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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…
If you were to randomly ask an average Christian, even one who does not routinely pray, pay, or obey, what is the greatest miracle of all, chances are that the answer would be, almost without exception, the Resurrection. What happened on Easter Sunday morning—the disciples, finding the tomb empty, only to see shortly thereafter the…
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Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin. 1st on the Epiphany. Dearly beloved brethren, we are instructed by the tradition of the Fathers, that we have to keep holiday on this solemnity in…
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Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference; Félix Bolaños, minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Parliament; and Father Jesús Díaz Sariego, OP, president of CONFER. | Credit: Ministry of the Presidency Jan 9, 2026 / 16:28 pm (CNA). The Spanish Bishops’ Conference (CEE, by its Spanish acronym), the Spanish Conference…
Pope Leo XIV with the Spanish flag in the foreground on Dec. 8, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Jan 9, 2026 / 17:06 pm (CNA). Spanish Cardinal José Cobo confirmed Jan. 9 in Rome that Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands are likely destinations in 2026 for an apostolic journey to Spain by Pope…
