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After January 3, Venezuela’s bishops call for democracy and hope
Posted on 02/11/2026 07:25 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
“Your light shall break forth like the dawn” (Isaiah 58:8). With that promise from the Hebrew Bible, Venezuela’s bishops concluded their 125th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, issuing a pastoral exhortation on February 9 that is at once spiritual and unmistakably civic. The statement, titled “Despuntará tu luz como la aurora,” (Your light will break forth like Read More…
After January 3, Venezuela’s bishops call for democracy and hopeYou need Bible AND Church, explains Pope
Posted on 02/11/2026 07:22 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Continuing with his reflections on the Vatican II document on Scripture and Revelation, Dei Verbum, at the general audience on this February 11, Pope Leo looked at the “vital link” between the Word of God and the Church. He noted how “the Bible arose from the people of God, and is destined for the people Read More…
You need Bible AND Church, explains PopeJimmy Lai sentence portends tighter crackdown on Hong Kong freedoms
Posted on 02/11/2026 07:10 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
In the harshest ruling since China introduced new security laws in 2020, Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison on February 9. Six editors and journalists from Lai’s now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper were also sentenced to terms ranging from 3 years and 6 months to 10 years. Human rights Read More…
Jimmy Lai sentence portends tighter crackdown on Hong Kong freedomsDemocratic lawmaker asks ICE director if he’s ‘going to hell’ in fiery hearing
Posted on 02/11/2026 07:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
Olympic first for mother and son … and a parenting lesson
Posted on 02/11/2026 06:55 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
When Sarah Schleper and her 18-year-old son Lasse Gaxiola take to the slopes for Team Mexico at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, they will make history as the first mother-son duo ever to compete together at the same Winter Games. It is a moment that brings to mind something every parent knows in their bones: Read More…
Olympic first for mother and son … and a parenting lessonPope Leo XIV: ‘The Church is the rightful home of Sacred Scripture’
Posted on 02/11/2026 06:30 AM (Catholic World Report)
Pope sends literal warmth to Ukraine’s frozen cities
Posted on 02/11/2026 06:27 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
As reported by Vatican News, the Holy Father has arranged for the delivery of 80 electricity generators, along with medicine and food supplies, to communities facing below-freezing temperatures and renewed attacks on energy infrastructure. During the general audience on February 4 in Paul VI Hall, the Pope renewed his appeal for Ukraine, pointing to “the Read More…
Pope sends literal warmth to Ukraine’s frozen citiesCatholic digital assets company about to mint its first stablecoin
Posted on 02/11/2026 06:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
Catholic digital assets company about to mint its first stablecoin
Posted on 02/11/2026 06:00 AM (Catholic World Report)
And in This Corner, No One
Posted on 02/11/2026 05:10 AM (Crisis Magazine)
If you hate or despise American ways, if when you think of American history you think first and second and third of its evils, you cannot have any strong interest in the assimilation of immigrants to those ways.