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Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the Holy See. | Credit: Santosh Digal Jan 15, 2026 / 13:37 pm (CNA). Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the Holy See, described the practice of surrogacy as a “new form of colonialism” in…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. | Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jan 15, 2026 / 15:57 pm (CNA). Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. government is working with the Catholic Church…
Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Jan 15, 2026 / 17:10 pm (CNA). As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its review of the abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers are repeating calls for stronger federal regulations of the drug. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, held a hearing about…
The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 15, 2026 / 17:42 pm (CNA). With the final sealing on Jan. 16 of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Holy See will complete the closing —…
Credit: Digital Storm/Shutterstock Jan 15, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). The attorney general of Ohio is moving to shut down a Catholic-run nursing home amid reports that the facility is placing elderly residents in “clear and present danger.” House of Loreto, a nursing facility run by the sisters of the Congregation of the Divine Spirit,…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building in Washington, D.C. | Credit: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 14, 2026 / 20:46 pm (CNA). U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied knowledge of reports that his administration has restored millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood. According to Jan. 13…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Jan 14, 2026 / 20:49 pm (CNA). The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, called for finding peaceful solutions to the events unfolding in Iran, where he sees the population’s yearning to live in “peace, justice, and dignity.” On Dec. 28, 2025, protests erupted in…
Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 / 17:55 pm (CNA). Twelve states filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Jan. 13, seeking to block what they call unlawful “gender conditions” imposed on billions of dollars in federal health, education, and research grants. The plaintiff states — New York,…
Church employee Francisco Paredes, 46, was handcuffed by ICE Dec. 4, 2025. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Francisco Paredes Jan 9, 2026 / 15:01 pm (CNA). U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents surveilled St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Epiphany after deporting the parish’s beloved maintenance worker to Mexico five…
St. Francis of Assisi. | Credit: Paolo Gallo/Shutterstock Jan 12, 2026 / 17:21 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death. During this time of grace, which will extend until January 2027, the faithful are granted the opportunity to obtain a…
