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Pope Leo’s prayer intentions for 2027
Human dignity, art, life, migrants, the elderly, young people, and artificial intelligence: these are some of the themes of the prayer intentions that Pope Leo has entrusted to his Worldwide Prayer Network for next year. The list begins with…
Trump Administration asks Federal Court to pause Louisiana’s proposed abortion pill ban
A key national pro-life group has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of undermining Louisiana’s efforts to roll back the Biden administration‘s eased restrictions on mifepristone when the Justice Department asked a court to pause the Pelican…
Report: Most religious institutes had no one professing perpetual vows in 2025
A large majority of religious institutions in the U.S. reported they had no one professing perpetual vows in 2025. Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate has found. Eighty-two percent of religious institutions had…
Cardinal Tobin calls for defunding ICE
Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service Thursday, January 29, 2026 After immigration enforcement officials shot several people and killed two U.S. citizens, U.S. Catholic bishops have used increasingly urgent language in opposing the Trump…
Pope: Church cannot ‘relativize’ its teaching on marriage
Speaking to members of the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota, Pope Leo XIV warned against “a dangerous relativization of truth” regarding the Church’s teaching on the indissolubility of the sacrament of marriage, especially in annulment…
Restoration of Bethlehem’s Grotto of the Nativity: ‘a sign of hope and unity’
Cecilia Seppia, Vatican News Wednesday, January 28, 2026 The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land have announced that works are set to begin restoring the “cradle” of Christianity – the place where Jesus was…
New massacres committed by jihadists in Congo
At least 25 people have been killed in North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a series of attacks attributed to rebels of the ISIS-aligned Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The ADF also continues to attack in the neighboring…
Notre Dame U. sees record number of Catholic converts
Abby Strelow, National Catholic Register Tuesday, January 27, 2026 This year, Notre Dame’s Order of Christian Initiation of Adults program boasts a record number of participants. In total, 76 students are enrolled, including 42 catechumens, 12…
Russia is attempting to ‘freeze’ Ukraine
Katarzyna Szalajko, OSV News Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Russia’s latest missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are aimed at civilians and civilian infrastructure and bear clear signs of crimes against humanity, said Major Archbishop…
Despite Trump, WEF-Davos STILL Pushing “World Order”
Comments from top globalists at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week show that the agenda to build a “New World Order” is still marching onwards, even if tactics are shifting, explains The New American magazine Alex Newman in this episode…