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Russell Shaw. Credit: Ignatius Press Jan 6, 2026 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Russell Shaw, a Catholic writer and journalist whose prolific career spanned decades including years of work for the U.S. bishops, died Jan. 6 at the age of 90. Catholic writer Mike Aquilina announced Shaw’s death on Facebook, describing him as a “pundit, journalist,…

Elena Berti (left) was sleeping alone in her house when a projectile landed in her yard. Berti’s daughter, Patricia Salazar, is at right. | Credit: EWTN Noticias/Screenshot Jan 6, 2026 / 16:20 pm (CNA). What does large-scale bombing sound like? What does it feel like to be in the middle of a series of explosions?…

Cartoonist Scott Adams announced his intention to convert to Christianity in January 2026. | Credit: Art of Charm, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 6, 2026 / 17:38 pm (CNA). Scott Adams, the 68-year-old cartoonist who created the decades-long “Dilbert” comic strip, announced he is converting to Christianity amid his deteriorating health caused by…

Credit: JCDH/Shutterstock. Jan 5, 2026 / 13:06 pm (CNA). With the signing of the law that recognizes that “the human being in gestation or the unborn child is a natural person,” Puerto Rico concluded 2025 with historic achievements in the defense of life. For Puerto Rican Sen. Joanne Rodríguez-Veve, it was a year “in which…

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2026. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Jan 6, 2026 / 08:45 am (CNA). Celebrating the solemnity of the Epiphany in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV said God’s saving presence is revealed not “in a prestigious…

Arthur Brooks gives a keynote address at SEEK 2026 on Jan. 4, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. | Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Jan 6, 2026 / 12:29 pm (CNA). New York Times bestselling author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks encouraged attendees at SEEK 2026 to resist the temptation as missionaries to “fight fire with fire.” In his…