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Life is precious. COMMENTARY: Every child saved, every mother supported, and every pregnancy standing is evidence that hope is not naïve but justified. ... read more

Migi Fabara/EWTN News Thousands march through the streets of Washington, D.C., for the 52nd annual March for Life on Jan. 24, 2025. Please follow this page for live updates for all the events surrounding the 2026 March for Life. ... read more

EWTN News Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska delivers his homily for the 2026 March for Life Vigil Mass from the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22, 2026. ‘Our brothers and sisters in the womb are the most vulnerable and most voiceless of victims.’ ... read more

I would like to thank His Excellency Ambassador George Poulides, dean of the Diplomatic Corps, for his kind and respectful words on your behalf. I welcome all of you to this meeting for the exchange of greetings at the beginning of the new year. This is a traditional occasion in the life of the Diplomatic ... read more

EWTN News Bishop James D. Conley of the Diocese of the Diocese of Lincoln Nebraska, celebrates Mass at the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Jan. 22. More than 5,000 people — many of whom are high school or college students ... read more

Pingliang – Anthony Li Hui, currently Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang, in the Chinese province of Gansu, has assumed the leadership of the diocese, succeeding 85-year-old Bishop Nicholas Han Jide OFM Cap, who is now Bishop Emeritus of the same diocese. The Chinese Catholic online portals Xinde.org and chinacatholic.cn report that the Bishop's installation took place ... read more

The Holy See rejected claims that discontent is widespread among its employees after an internal survey found distrust of managers and alleged workplace harassment. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Jan 23, 2026 / 06:50 am (CNA). The Holy See’s labor office is pushing back on claims of widespread worker dissatisfaction after an internal survey ... read more

Photo credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News , Jan 23, 2026 / 06:50 am (CNA). The Holy See rejected claims that discontent is widespread among its employees after an internal survey found distrust of managers and alleged workplace harassment. ... read more

Lima – What are the Pontifical Mission Societies , what is their mission, and what are their field of action? These questions will be answered in detail in an online course for Bolivarian countries, which begins on January 31. “The National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Bolivarian countries – Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, ... read more

In an exclusive interview with EWTN News, Pope Benedict XVI’s former secretary said “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the Vatican’s nuncio to the Baltic states, gives an exclusive interview to EWTN News in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 20, 2026. Credit: Tim Hotzelmann/EWTN News. Jan ... read more

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the Vatican’s nuncio to the Baltic states, gives an exclusive interview to EWTN News in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 20, 2026. Credit: Tim Hotzelmann/EWTN News. Jan 23, 2026 / 06:27 am (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein says last year's change of popes has brought a "whole new positive dimension" to ... read more

'Adoration of the Shepherds' (Detail), c.1534, Lorenzo Lotto COMMENTARY: When I came back to Catholicism, I realized that the most amazing choice ever made was God’s decision to enter our world as an unborn baby. This miracle forever established the preciousness of a baby in the womb. ... read more

OlegRi Online engagement. The campaign is also meant to encourage people to speak up for life. ... read more

President Trump wants Greenland. He wants it bad. He wants it so much that he’s threatened military action (although he backtracked on that threat earlier this week) and he is willing to upend relationships with longtime allies to achieve his goal. But the question on everyone’s mind is, Why? And the additional question that should ... read more

A mob of 20 men attacked a Protestant pastor in the eastern Indian state of Odisha (map) and forced him to eat cow dung and bow before a Hindu temple. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India condemned the attack and demanded “immediate action against the perpetrators and justice for the victim.” Odisha, then ... read more