Ahead of celebrating Midnight Mass, Pope Leo XIV ventured into St. Peter’s Square to greet and bless the hundreds of pilgrims who could not fit into the Basilica for Mass and are braving the wind and heavy rain, saying “I admire and respect and thank you for your courage, and your wanting to be here this evening!”
Pápež Lev XIV. práve slávi vianočnú polnočnú eucharistiu. Pred liturgiou vyšiel na Svätopeterské námestie, aby pozdravil preplnené námestie veriacimi, ktorí prišli napriek vetru a dažďu. Poznamenal, že akokoľvek je Bazilika svätého Petra rozľahlá, predsa len nemôže pojať všetkých zhromaždených. Lev XIV. pozval tých, ktorí boli vonku, aby sledovali omšu na veľkoplošných obrazovkách, a zaželal všetkým šťastné Vianoce a dodal: "Obdivujem vás, vážim si vás a ďakujem vám za vašu odvahu a za vašu túžbu byť tu dnes večer."
O Papa Leão XIV está atualmente a celebrar a Eucaristia da meia-noite de Natal. Antes da liturgia, saiu para a Praça de S. Pedro para saudar a multidão de fiéis que acorreu apesar do vento e da chuva. Observou que a Basílica de São Pedro, por muito vasta que seja, não pode acolher todos os fiéis reunidos. Convidando as pessoas que se encontravam no exterior a seguir a Missa nos grandes ecrãs, Leão XIV desejou a todos um Feliz Natal, acrescentando "Admiro-vos, respeito-vos e agradeço-vos pela vossa coragem e pelo vosso desejo de estar aqui esta noite."
The Lord is Nigh 1. "This day you shall know that the Lord will come and save us, and in the morning you shall see His glory." The motif of the liturgy of the day is expectation. Tomorrow is to be the day of fulfillment. 2. Tomorrow you shall see His glory with your bodily eyes, in reality and truth. "You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger" (Luke 2:12). Near His crib, in silent prayer and adoration, you will find His virgin mother. There, too, you will find, silent and absorbed in prayer, the blessed Joseph. Silent night, holy night! There you will find the child, nestling in the forbidding straw, deprived of all comforts which an ungrateful people might have given Him. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John 1: 11). We shall see Him also with the eyes of faith. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw His glory, the glory as it …More
Oggi 23 dicembre alle 21.30 in diretta su Rai 1, sarà trasmesso il programma “Cena di Natale – La festa della cucina italiana”. Una serata evento per celebrare il riconoscimento della Cucina Italiana Patrimonio Culturale Immateriale dell'Umanità dell'Unesco. Tra gli ospiti, anche il cardinale Mauro Gambetti arciprete della Basilica di San Pietro, assieme a vari cantanti, cuochi e personaggi dello spettacolo come: Al Bano, Alfio Bottaro, Massimo Bottura, Antonino Cannavacciuolo, Clementino, Carlo Conti, Michela Giraud, Alberto Matano, Enzo Miccio, Gianni Morandi, Nek, Noemi, e Belen Rodriguez.
Ein Chinese wurde gefragt, was er von dem Sozialkreditsystem hält, das mit seinem obligatorischen digitalen Personalausweis verknüpft ist. Er antwortete: „Ich kann mich nicht beschweren!“
A Chinese man was asked what he thought about the social credit scoring system which is linked to his mandatory digital ID ? He answered “ I can’t complain !”
Beautiful photos of Christmas festivities during a pastoral visit by Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa to the Holy Family Church in Gaza. The festivities included a Christmas Mass, Christmas play, children taking their First Holy Communion, and the distribution of Christmas gifts for the children. God bless them all! (Photos from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem).
Latinský patriarcha Jeruzalema kardinál Pierbattista Pizzaballa dnes slávil predvianočnú eucharistiu vo farnosti Svätej rodiny v meste Gaza. Deväť detí prijalo prvé sväté prijímanie a jedno dieťa bolo pokrstené. Kardinál Pizzaballa navštívil aj nemocnice a humanitárne projekty a stretol sa s rodinami žijúcimi v tábore pre vysídlené osoby na pobreží Gazy.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, baptized a Palestinian Christian child at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City.
Heute ist im traditionellen Kalender das Fest des Apostels Thomas, das Datum seines glorreichen Martyriums in der Stadt Chennai, Indien, im Jahr 72. Ora pro nobis
Deuteronomy 30:17-18 "But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away and worship other gods, and serve them, I declare to you today that you will surely perish."
Cardinal Pizzaballa arrived at the Catholic parish in Gaza on 19 December. He is conducting a pastoral visit to the beleaguered church this weekend, including an assessment of the humanitarian and rehabilitation efforts.
Kardinál Pierbattista Pizzaballa, latinský patriarcha Jeruzalema, pricestoval 19. decembra do Gazy na pastoračnú návštevu farnosti Svätej rodiny pred Vianocami. Stretol sa s komunitou, aby zhodnotil humanitárne a pomocné úsilie a prediskutoval plány na nasledujúce mesiace, a zajtra bude vo farnosti sláviť vianočnú eucharistiu. Kardinál, ktorého privítali deti uprostred vianočnej výzdoby, pochválil farníkov za to, že zostali "silní vo viere počas tohto hrozného obdobia", a dodal: "Obnovíme naše školy, naše domy, naše životy. Sme tu zakorenení a zostaneme."
O Cardeal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarca Latino de Jerusalém, chegou a Gaza a 19 de dezembro para uma visita pastoral à Paróquia da Sagrada Família antes do Natal. Encontrou-se com a comunidade para avaliar os esforços humanitários e de socorro e para discutir os planos para os próximos meses, e celebrará a Eucaristia de Natal na paróquia amanhã. Acolhido pelas crianças no meio de decorações de Natal, o cardeal elogiou os paroquianos por permanecerem "fortes na fé durante este período terrível", acrescentando: "Vamos reconstruir as nossas escolas, as nossas casas, as nossas vidas. Estamos enraizados aqui e vamos permanecer".
Survey shows expected surge in Christmas Church attendance in UK - with Gen Z leading the way 60% of Gen Z plans to attend a church service at Christmas, the highest of any generation
He was linked to a controversy this year when he reportedly privately defended a Catholic MP after the MP was banned from receiving Communion by his priest for voting in favour of assisted suicide.
Thu Dec 18, 2025 - 1:15 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte has officially ordered that altar rails and kneelers no longer be used for the reception of Holy Communion. “The use of altar rails, kneelers, and prie-dieus are not to be utilized for the reception of Communion in public celebrations by January 16, 2026,” instructed Martin in a Pastoral Letter on Norms for Holy Communion issued Wednesday. In keeping with this rule, he ordered churches to remove all “temporary or movable fixtures used for kneeling” for Holy Communion by January 16. Bishop at Christmas Orders Altar Rails, and Kneelers Removed for Communion Michael Martin of Charlotte, NC – the hater of the Traditional Latin Mass strikes again. I guess that leaked letter draft was real after all… Merry Christmas – you can still use them till Jan 16 pic.twitter.com/gSpTiimbC1 — John-Henry Westen (@JhWesten) December 17, 2025 The bishop further commanded “[c]lergy, catechists, ministers …
