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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…
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser told EWTN News on Apr. 12, 2024 that the pro-life movement is grounded in the dignity of the individual “and has never stopped at a state line.” | Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News in Depth Jan 10, 2026 / 10:00 am (CNA). A major pro-life leader is urging the…
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. – Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Jan 10, 2026 / 11:30 am (CNA). Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun delivered a forceful critique of synodality at the extraordinary consistory of cardinals this week, decrying the process as an “ironclad manipulation” that…
St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo. | Credit: CiEll/Shutterstock Jan 10, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). Catholics in the U.S. were witness to a rare Church decision in 2023 when Pope Francis elevated the Diocese of Las Vegas to a metropolitan archdiocese. Las Vegas had previously been a suffragan diocese of San Francisco, having been created by…
A garden now occupies the site of Bangladesh’s first Catholic church at Iswaripur in Satkhira district. Portuguese Jesuits dedicated the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus here on Jan. 1, 1600. | Credit: Milon Munda Jan 10, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA). A financial crisis has halted the Catholic Church’s efforts to reclaim the…
The interior of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. In the center, the Stone of Anointing, with Calvary in the background. | Credit: Marinella Bandini Jan 10, 2026 / 08:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: ‘Come back to the…
Northampton Episcopal Vicar for Mission Canon Simon Penhalagan alongside members of the new community at the St. Elena House of Mission and Prayer. | Credit: Maria Heath Jan 10, 2026 / 09:00 am (CNA). A new and unique house of mission and prayer inspired by the call to a new evangelization has opened in the…
