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Pope Leo XIV meets Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday. The meeting, which hadn’t been previously included in the list of Leo’s planned appointments,…
Was Maduro’s arrest legal? – The Catholic Thing
Mark Movsesian, First Things Tuesday, January 13, 2026 How can the United States arrest a foreign head of state for violating U.S. narcotics laws when the alleged conduct occurred outside the country, and the foreign state did not consent to the…
Abp. Gänswein says he hopes for Benedict XVI’s beatification
Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states and longtime personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, said he now prays not just for but to the late…
The full text of Leo XIV’s Sunday Angelus
The feast of the Baptism of Jesus, which we celebrate today, anticipates the beginning of Ordinary Time. This liturgical season will invite us to follow the Lord together, to listen to his Word and to imitate his gestures of love towards others.…
Looking for Lost Heads – The Catholic Thing
In P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves & Wooster, Lady Glossip, mother of an eligible daughter, asks Bertie Wooster how he would support a wife. His answer: “Well, I suppose it depends on whose wife it was. A little gentle pressure beneath the elbow…
TdA Member Charged With Assault for Attacking Border Patrol in Portland
Federal authorities have charged Tren de Aragua terror-gang goon Luis Nino-Moncada, a Venezuelan illegal alien, with assault on a federal officer for ramming a Border Patrol vehicle in Portland. Charged with entering the country illegally is his…
Will America & Israel Get the Iranian Regime Change They Want?
Revolution is brewing in Iran. But state officials there are saying it’s not as organic as it seems. They’re accusing the United States and its regional ally, Israel, of not only rooting for the Iranian “rebels,” but fomenting trouble on the…
Alaska Defunds Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
It took the State of Alaska several months to finally comply with a new federal law that prohibits nonprofit abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving any Medicaid funds. On July 4 of last summer, President Trump signed the Big…
HUGE Changes to Feds’ Vax Recommendations, Policy
Enormous changes to the federal government’s vaccine “recommendations” and even its position on complications are a “giant step in the right direction” and may be just the start of a seismic shift, argued Children’s Health Defense Senior…
Supreme Court to Hear Title IX Girls Sports Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in two cases about Idaho and West Virginia laws protecting girls sports from male athletes claiming to be female. The landmark cases will be heard Tuesday, January 13, with the outcome determining…