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Detail from a late 18th-century painting of St. Francisco de Sales by Francisco Bayeu y Subías. (Wikipedia) “Nothing so much presses man’s heart as love,” wrote St. Francis de Sales, whose feast day we celebrate today, in Treatise on the Love of God. “If a man know that he is beloved, be ... read more

Readings:• Isa 8:23-9:3• Psa 27:1, 4, 13-14• 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17• Mt 4:12-23 Take a moment and make an inventory of every light you might use or benefit from in the course of a week: room lights, headlights, lamps, porch lights, street lights, and even flashlights. And that’s not counting the light from televisions, computer ... read more

EWTN EWTN brings faithful content to viewers. TV Picks for Jan. 25-Feb. 7, 2026: Also tune in to the Olympics and catch a classic movie. ... read more

The clergy were issued misdemeanor citations of trespassing and failure to comply with a peace officer and were then released,  ... read more

1/20Keynote speakers at “The Beauty of Truth: Navigating Society Today as a Catholic Woman” conference, held Jan. 9-10, 2026, in Houston (left to right): Erika Bachiochi, Mary Eberstadt, Angela Franks, Pia de Solenni, and Leah Sargeant. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of St. Thomas ... read more

1/20Keynote speakers at “The Beauty of Truth: Navigating Society Today as a Catholic Woman” conference, held Jan. 9-10, 2026, in Houston (left to right): Erika Bachiochi, Mary Eberstadt, Angela Franks, Pia de Solenni, and Leah Sargeant. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of St. Thomas ... read more

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV sits during the Jan. 21, 2026, general audience alongside a Swiss Guard at the Vatican. At the same time, he emphasized that the medium itself has also changed: television and, with it, all communication. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV warned of the risks that go hand in hand with information in the digital age and urged journalists never to succumb “to the temptation of the trivial” or to fake news that creates confusion about what’s true or false. The pope made his comments in a message sent on the occasion of ... read more

Pope Leo XIV sits during the Jan. 21, 2026, general audience alongside a Swiss Guard at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 24, 2026 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV warned of the risks that go hand in hand with information in the digital age and urged journalists never to ... read more

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Father Bobbo Paschal from St. Stephen Parish in the Kaduna Archdiocese in Nigeria has been released after being abducted on Nov. 17, 2025, when gunmen attacked the parish. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese Jan 24, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here is a roundup of Catholic news from around ... read more

Here is a roundup of Catholic news from around the world that you might have missed this week. Father Bobbo Paschal from St. Stephen Parish in the Kaduna Archdiocese in Nigeria has been released after being abducted on Nov. 17, 2025, when gunmen attacked the parish. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese ... read more

Young volunteers across Europe are shifting pro-life advocacy to one-on-one conversations on university campuses and in the public square, aiming for long-term cultural change. ProLife Europe volunteers staff an information table during an outreach in Freiburg, Germany. | Credit: ProLife Europe Jan 24, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). As European Union institutions and ... read more

ProLife Europe volunteers staff an information table during an outreach in Freiburg, Germany. | Credit: ProLife Europe Jan 24, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). As European Union institutions and national governments increasingly advance policies expanding access to abortion, some observers have questioned whether the pro-life movement in Europe still exists or ... read more

The head of the schools of the Franciscan province in the Holy Land warned that a new Israeli law threatens the existence of Christian schools in Jerusalem. The new law, approved by the Knesset (parliament), “prevents graduates of universities that follow the curriculum of the State of Palestine from teaching in schools in Israel, ... read more