henry II.
1223: The Franciscan religious order formally approved...
December 25
336: The earliest known year in which Jesus' nativity is celebrated on December 25th, as noticed in the Philocalian Calendar of A.D. 354....
Pope Leo XIV has released his prayer intentions for 2026 through the Worldwide Prayer Network. Each month, Catholics worldwide are invited to pray for...
December 13
304: Martyrdom of Lucy, a young Christian virgin, for her faith in Syracuse, Sicily, after having failed to force her into prostitution. She...
On the final morning of his Turkish leg, Pope Leo XIV met Armenian Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul. In a heartfelt address,...
Pope Leo XIV is about to write history. On Thursday, November 27, he will board a plane for a six‑day apostolic journey that will take him to Turkey...
