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Bishop Earl Fernandes offers the homily during a Mass at Pickaway Correctional Institution near Columbus, Ohio, on June 28, 2024. | Credit: Catholic Times/Ken Snow

Bishop Fernandes praises religious worker visa rule change, says work still to be done

A case that seeks to remove Christian symbols, including icons and religious artwork, from public buildings in Greece began when two atheists asked for the removal of Christian icons displayed in Greek courtrooms. | Credit: Courtesy of ADF International

Christian symbols in public buildings on trial before European Court of Human Rights

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EWTN launches unified Catholic news brand: CNA and ACI Group become EWTN News

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. | Credit: Vatican Media

‘Our Lady of Arabia’ in Kuwait elevated to minor basilica in presence of Cardinal Parolin

The Becket Fund releases its annual Religious Freedom Index (RFI) on Jan. 16, 2026, exploring American attitudes on the First Amendment. | Credit: Leigh Prather/Shutterstock

Becket report finds increases in support for religious liberty in the public square

The French Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament. | Credit: Jacques Paquier (CC BY 2.0)

French bishops condemn euthanasia bill ahead of Senate debate

Member of Parliament David Smith, the U.K. special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, speaks at the parliamentary launch of the World Watch List on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Open Doors

Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds

Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo and Bishop Mylo Vergara of Pasig, Philippines, bless the facility of the 2022 “Economy of Fraternity” prize recipient, the Ecocharcoal Briquettes Project in the Diocese of Pasig, on Dec. 3, 2025. | Courtesy of Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo

Italian diocese to award $58K to international ‘economy of fraternity’ prize winners

Cardinal Aguiar and his auxiliary bishop, Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, OAR, met with Pope Leo on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Mexico’s Cardinal Aguiar: Pope Leo XIV would like to visit Mexico ‘soon’

The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. | Credit: Vatican Media

St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16

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