A sub-category of News.
Credit: Wolfgang Schaller/Shutterstock Jan 9, 2026 / 10:47 am (CNA). The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to block the state of California from allowing schools to hide student “gender transitions” from parents amid an ongoing federal lawsuit. The Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based legal group, asked the high court to intervene in the case…
Cardinals meet with Pope Leo XIV in the third session of the consistory on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 8, 2026 / 19:18 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will be hosting a second consistory of cardinals at the end of June and wants to hold such meetings annually. The…
Attendees listen to a panel discussion at the New York Encounter in 2024. | Credit: New York Encounter Jan 8, 2026 / 13:47 pm (CNA). Next month Catholics from across the globe will gather for the 18th annual New York Encounter dedicated to education, dialogue, and friendship. The cultural conference is organized annually by members…
Pope Leo XIV in the “Pray with the Pope” video released on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network Jan 8, 2026 / 14:17 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of January is for the faithful to pray with the word of God. In a video released Jan. 7…
Participants gather for worship at the MEHR conference in Augsburg, Germany, Jan. 3–6, 2026. | Credit: Andreas Thonhauser/EWTN Jan 8, 2026 / 15:06 pm (CNA). More than 11,000 Christians gathered in the Bavarian city of Augsburg this week for one of Europe’s largest ecumenical faith events — the MEHR conference — which its founder says…
Pope Leo XIV arrives at St. Peter’s Basilica for a Mass with cardinals on Jan. 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 8, 2026 / 17:04 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on cardinals to experience the extraordinary consistory as a time of spiritual discernment in unity and warned against the temptation to…
Official image of the “Pray with the Pope” campaign for January 2026. | Credit: World Prayer Network Jan 8, 2026 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has launched a new prayer campaign in which Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray with him for the great challenges facing the world. The “Pray…
Artist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos and videos are prohibited, hence this illustration, but journalists are allowed to be present. | Credit: CNN Jan 8, 2026 / 18:10 pm (CNA). Arturo McFields, former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States…
Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals during the extraordinary consistory on Jan. 7, 2026, in Vatican City. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 8, 2026 / 10:52 am (CNA). ROME — Some cardinals and faithful who have a devotion to the traditional Roman rite have expressed concern that the liturgy appears to be sidelined in the extraordinary…
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, mother church of the Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. | Credit: Saad Faruque via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0) Jan 8, 2026 / 11:22 am (CNA). The Catholic Church in India has launched a systematic campaign to address growing mental illness in groups including families and religious communities. “We decided to take…
