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Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’
Jan 15, 2026Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher spoke at the event “A Common Front for Human Dignity: Preventing the Commodification of Women and Children in Surrogacy.”
Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls
Jan 15, 2026A mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV for installation in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica was presented to the pontiff on Jan. 14.
UPDATE: Ohio moves to close nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’ after purchase from Catholic nuns
Jan 15, 2026Ohio is moving to shut down a nursing home after a group of Catholic nuns sold it, amid reports that the facility’s “shockingly poor care” is placing elderly residents in “clear and present danger.”
Cardinal Pizzaballa: There is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran
Jan 14, 2026The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem says Iranians are longing for peace, justice, and a decent life.
Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood
Jan 14, 2026Tens of millions of dollars of funding have been restored for Planned Parenthood’s birth control and other non-abortion services.
Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding
Jan 14, 2026Twelve states are suing the Department of Health and Human Services to block “gender conditions” on federal grants, claiming unlawful enforcement of an executive order defining sex as binary.
House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood
Jan 14, 2026GOP lawmakers say they will craft legislation to extend and make permanent the temporary freeze on federal funds for abortion providers.
Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
Jan 14, 2026The appointment of Edwin Lopez as the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines was announced during a recollection of CBCP personnel and volunteers in Manila.
Mexico’s Cardinal Aguiar: Pope Leo XIV would like to visit Mexico ‘soon’
St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16
Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’
Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls
Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward
Republican senators urge more regulations on abortion pill in Senate hearing
UPDATE: Ohio moves to close nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’ after purchase from Catholic nuns
Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood
Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding
House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood
U.S. is working with Catholic Church to get post-hurricane aid to Cuba, Rubio says
Over 45,000 youths to make pilgrimage to Christ the King monument in Mexico
Catholic Church in Panama calls for new constitution
Dictatorship in Nicaragua releases dozens of political prisoners after U.S. pressure
British Columbia Supreme Court to hear challenge over euthanasia at faith-based hospitals
First Catholic school in Finland: The dream of Helsinki’s only Catholic bishop
Czech bishop declares Year of Reconciliation 80 years after World War II expulsions
Gänswein says he prays to Benedict XVI, confirms hope for beatification cause
St. Elena House launches in UK to help Catholics ‘catch the fire’ of God’s love
Madrid, Barcelona, Canary Islands possible destinations for Pope Leo XIV in 2026
Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees
History erased? Bangladesh Catholics struggle to recover first church land
Why Australia’s bishops’ president is calling for antisemitism inquiry after Bondi attack
Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, Catholic school alumna, dies at 80
Christmas recital in Lebanon aims for Guinness World Record
Syria celebrates Christmas with hope amid lingering security fears
130 students and teachers kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria released
Nigerians must stop ‘trading future for crumbs’: Catholic official on security crisis
Church in Jordan reopens as a rare window into pre-Constantinian Christianity
Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’
Greenland Catholics ‘do not wish to become Americans’ amid U.S. efforts at acquisition
Supreme Court reviews transgender athlete bans
Jimmy Lai’s daughter provides latest update on her father: ‘It is very much about saving his life’
Nicaraguan researcher urges religious freedom commission to refocus attention on abuses
Angola among African countries Pope Leo XIV to visit; dates being finalized
Cameroon archbishop sets new year agenda of forgiveness, justice, and peace
U.S. sanctions against Nigeria expected in 2026
Courageous witnesses to the faith: 17 missionaries were murdered in 2025
‘Faith must be lived within a community,’ bishop tells historic parish in Kenya
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Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward
Jan 14, 2026The appeal trial is scheduled to resume Feb. 3.
Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees
Jan 14, 2026In a fiery homily at the fiesta Mass for the feast of the Black Nazarene, Bishop Rufino Sescon Jr. of the Diocese of Balanga called on politicians implicated in infrastructure corruption to resign.
UPDATE: Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog
Jan 14, 2026The Department of Homeland Security is announcing rules to address the backlog for religious worker visas.
Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’
Jan 14, 2026Just miles from Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, a bishop this week led the local Catholic community in a reflection on how to heal and bring grief before God.
