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The French Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament. | Credit: Jacques Paquier (CC BY 2.0) Jan 16, 2026 / 11:00 am (CNA). French Catholic bishops have issued a public statement urging lawmakers to reject a proposed law that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in France. The warning comes days ... read more

A national listing of Church-relevant events honoring the life and legacy of the African-American martyr slain for the cause of civil rights. ... read more

As anti-government protests in Iran continue despite an internet blackout and the use of lethal force against demonstrators, Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern over the escalating situation. ... read more

Although individual accounts are by now familiar to many, the purpose of the hearing, said commission chair Vicky Hartzler, a former congresswoman from Missouri and an evangelical Christian, was to draw attention to what she called "a dark picture for religious freedom." ... read more

Barquisimeto – “We are called to rebuild a society in which we all participate. The Jubilee Year has ended, but hope has not; on the contrary, it remains alive in our hearts,” said Archbishop Polito Rodríguez of Barquisimeto during the Mass celebrated on January 14 in the town of Santa Rosa on the occasion of ... read more

Kampala - According to preliminary results released by the electoral commission, outgoing President Yoweri Museveni leads the presidential election held on January 15 with 76.25% of the vote, based on counts from nearly half of the polling stations. His main rival, singer Bobi Wine, received 19.85%, while the remaining votes were distributed among six other ... read more

by Paolo Affatato Vatican City – "We intend to leave behind the era of confrontation and inaugurate a new stage of peaceful coexistence and shared growth, promoting a sustainable peace that guarantees a prosperous future for all the peoples of the Korean Peninsula. By renouncing hostile acts and the logic of assimilation, we extend a ... read more

Cardinal Aguiar and his auxiliary bishop, Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, OAR, met with Pope Leo on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media , Jan 16, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). In a meeting with the primatial archbishop of Mexico, Cardinal Carlos Aguiar, Pope Leo XIV expressed his desire to visit Mexico ... read more

Global Homo may be a new term for you. Tucker Carlson used it the other night about our strike against Nicolás Maduro. You rather instantly knew what it meant, though—gunboat diplomacy bringing homosexual marriage to Caracas. Tucker also said recently that he didn’t know anyone who had been killed by radical Islam and that “OnlyFans” ... read more

Perhaps the most striking oddity of the human mind is the fact that while it is constantly driven to ask questions it may not ignore, nevertheless, given its inherent limitations, it hasn’t the capacity to answer any of them. Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? These are questions no rational ... read more

NCR readers respond to stories about Pope Leo and Vatican II, liturgical variety in the church and Vice President JD Vance's reaction to the killing of Renee Good.  ... read more

The Kisiyas come from a minority of Christians who have lived in the Al-Makhrour valley for thousands of years and make up about 1% of the West Bank's population. ... read more

Without it, writes Tom Faletti, "The burden of proof falls on you to demonstrate that you have the 'privilege' of being a citizen according to criteria chosen by the president." ... read more

Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S., the first born after World War II and the first canon lawyer in a long time — can lead the Catholic Church to a rediscovery of Vatican II through its texts, writes Massimo Faggioli. ... read more

St. Marcellus, Pope  Feast date: Jan 16 Nothing of Marcellus' life before his papacy has survived the centuries. He became Pope at the end of the persecutions of Diocletian in aound 308-309. The persecutions had disrupted the Church so much that there had been a gap of over a year with no Pope. Once ... read more