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Philippine bishops: AI must serve human encounter, not replace it
Posted on 01/28/2026 12:03 PM (Catholic World Report)
The bishops have examined artificial intelligence’s role in Church ministry, with leaders emphasizing that digital tools must lead people to authentic relationships. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is calling for the use [...]
How his Latin American experience shaped the new archbishop of New York
Posted on 01/28/2026 11:25 AM (Catholic World Report)
The time he spent as a volunteer and later as the director of “Our Little Brothers” home for disadvantaged children in Latin America profoundly marked the new archbishop of New York, Ronald A. Hicks. January [...]
Thomas Aquinas College goes off the grid with green power plan
Posted on 01/28/2026 10:41 AM (Catholic World Report)
The Catholic college launched an energy program that has nearly eliminated the college’s carbon footprint while saving $600,000 a year. A sequestered Catholic college in the foothills of California launched an energy program that has [...]
Bishops condemn massacre at soccer field that left at least 11 dead in Mexico
Posted on 01/28/2026 10:31 AM (Catholic World Report)
According to local media reports, armed men in pickup trucks stormed a soccer field in the small town of Loma de Flores in the afternoon of Jan. 25 and opened fire. The Mexican Bishops’ Conference [...]
Spanish priest calls for ‘more missionaries’ in ‘perilous’ southern Mexico
Posted on 01/28/2026 10:15 AM (Catholic World Report)
Father Christopher Hartley says he is not afraid as he continues to bring the Gospel to the materially and spiritually poor of southern Mexico. Spanish missionary Father Christopher Hartley remains neither complacent nor afraid as [...]
An Australian saint of forgiveness?
Posted on 01/28/2026 10:03 AM (Catholic World Report)
Australia’s Jan Ruff-O’Herne’s most distinguished accolade of all may lie in the future, if she is one day to share the title of “saint” with Mary MacKillop. Before she died at the age of 96 [...]
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Silence Spoke More Profoundly Than His Words
Posted on 01/28/2026 10:00 AM (The Daily Register)
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Leo XIV prays for world without prejudice, persecution
Posted on 01/28/2026 09:51 AM (Catholic World Report)
The Holy Father appealed to communities of nations “to be ever vigilant, so that the horror of genocide may never again befall any people.” Pope Leo XIV said he is praying for a world “without [...]
Report: Vast majority of religious institutes had no one professing perpetual vows in 2025
Posted on 01/28/2026 09:10 AM (Catholic World Report)
A Georgetown report reveals most religious institutes in the U.S. had no one making perpetual vows in 2025. The large majority of religious institutions in the U.S. reported they had no one professing perpetual vows [...]
Former Scottish Sisters of Nazareth sentenced for abuse in children’s care homes
Posted on 01/28/2026 08:40 AM (Catholic World Report)
In Scotland, a former Sister of Nazareth religious sister has been jailed for 15 months for abusing children and vulnerable young people. In Scotland, a former Sister of Nazareth nun has been jailed for 15 [...]