Credit: Lars Hallstrom/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 / 17:04 pm (CNA). A total of 4,849 Christians were murdered for their faith worldwide between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025, 373 more than in the same period the previous year, according to the 2026 World Watch List (WWL). According to an annual report presented Jan. 14…
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN Jan 14, 2026 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Court of Cassation has cleared the way for the appeal phase of the Secretariat of State funds trial — commonly tied in headlines to Cardinal Angelo Becciu — rejecting last-ditch procedural challenges and accepting the recusal of Vatican…
Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: EWTN Jan 14, 2026 / 12:35 pm (CNA). Edwin Lopez, who for more than two decades has served as EWTN’s regional manager for Asia-Pacific, has been appointed as the new executive…
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Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa Jan 14, 2026 / 09:21 am (CNA). Just miles from Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis — the site of a deadly school shooting during the summer of…
Credit: Lisa F. Young/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 / 10:25 am (CNA). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it is addressing a religious worker visa backlog with rules that will reduce wait times and disruptions in ministry for faith-based communities. “Under the leadership of Secretary [Kristi] Noem, DHS is committed to protecting and preserving freedom…
The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News Jan 14, 2026 / 11:15 am (CNA). More than 9.6 million Catholics joined the annual feast of the Black Nazarene, one of Asia’s biggest religious events, seeking miracles and hope…
Above: Venice, Italy. Three hundred and fifty years ago, on January 14, 1676, Venice mourned the death of Francesco Cavalli, the eleventh maestro di cappella—that is, the director of music—of St. Mark’s and one of the most influential figures of the Baroque musical period. Born in 1602 in Crema, near Cremona, Cavalli—christened Pier Francesco Caletti-Bruni—was…
Shrine of Christ the King of Peace on Cubilete Hill. | Credit: El Tabor Mexicano-National Votive Shrine of Christ the King Jan 14, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA). To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Cristero War, also known as the Cristiada, more than 45,000 young people from all over Mexico will…
