WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Jan. 14 that the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba "in close partnership with the Catholic Church" would take place the same day -- as well...
Pope Leo XIV met Jan. 15 with the families of victims of the Crans-Montana bar fire on New Year's night, which took the lives of 40 people and injured 116 in a Swiss resort tragedy.
The pontiff was "deeply moved...
The National Eucharistic Revival -- a three-year initiative to renew belief in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, following a marked decline in belief among U.S. Catholics -- has rekindled both faith and outreach, according to...
Each year, the annual Marian procession of the "Divina Pastora" ("Divine Shepherdess") draws millions of pilgrims and devotees in Venezuela.
The Jan. 14 procession, however, was of particular significance following the United States' capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his...
Scripture readings for Jan. 18, 2026, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34
If you need help spotting Christ, you can always count on John the Baptist.
"Behold, the Lamb...
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security said Jan. 14 it issued an interim final rule reducing wait times for religious worker visas. Catholic advocates were among those who pushed the Trump administration to address the backlog in their...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration "quietly released" Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union to drop its lawsuit that sought to restore the funds, Politico reported Jan....
MINNEAPOLIS -- On the stage of Annunciation Catholic School's auditorium in Minneapolis, Jesse and Mollie Merkel walked to the podium to express their gratitude for the community that filled the space in front of them.
Looking out, they saw people...
VATICAN CITY -- If Christians are to speak about God, then they must dedicate time each day and week to listening to God's word in prayer and the liturgy, Pope Leo XIV said.
"We are called to live and cultivate...
Most of the growth we have seen across Christian denominations in recent years has been in Christian communities that teach sure norms that are relatively stable as society changes. The coming generation of Catholic parents are likely to look...