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India’s bishops elect first Dalit president, demand end to conversion laws
Posted on 02/11/2026 11:19 AM (Catholic World Report)
Diocese of Pittsburgh: 7 churches to close next month
Posted on 02/11/2026 10:34 AM (Catholic World Report)
Christian churches in Italy sign ecumenical pact
Posted on 02/11/2026 09:37 AM (Catholic World Report)
Archbishop Checchio takes helm in New Orleans as pope accepts Archbishop Aymond’s resignation
Posted on 02/11/2026 09:07 AM (Catholic World Report)
Canada school shooting leaves 10 dead, many injured
Posted on 02/11/2026 07:38 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
Ten people, including the suspected shooter, were killed and more than two dozen others injured after a mass shooting at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia on Tuesday, authorities said. The violence unfolded at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, a small school serving grades 7–12 in the remote northern community, and in a nearby Read More…
Canada school shooting leaves 10 dead, many injuredPope lights candle for the sick before Our Lady of Lourdes
Posted on 02/11/2026 07:35 AM (Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture)
After releasing his first message for the World Day of the Sick, Pope Leo noted today’s feast day, which also commemorates the World Day, lighting a candle in prayer at today’s general audience. He said that he would also pray in the Vatican Gardens for this intention: At the end of the Audience, I will Read More…
Pope lights candle for the sick before Our Lady of LourdesAfter 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)