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An unborn baby at 20 weeks. | Credit: Steve via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Jan 21, 2026 / 15:49 pm (CNA). A federal health spending bill would impose a long-enforced ban on using taxpayer funds for elective abortion, known as the Hyde Amendment.The U.S. House is set to consider the bill this ... read more

The U.S. House is set to consider the bill this week. An unborn baby at 20 weeks. | Credit: Steve via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Jan 21, 2026 / 15:49 pm (CNA). A federal health spending bill would impose a long-enforced ban on using taxpayer funds for elective abortion, known as the Hyde ... read more

Book covers from Father Donald Calloway and more BOOK REVIEWS: From the Angelus to the liturgical year, the Church gives us anchors in time — reminders to pause, pray and let God order our days. ... read more

The annual March for Life held in Paris took place on Sunday, Jan. 18. Thousands gather in Paris on Jan. 18, 2026, for the annual March for Life in France. | Credit: Zofia Czubak Jan 21, 2026 / 14:55 pm (CNA). Approximately 10,000 people — mainly a young and engaged crowd — gathered ... read more

Approximately 10,000 people — mainly a young and engaged crowd — gathered at Place Vauban in Paris for the annual March for Life on Jan. 18.Each year, the march is held around Jan. 17 because on that date in 1975 abortion was first legalized under the Veil Act, named after the health minister at the ... read more

Saint Paul and Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda on Jan. 7 pleaded for prayers and calm after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis. Officials said the ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good after what was reported as an altercation in the street in south ... read more

The Holy See, "obviously, finds itself in a different situation than other countries, so there will be a different consideration," Cardinal Pietro Parolin said. ... read more

Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Aerial view of St. Peter’s Square, filled with thousands of mourners including clergy and dignitaries gathered for Pope Francis’ funeral Mass under a clear blue sky, in Vatican City, April 26, 2025. More than 71% of participants said superiors are not selected through transparent criteria or a clearly defined professional path, ... read more

Vindi Social media applications. The priest said the contribution that Catholics are called to make in the digital world is to humanize it, 'not with speeches, but with their presence.' ... read more

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV meets a pair of lambs blessed for the feast of the Roman virgin and martyr St. Agnes in the Urban VIII Chapel in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Jan. 21, 2026. The lambs — carried in baskets dressed in white with red roses for St. Agnes’ virginity and martyrdom ... read more

On the centenary of the Cristero War, an armed uprising in Mexico against stringent anticlerical laws, Mexican Bishop Pedro Mena offered his reflections on the history lessons that can be gained. Cristeros with family members with the Mexican flag behind them with Our Lady of Guadalupe image substituted for the center field. | Credit: ... read more

Cristeros with family members with the Mexican flag behind them with Our Lady of Guadalupe image substituted for the center field. | Credit: Public domain , Jan 21, 2026 / 14:03 pm (CNA). On the centenary of the Cristero War, an armed uprising in Mexico against stringent anticlerical laws, Mexican Bishop Pedro ... read more

Chip Somodevilla Vice President JD Vance (R) and second lady Usha Vance (L) attend the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation and pardoning with their daughter Mirabel Vance in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Catholic vice president will address the march on Friday. ... read more

Pope Francis convened his last consistory on October 6, 2024. Two months later, the Pope announced the list of those who would become cardinals. Among them was this name ... read more

In this episode Trent shows how one claim about Jesus' historical status backfires on Christians ... read more