World News
Devotee of Mother Angelica Meets Pope Leo — Twice
L to R: Pope Leo and Christopher Maffuccio on Aug. 20, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica. Christopher Maffuccio of Lenox, Massachusetts, was twice blessed when he went to Rome on …
World News
Supreme Court Asked to Block California School Gender Secrecy Rules Amid Ongoing Lawsuit
U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 22, 2025, ruling struck down the secretive policies on First Amendment grounds and held that parents ‘have a right’ to the ‘gender information’ of their children, …
World News
After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says
Artist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos and videos are prohibited, hence this illustration, but journalists are …
World News
ICE deported Minnesota church employee, surveilled parish during Mass, mayor says
Church employee Francisco Paredes, 46, was handcuffed by ICE Dec. 4, 2025. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Francisco Paredes Jan 9, 2026 / 15:01 pm (CNA). U.S. Immigration and Customs …
World News
ICE deported Minnesota church employee, surveilled parish during Mass, mayor says
By Kathleen Murphy Jan 9, 2026 / 15:01 pm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents surveilled St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Epiphany after deporting …
World News
The late great George Pell and his enemies, part 1
On January 10, 2023, George Pell, cardinal-priest of the Catholic Church and former archbishop of Sydney and Melbourne, died suddenly the day after undergoing hip surgery. He was eighty-one years …
World News
The Baptism of the Lord Highlights the Glorious Gift of Our Baptism
Józef Buchbinder (1839-1909), ‘The Baptism of the Lord’ Our own baptism gives us sanctifying grace, the grace to be holy and pleasing to God.
World News
Live-in Housemother
Be a part of this beautiful Pro-Life apostolate. We are seeking mature and balanced young women to serve the mothers and children of Saint Gianna and Pietro Molla Maternity Home.
World News
Looking to the East for Liturgical Peace
The celebration of the Mass to the east EDITORIAL: The Diocese of Duluth’s ‘ad orientem’ liturgical trial could serve as a guidepost for alleviating the tensions in the Church regarding …
World News
Full Text: Pope Leo’s ‘State of the World’ Speech 2026
Mario TomassettiPope Leo XIV greets diplomats on Jan. 9, 2026. In his most explicitly pro-life speech to date, Pope Leo demands an end to abortion and surrogacy globally.