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A young Spanish nun and social media influencer talks about integrating her apostolate with religious life and young people’s search for their vocation. Spanish nun Sister Marta, OSB, has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. | Credit: Courtesy of Sister Marta @marta_osb Sister Marta has just received a ... read more

Research reveals American media viewers want “more accurate” depictions of faith in storytelling. Credit: Stock-Asso/Shutterstock Consumers of all ages and backgrounds said faith in entertainment is broadly appealing, according to research released this week. The Jan. 28 report “2026 Faith & Entertainment Index: Faith, Storytelling, ... read more

The Vatican is lending its support to the Journey to Redemption 2033, a youth movement focused on spiritual renewal and culminating in a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to commemorate the Redemption. Pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. | Credit: EWTN News The Vatican has endorsed the Journey to ... read more

The daylong pilgrimage includes Eucharistic adoration, confession, praying of the rosary, and the celebration of Mass. Catholics gather for the second annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28, 2024. | Credit: Jeffrey Bruno The Dominican Friars ... read more

University of Notre Dame Scholar Susan Ostermann, due to take over as director of the university’s Asian studies institute on July 1, has written multiple columns castigating attempts to make abortion illegal. ... read more

From the editor’s desk As we were ready to go to press, Norman Podhoretz died. He was one of the three most important conservative intellectuals of the American conservative movement of the second half of the 20th century alongside William F. Buckley, founder of National Review, and Irving Kristol, with whom Podhoretz is a ... read more

Vatican Media Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin addressed the violence that has erupted during U.S. immigration enforcement operations. ... read more

The transmission of the faith is "a topic of great urgency," the pope said in remarks to members and officials of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and others participating in its plenary session at the Vatican Jan. 27-29. ... read more

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin addressed the violence that has erupted during U.S. immigration enforcement operations. The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said on Jan. 28 that the violence that has [...] ... read more

How should humanity approach AI? College professor-philosopher seeks the truth about the mind, soul and personhood in a new podcast series about artificial intelligence. ... read more

Hangzhou – "I was baptized here and now I feel I have rediscovered the source of my faith," said eighty-year-old Joseph Liu Bin, visibly moved and grateful at the end of the solemn liturgy for the reconsecration and reopening of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Shenjiadou, Huzhou. The Bishop of Hangzhou, Joseph Yang ... read more

Coming a few days after Christmas 2025, the protests erupting in Iran caught much of the Western world by surprise. Of course, Iran has had major protests before (2009-2010, 2011, 2019-2020, 2022-2023), which have often been brutally suppressed by the Islamic Republic’s security forces. This time, however, the protests appear to have been even larger ... read more

The Archdiocese of Paris has convened a four-month consultation on the rising number of persons seeking baptism. 17,800 catechumens were baptized in France during the Easter Vigil in 2025, including more than 7,400 young people between the ages 11 and 17. “The subject is extremely joyful and motivating,” said Father Maximilien de La ... read more

Nampula - In Mozambique, the resumption of school activities in the country has been postponed until 27 February 2026. The decision was taken by the country's Council of Ministers following the severe repercussions caused by the floods .Since the start of the rainy season, which runs from October to April, including the last two weeks ... read more

Niamey – On the night of January 28-29, Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey was attacked. According to local sources, heavy gunfire erupted around midnight at the airport after an unidentified armed group attacked the guard post. The fighting continued until 2:00 a.m. Anti-aircraft tracers were seen in the sky, presumably used to shoot down drones ... read more