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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

Veteran Vatican journalist John Allen passed away from cancer yesterday at the age of 61. Allen worked for the National Catholic Report from 1997 to 2014, when he founded Crux. American author George Weigel described Allen as “the best Anglophone Vaticanista in the business during the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI.” ... read more

A survey conducted by the Vatican Lay Employees Association found widespread dissatisfaction, with nearly 76% stating that merit and initiative are not rewarded, and over 56% reporting “injustices or humiliating behavior from superiors.” 250 of the Vatican’s employees, who number over 4,000, took part in the survey. Msgr. Marco Sprizzi, president of the ... read more

At the conclusion of a four-day visit to the Holy Land, 13 prelates from Europe and the United States issued a statement highlighting the suffering of Christians there. The prelates of the Holy Land Coordination said the Palestinian Christians in the West Bank “told us of their suffering: endless attacks from extremist settlers, uprooting ... read more

Over 5,000 people attended the National Prayer Vigil for Life last evening at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, preached, “I firmly believe that 50 years from now when my generation will have gone to God, your grandchildren will ask you: ‘Is it true, ... read more

Bible sales in the UK reached £6.3m ($8.52 million) in 2025, up 134% since 2019. “We’ve seen an increase in people coming to the Bible from scratch,” said the retail sales director of a bookstore near Westminster Abbey. “They have no Christian background whatsoever. They have no grounding from their parents or from their ... read more

There is a meme that goes around social media in various forms that states, “Nothing ever happens.” This meme is posted when there is some supposed threat leveled by a foreign government or if a sitting politician vows to raise hell if the opposing party does X, Y, or Z. Basically, the idea is that ... read more

St. Ildephonsus Feast date: Jan 23 St. Ildephonsus was the Archbishop of Toledo, and died 23 January, 667. He was born of a distinguished family and was the nephew of St. Eugenius, his predecessor in the See of Toledo. At an early age, despite the determined opposition of his father, he embraced the monastic life ... read more

St. Marianne Cope Feast date: Jan 23 St. Marianne Cope was born in western Germany in 1838. She entered religious life in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1862. She served as a teacher and principal in several schools in the state and established two of the first hospitals in the central New York area: ... read more

Last weekend, spread across three locations, 26,000 young adults gathered for SEEK, the annual conference sponsored by FOCUS (the Fellowship of Catholic University Students), to learn and celebrate the faith, to adore the Eucharistic Jesus, and to be inspired to live as missionary disciples. They showed what several popes and scores of youth ministers ... read more

Myitkyina - The blessing of a new Catholic church and a grotto with the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, the "Regina Pacis," is a significant event in the Diocese of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northern Myanmar. Amid the ongoing civil war, the surrounding area is the scene of violent clashes between ... read more

In an audience with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Pope Leo XIV approved the promulgation of decrees that pave the way for the beatification of two Servants of God and recognize the heroic virtue of four others. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has sent a message to participants in the March for Life, which takes place today in Washington, DC. “I send warm greetings to those of you participating in the 2026 March for Life,” Pope Leo began. “I likewise express heartfelt appreciation, and assure you of my spiritual closeness as you ... read more