Day: December 4, 2025

Authorities in southern Louisiana are investigating after a local Catholic church was vandalized Nov. 29, causing several thousand dollars in damage, according to a local report from KLFY 10, a CBS affiliate.  The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident, which occurred at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mallet, which is about an … Read more$6,500 in damage reported after vandalism targets rural Louisiana Catholic church

A papal commission tasked with studying whether women may be ordained as deaconesses has issued a concluding statement that does not permanently resolve the question, instead passing responsibility for any further discernment to Pope Leo XIV. The Second Commission for the Study of the Female Diaconate was created in 2020 by Pope Francis in response … Read moreSynodal commission punts female diaconate issue to Pope Leo

The FBI arrested a suspect Dec. 4 in the nearly five-year investigation into pipe bombs planted — but never detonated — outside the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters the night before the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, federal officials said.  Authorities identified the suspect as 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia, according to FOX … Read moreFBI arrests man in Virginia in connection with January 2021 D.C. pipe bomb placement

President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. and federal facilities to fly the American flag at half-staff today in honor of Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia Army National Guard, who was killed in the line of duty. Beckstrom, 20, was shot and killed in a Nov. 26 ambush attack near the White … Read moreTrump orders flags at half-staff for slain National Guard member

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated Dec. 8, honors the Blessed Virgin Mary’s sinless conception — a doctrine affirmed not only through infallible teaching but also through Mary’s own apparitions to saints throughout history. This solemnity is a holy day of obligation. The liturgical color for the feast is white, signifying Mary’s purity and … Read more‘Pray for us who have recourse to thee’: History of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

As the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12 draws near many Catholics are beginning a novena to her that will conclude in time for the celebration. If you are unsure about undertaking the novena, it is certainly not too late to do so — and, writing personally, I cannot recommend enough entrusting … Read moreIt isn’t too late to begin a novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe