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Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr speaks with “EWTN News In Depth” on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: “EWTN News In Depth”/Screenshot Jan 12, 2026 / 11:45 am (CNA). Former United States Attorney General Bill Barr said military action to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was “legitimate under U.S. law.” On Jan. 3 President Donald…
Pope Leo XIV introduced a new papal staff on Jan. 6, 2026, during the closing of the Holy Door | Credit: Vatican Media / null Jan 12, 2026 / 12:25 pm (CNA). Last week during the Jan. 6 closing of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV used a new papal staff,…
St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | Credit: CCN Photo/Terry O’Neill Jan 12, 2026 / 13:29 pm (CNA). In a case with implications for religious freedom, institutional autonomy, and health care access across Canada, a British Columbia Supreme Court trial starting Jan. 12 will consider whether faith-based hospitals can be forced to provide…
Credit: CDC/Debora Cartagena Jan 12, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholic medical professionals and ethicists had mixed reactions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) announcement last week that it has revised the recommended childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule. In a press release on Jan. 5, the CDC announced a revised recommended childhood…
Pope Leo XIV meets Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the Vatican on Jan. 12, 2026. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Jan 12, 2026 / 06:50 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican on Monday, in an audience that was not initially included in…
Four new priests and six new deacons were ordained for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio on Jan. 4, 2026. | Credit: Ruru Gene News/Sister Laurencila, FSSA Jan 11, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA). The four newly ordained priests and six newly ordained deacons for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio have been reminded of…
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Jan. 11, 2026. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 11, 2026 / 08:25 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sunday lamented escalating violence in Iran and Syria and renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine,…
Pope Leo XIV baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, January 11, 2026. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 11, 2026 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 infants, the children of Vatican employees, during Mass in the Sistine Chapel on…
Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at an event hosted by the Catholic magazine Kelionė at the Lithuanian National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: L. Macevicienes/Zurnalaskelione.lt Jan 11, 2026 / 10:32 am (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states and longtime personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, said…
Pope Leo XIV speaks to bishops gathered for the Jubilee of Bishops on June 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 11, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). Soon after the election of Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle shared in a press conference that moments before then-Cardinal…
