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Credit: Carl DMaster/Shutterstock Jan 15, 2026 / 17:10 pm (CNA). As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its review of the abortion pill mifepristone, Republican lawmakers are repeating calls for stronger federal regulations of the ... [...]

St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16

Posted on 01/15/2026 17:42 PM (Catholic World Report)

The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 15, 2026 / 17:42 pm (CNA). With the final sealing on Jan. 16 of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilic... [...]

U.S. is working with Catholic Church to get post-hurricane aid to Cuba, Rubio says

Posted on 01/15/2026 15:57 PM (Catholic World Report)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. | Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jan 15, 2026 / 15:57 pm (CNA). Secre... [...]

Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’

Posted on 01/15/2026 13:37 PM (Catholic World Report)

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and international organizations of the Holy See. | Credit: Santosh Digal Jan 15, 2026 / 13:37 pm (CNA). Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with state... [...]

Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls

Posted on 01/15/2026 12:54 PM (Catholic World Report)

Pope Leo XIV next to the new mosaic of him that will be added to St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 15, 2026 / 12:54 pm (CNA). A mosaic bearing the official portrait of Pope Leo XIV was presented to the pon... [...]