Archive for January 11, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaks to bishops gathered for the Jubilee of Bishops on June 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

‘Adopt a Bishop’ initiative invites faithful to pray for Church leaders

The Adopt a Bishop initiative, launched by Brick House in the City in collaboration with The Dorothea Project, invites the... Read more

Four new priests and six new deacons were ordained for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio on Jan. 4, 2026. | Credit: Ruru Gene News/Sister Laurencila, FSSA?w=200&h=150

By ACI Africa

‘I am not ordaining you for an ideal country,’ South Sudanese bishop tells new priests

Four newly ordained priests and six newly ordained deacons for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio have been reminded of... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Jan. 11, 2026.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV condemns violence in Iran, Syria, and Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday lamented escalating violence in Iran and Syria and renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine,... Read more

Pope Leo XIV baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, January 11, 2026.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV baptizes 20 infants in Sistine Chapel, tells parents faith is ‘more than necessary’

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 infants, the children of Vatican employees, during Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday for... Read more

Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at an event hosted by the Catholic magazine Kelionė at the Lithuanian National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: L. Macevicienes/Zurnalaskelione.lt?w=200&h=150

By Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

Gänswein says he prays to Benedict XVI, confirms hope for beatification cause

The apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states offered personal reflections on his new diplomatic mission, Christmas in Lithuania, and his... Read more

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Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at an event hosted by the Catholic magazine Kelionė at the Lithuanian National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: L. Macevicienes/Zurnalaskelione.lt

Gänswein says he prays to Benedict XVI, confirms hope for beatification cause

Pope Leo XIV baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, January 11, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV baptizes 20 infants in Sistine Chapel, tells parents faith is ‘more than necessary’

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Jan. 11, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV condemns violence in Iran, Syria, and Ukraine

Four new priests and six new deacons were ordained for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio on Jan. 4, 2026. | Credit: Ruru Gene News/Sister Laurencila, FSSA

‘I am not ordaining you for an ideal country,’ South Sudanese bishop tells new priests

Pope Leo XIV speaks to bishops gathered for the Jubilee of Bishops on June 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

‘Adopt a Bishop’ initiative invites faithful to pray for Church leaders

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. - Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

At consistory, Cardinal Zen slams synodality as ‘ironclad manipulation’ and ‘insult’ to bishops

University of Notre Dame professor Kathleen Sprows Cummings. Credit: Ken Oliver-Méndez/CNA

At annual meeting, Catholic historians assess impact of first American pope

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser told EWTN News on Apr. 12, 2024 that the pro-life movement is grounded in the dignity of the individual "and has never stopped at a state line." | Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News in Depth

Pro-life leader says movement 'not safe' in Republican party: 'We can't hold back'

Northampton Episcopal Vicar for Mission Canon Simon Penhalagan alongside members of the new community at the St. Elena House of Mission and Prayer. | Credit: Maria Heath

St. Elena House launches in UK to help Catholics ‘catch the fire’ of God’s love

The interior of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. In the center, the Stone of Anointing, with Calvary in the background. | Credit: Marinella Bandini

‘Come back to the Holy Land’: Custos calls pilgrims to visit land of Jesus

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