Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the Holy See. | Credit: Santosh Digal Jan 15, 2026 / 13:37 pm (CNA). Archbishop Paul Richard…
Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls
Pope Leo XIV next to the new mosaic of him that will be added to St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 15, 2026…
U.S. is working with Catholic Church to get post-hurricane aid to Cuba, Rubio says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. | Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP…
UPDATE: Ohio moves to close nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’ after purchase from Catholic nuns
Credit: Digital Storm/Shutterstock Jan 15, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). The attorney general of Ohio is moving to shut down a nursing home after a congregation of Catholic nuns sold…
Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding
Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 / 17:55 pm (CNA). Twelve states filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Jan. 13, seeking to…
House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood
Republicans say they are crafting a bill to permanently defund Planned Parenthood Jan. 13, 2026. | Credit: usarmyband, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jan 14, 2026 / 16:19 pm…
Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN Jan 14, 2026 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Court of Cassation has cleared the way for the appeal phase…
Catholic bishops of the Philippines tap veteran EWTN executive for communications post
Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: EWTN Jan 14, 2026 / 12:35…
Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees
The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News Jan 14, 2026 / 11:15…
Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog
Credit: Lisa F. Young/Shutterstock Jan 14, 2026 / 10:25 am (CNA). The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it is addressing a religious worker visa backlog with rules that will…
Pope Leo XIV urges making time ‘to speak with God’
Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media. Jan 14, 2026 / 06:20 am (CNA).…
Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’
Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa Jan 14,…