“Arise, shine, Bethlehem, for the light of peace has dawned anew.” With these words, Bethlehem celebrated the traditional lighting of its Christmas tree on a packed Manger Square on Dec. 6, 2025, following a two-year hiatus.
A few weeks ago, an open-source project was released—an AI personal assistant that is now called OpenClaw. It is a tool to tie together disparate AI systems into a cohesive whole. You need technical expertise to set it up but it very quickly starts to feel icky.
Valentine’s Day arrives every year with remarkable self-confidence. It assumes love should be obvious, effortless, and permanently exciting. Real love, actually, is nothing like that.
Loud voices still proclaim that Europe’s decline is demographic and religious, driven by migration and the erosion of a once-Christian civilization. But the evidence simply does not support this narrative. Secularism and nationalism pose the far greater threat. The Church must stand against it and seek the common good of all.
Last week, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced that the UN could run out of money by July. The main reason is that the United States has virtually ended its contributions. Why should Christians care at this time of global crisis and the dissipation of alliances unlike anything the free world has experienced since the formation of the UN? Because the issues are not merely political they're theological.
Veteran Filipino singer-actress, and Original Pilipino Music (OPM) icon Kuh Ledesma traveled to several typhoon‑ravaged communities in Cebu, delivering relief goods and messages of spiritual comfort to residents struggling to recover from recent storms. Her outreach comes as Cebuanos continue to grapple with flooding, property damage, and displacement following Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi), and with warnings of the approaching Typhoon Uwan.
The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has filed a landmark constitutional petition before the newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), seeking an end to manual sewer cleaning – a practice that has claimed the lives of dozens of Christian and other sanitation workers over the years.
A sharp rise in state-facilitated deaths in Canada has drawn strong criticism from a leading U.K. pro-life group, which warns that the country’s experience should serve as a cautionary example as British lawmakers debate assisted dying legislation.
Honduras’ general elections on Sunday (Nov. 30) unfolded amid an unprecedented mobilization of the country’s evangelical community, whose leaders say their coordinated turnout marked a historic moment for civic and spiritual engagement.
When the Neoliner Origin completed its first transatlantic crossing in late October, climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe saw more than a successful trial of a new cargo sailboat. She viewed it as a concrete sign of hope — evidence, she said, that real, scalable solutions to the climate crisis are beginning to take shape.
Mission Australia released its Youth Survey 2025 report on Thursday (Nov. 27), revealing that cost of living pressures have surged to the top of young Australians’ concerns, with nearly two-thirds of respondents naming it as the most pressing national issue. The findings reflect responses from more than 17,000 young people aged 14 to 19.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil rights activist and former presidential candidate who garnered controversy over his political activism and personal misconduct, has died at age 84.
