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The World Watch List, published by the Protestant non-profit Open Doors on January 14, 2026, reveals an alarming observation: Never since the creation of this international benchmark in 1993 has the religious freedom of Christians seemed so fragile. Fifteen countries have reached the threshold of extreme persecution for the first time, a worrying increase. Twenty-six Read More…

From India to China, a discreet stifling of the Christian faith

“Your hearts are pierced today, like Mary’s at the foot of the Cross,” Leo XIV told a delegation of parents of victims of the Crans-Montana (Switzerland) fire, whom he welcomed to the Vatican on January 15, 2026. The Pope acknowledged that this tragedy, which claimed the lives of 40 people and left 116 injured, is Read More…

Leo to victims of New Year’s fire: God’s answer comes after silence

I love hearing your New Year’s resolutions — the more creative, the better. Resolutions don’t have to be hard and serious: You might plan to try a new dessert recipe each month, or go to a new restaurant, watch a movie you haven’t seen, or try a new board game. Half way through January, it Read More…

St. Benedict’s wisdom and a resolution you’ll love to keep

Missionaries often have to learn new languages when preaching the Gospel in a different country, but sometimes that “language” takes on a more physical form. St. Joseph Vaz is a great example of someone who spoke the language of poverty, as well as charity, to better communicate with the native people of Sri Lanka. Sri. Read More…

India’s St. Joseph Vaz evangelized Sri Lanka through his poverty

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). The primatial archbishop of Mexico, Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, has invite... [...]

When the United States debut performance of “Luminiscence” ends its run at Minneapolis’ Basilica of Mary on February 14, more than 100,000 guests will have visited the iconic church. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026, America’s first Basilica was dedicated as such by Pope Pius XI.  As another first in the U.S., the Basilica of Read More…

America’s 1st basilica uses lights to show Catholic heritage

There is still much work to be done on the topic of abortion despite the past successes, said Bishop Daniel Thomas in a statement released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) ahead of the March for Life and anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. “We continue to give thanks to God Read More…

Novena today and bishop reflects on post-‘Roe’ wins, challenges

The Sexual Revolution has taken exponentially more American lives and wounded more Americans than Islamism.

December 12, 2021, was the day my younger brother’s scan revealed the hard news that the pain in his left hip—which he jokingly called “a giant tumor”—was indeed precisely that. For months, he had attributed [...]

The reality of Emmanuel, God with us, demands a response from both those who believe and those who don't.