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The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol

The Shrine of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Deliceto, Italy, where St. Alphonsus Liguori was inspired to write and compose the famous Italian Christmas carol, “Tu Scendi dalle Stelle,” in 1744. / Credit: Gianpiero Passalia/EWTN News

Rome Newsroom, Dec 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

The Christmas song, written and composed by St. Alphonsus Liguori in the mid-18th century, describes Christ, King and Creator, coming into the world as a poor baby.

Christmas reversed in Slovakia: Why the homeless gave this archbishop a gift

Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice celebrates Mass with homeless and people in need at the Archdiocesan Charity in Košice, Slovakia, during a traditional Christmas gathering in December 2025. / Credit: Archdiocesan Charity of Košice

EWTN News, Dec 24, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, Slovakia, found a special gift under the Christmas tree: a new “cathedra,” a wooden bench prepared by homeless people.

Catholic federation denounces withdrawal of EU funds due to ideological bias

The Berlaymont building in Brussels, seat of the European Commission. / Credit: EmDee/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 23, 2025 / 16:25 pm (CNA).

The European Commission has decided to withdraw funding from the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe.

Caritas says new UK asylum rules are ‘incompatible with Gospel values’

A protester holds up a St. George’s cross flag with the slogan “Get Off My Land” outside the High Court in London on Aug. 29, 2025, as the government seeks to challenge a High Court ruling that will stop asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping beyond Sept. 12. / Credit: CARLOS JASSO/AFP via Getty Images

London, England, Dec 23, 2025 / 09:37 am (CNA).

Caritas Social Action Network has strongly criticized recent announcements by the U.K. government concerning asylum seekers’ rights to remain in the country.

Priest expert in new evangelization on today’s Catholic moment

Father Manuel Chouciño. / Credit: ACI Prensa

Madrid, Spain, Dec 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Father Manuel Chouciño is convinced that Catholics “are in vogue” because people “are tired of feeling so empty.”

Catholic Church needs to share ‘beautiful truth’ of humanity amid AI concerns, experts say

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London, England, Dec 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

On Dec. 9 the Guardian U.K. reported that 40% of 13- to 17-year-olds in England and Wales affected by violence are turning to AI companions for support.

St. Francis and the story of the first Nativity scene

Giotto’s Nativity fresco projected on the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. / Credit: Buffy1982/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Dec 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

One of the world’s most beloved saints, St. Francis of Assisi, loved Christmas so much that he created the first Nativity scene to make the birth of Jesus more real.

The ‘most valuable’ gift to give this Christmas, according to Pope Leo XIV

The pope with boys and girls from Italian Catholic Action on Dec. 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 20, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV told the young people of Italian Catholic Action that they can perform a simple gesture that would be the best gift this Christmas: make peace.

A new blessed for Argentina: Pope Leo XIV approves miracle attributed to Enrique Shaw

Servant of God Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 10:35 am (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine layman, husband, father, and businessman.

Bishop Richard Moth to succeed Cardinal Nichols as archbishop of Westminster

Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, was appointed as the 12th archbishop of Westminster on Dec. 19, 2025. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

London, England, Dec 19, 2025 / 09:26 am (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Richard Moth, a former bishop of Britain’s military ordinariate, as the 12th archbishop of Westminster.