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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

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

The extraordinary consistory of cardinals is taking place from Jan 7-8, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media

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

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

Confessional. | Credit: Paul Lowry (CC BY 2.0)

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

St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Credit: Gastao at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Scottish bishops denounce ‘buffer zone’ law

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

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

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

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

Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

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

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Rochester, New York. | Credit: DanielPenfield via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop emeritus of New York. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Cardinal Dolan reflects on recovering the essentials of the Catholic faith

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