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Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, May 12, 2025. | Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot

Former U.S. ambassador to Holy See weighs in on Vatican diplomacy in Venezuela, U.S.

Jan 17, 2026

The Vatican’s engagement with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, Francis Rooney said, likely had diplomatic intentions to strengthen her standing.

Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. | Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot

U.S. bishops say multimillion-dollar Eucharistic revival bore spiritual fruit

Jan 17, 2026

This week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released the report for the National Eucharistic Revival Impact Study.

London, England with the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf in the background. | Credit: © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons

Abortions hit record high in England and Wales

Jan 17, 2026

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

A Bangladeshi border post in Bagha, Rajshahi district, near the India-Bangladesh border on June 13, 2021. | Credit: Dewan Tirtho / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

‘We only want treatment’: Catholics caught in Bangladesh-India visa crisis

Jan 17, 2026

Since political unrest erupted in August 2024, tightened Indian visa policies have dramatically cut cross-border travel, blocking thousands of Bangladeshi Catholics from lifesaving care.

Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, offers Mass on the feast of St. Luke for the Synod on Synodality delegates in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 18, 2023. | Credit: Evandro Inetti/EWTN News/Vatican Pool

As war and division spread, Europe’s churches renew call for prayer and unity

Jan 17, 2026

In a letter addressed to Catholic bishops across the continent, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, linked this call to the recent updating of the Charta Oecumenica.

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CUA professor launches AI marketplace in line with Catholic social teaching

Jan 17, 2026

Almma AI facilitates transactions for AI-related products, allowing people to upload their creations to be purchased or, in some cases, used for no charge.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Aug. 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Trump to negotiate with Congress over pro-life protections in health plan

Jan 16, 2026

President Trump initially shifted on the Hyde Amendment.

Staten Island, New York | Credit: John McAdorey/Shutterstock

NYPD increasing presence at churches after incidents at Staten Island Catholic parishes

Jan 16, 2026

Several Catholic churches on Staten Island have been vandalized or attacked in recent weeks.

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Dutch conservative political commentator and activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek delivers a speech during the first “Remigration Summit” at Teatro Condominio on May 17, 2025, in Gallarate, Italy. She was recently barred by the U.K. government from entering the U.K., deemed “not conducive to the public good.” | Credit: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

Dutch conservative activist and Catholic convert barred from entering the UK

Jan 16, 2026

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance. | Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vice President Vance, House Speaker Johnson to speak at 2026 March for Life

Jan 16, 2026

Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, is also set to address the Jan. 23 rally.

Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Bishop Fernandes praises religious worker visa rule change, says work still to be done

Jan 16, 2026

A bill sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, would extend religious workers’ visas while green card applications are pending.

A case that seeks to remove Christian symbols, including icons and religious artwork, from public buildings in Greece began when two atheists asked for the removal of Christian icons displayed in Greek courtrooms. | Credit: Courtesy of ADF International

Christian symbols in public buildings on trial before European Court of Human Rights

Jan 16, 2026

ADF International goes to court to defend the right to display Christian symbols in Greece’s public buildings.

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