Cristeros with family members with the Mexican flag behind them with Our Lady of Guadalupe image substituted for the center field. | Credit: Public domain Jan 21, 2026 / 14:03 pm (CNA). As the centenary year of the Cristero War, also known as the Cristiada, begins, Auxiliary Bishop Pedro Mena of the Archdiocese of Yucatán…

Thousands gather in Paris on Jan. 18, 2026, for the annual March for Life in France. | Credit: Zofia Czubak Jan 21, 2026 / 14:55 pm (CNA). Approximately 10,000 people — mainly a young and engaged crowd — gathered at Place Vauban in Paris for the annual March for Life on Jan. 18. Each year,…

An unborn baby at 20 weeks. | Credit: Steve via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Jan 21, 2026 / 15:49 pm (CNA). A federal health spending bill would impose a long-enforced ban on using taxpayer funds for elective abortion, known as the Hyde Amendment. The U.S. House is set to consider the bill this week, which…

Pro-life advocates march through Washington, D.C., to protest abortion during the 2025 March for Life on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. | Credit: Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/Middle East Images via AFP/Getty Images Jan 21, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). With tens of thousands of pro-life Americans gathering for the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington,…

Pope Leo XIV greets Kiko Argüello on Jan. 19, 2026, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 21, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV received the leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way — including Kiko Argüello, who along with the late Carmen Hernández founded the apostolate — and members of the international team,…

Pope Leo XIV baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 11, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 21, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA). Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese, a lawyer and canon lawyer, recently said in an op-ed in the Irish…