‘We only want treatment’: Catholics caught in Bangladesh-India visa crisis
A Bangladeshi border post in Bagha, Rajshahi district, near the India-Bangladesh border on June 13, 2021. | Credit: Dewan Tirtho / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Jan 17, 2026 / 08:00…
As war and division spread, Europe’s churches renew call for prayer and unity
Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, offers Mass on the feast of St. Luke for the Synod on Synodality delegates in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit:…
CUA professor launches AI marketplace in line with Catholic social teaching
Credit: David Gyung/Shutterstock Jan 17, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). An artificial intelligence (AI) marketplace launched by a business professor at The Catholic University of America seeks to offer products…
Dutch conservative activist and Catholic convert barred from entering the UK
Dutch conservative political commentator and activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek delivers a speech during the first “Remigration Summit” at Teatro Condominio on May 17, 2025, in Gallarate, Italy. She was recently barred…
Vice President Vance, House Speaker Johnson to speak at 2026 March for Life
U.S. Vice President JD Vance. | Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 16, 2026 / 16:40 pm (CNA). Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak…
Bishop Fernandes praises religious worker visa rule change, says work still to be done
Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Jan 16, 2026 / 14:35 pm (CNA). Bishop Earl Fernandes of…
Christian symbols in public buildings on trial before European Court of Human Rights
A case that seeks to remove Christian symbols, including icons and religious artwork, from public buildings in Greece began when two atheists asked for the removal of Christian icons displayed…
Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds
Member of Parliament David Smith, the U.K. special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, speaks at the parliamentary launch of the World Watch List on Jan. 14, 2026. |…
Mexico’s Cardinal Aguiar: Pope Leo XIV would like to visit Mexico ‘soon’
Cardinal Aguiar and his auxiliary bishop, Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, OAR, met with Pope Leo on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 16, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA).…
Italian diocese to award $58K to international ‘economy of fraternity’ prize winners
Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo and Bishop Mylo Vergara of Pasig, Philippines, bless the facility of the 2022 “Economy of Fraternity” prize recipient, the Ecocharcoal Briquettes Project in the Diocese of…
St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16
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…
Republican senators urge more regulations on abortion pill in Senate hearing
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…