Archive for January 7, 2026

From left to right: Sister Catherine Joy, Sister Virginia Joy, and Sister Israel Rose of the Sisters of Life at SEEK 2026 in Denver. | Credit: Francesca Fenton/EWTN News?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

SEEK 2026: 7 ways to discern your vocation

Hundreds of young women filled a ballroom on Jan. 4 at the 2026 SEEK conference in Denver to hear Sister... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop emeritus of New York. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Cardinal Dolan reflects on recovering the essentials of the Catholic faith

Cardinal Timothy Dolan introduced a series of brief mediations on the “things worth recovering” in the essentials of the Catholic... Read more

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York. | Credit: DanielPenfield via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo names New York auxiliary bishop to lead Diocese of Rochester

Pope Leo has named New York auxiliary Bishop John S. Bonnici to lead the Diocese of Rochester, New York. Read more

Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV emphasizes relevance of Second Vatican Council before meeting with cardinals

After focusing his 2025 general audiences on the mysteries of the life of Jesus, Pope Leo XIV has begun a... Read more

Republican strategist Michael Reagan speaks at a get-out-the-vote rally for U.S. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle featuring U.S. Sen. John McCain at the Orleans, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, in Las Vegas. | Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Michael Reagan, Catholic son of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80

Michael Reagan, the adopted son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and a longtime conservative activist, died on Jan. 4... Read more

The concluding high Mass for the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage, an annual three-day pilgrimage for devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass, on Oct. 29, 2023, celebrated by Bishop Guido Pozzo at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims in Rome. | Credit: Andrea Zuffellato?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

Ahead of consistory, priest urges new canonical structure to resolve Latin Mass standoff

A French priest has proposed to the College of Cardinals the creation of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction to oversee celebration of... Read more

St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Credit: Gastao at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Scottish bishops denounce ‘buffer zone’ law

Scottish bishops have denounced a law establishing so-called “buffer zones” around abortion facilities. Read more

Confessional. | Credit: Paul Lowry (CC BY 2.0)?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Arizona bill would hit priests with felony if they fail to break confessional seal to report abuse

Priests in Arizona could face felony charges if they fail to report child abuse learned during confession. Read more

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By Daniel Payne

Federal appeals court affirms religious organizations can choose to hire only fellow believers

A federal appeals court this week upheld a years-old principle of U.S. law that allows religious organizations to hire only... Read more

The extraordinary consistory of cardinals is taking place from Jan 7-8, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

As consistory opens, Pope Leo XIV tells cardinals ‘I am here to listen’

The Holy Father outlined the four themes that will be discussed during the extraordinary consistory. Read more

People take part in a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York on Jan. 7, 2026, after an ICE officer shot dead a woman in Minneapolis. | Credit: Bryan R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

After ICE shooting of U.S. citizen, Minneapolis archbishop pleads for prayers, calm

Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda on Jan. 7 pleaded for prayers and calm after a U.S. Immigration and... Read more

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Health care professionals at the Colorado-based pro-life Bella Health and Wellness healthcare clinic. | Credit: Bella Health and Wellness

Colorado to pay out $5.4 million after court strikes down abortion pill reversal ban

Pope Leo XIV with the Spanish flag in the foreground on Dec. 8, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Canary Islands possible destinations for Pope Leo XIV in 2026

Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference; Félix Bolaños, minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Parliament; and Father Jesús Díaz Sariego, OP, president of CONFER. | Credit: Ministry of the Presidency

Spain, Catholic Church sign agreement to compensate victims of sexual abuse

Church employee Francisco Paredes, 46, was handcuffed by ICE Dec. 4, 2025. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Francisco Paredes

ICE deported Minnesota church employee, surveilled parish during Mass, mayor says

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Supreme Court asked to block California school gender secrecy rules amid ongoing lawsuit

Pope Leo XIV addresses ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives to the Holy See in the Apostolic Palace on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo condemns ‘zeal for war,’ weak multilateralism in speech to diplomats

Map of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage route. | Credit: Courtesy of the National Eucharistic Congress

‘One Nation Under God:’ 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage inspired by 250th anniversary of U.S.

Archbishop Jesús González de Zárate, president of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference | Credit: Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference

President of Venezuelan bishops’ conference: We are living in a ‘tense calm’

More than 500 candidates and catechumens were welcomed at the Rite of Election in the Diocese of Westminster, England, on March 8, 2025. | Credit: Diocese of Westminster

English diocese responds to rising conversions with evidence-based faith training

Cardinals meet with Pope Leo XIV in the third session of the consistory on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to hold next consistory in June, hopes for annual meetings with cardinals

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