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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

By Amira Abuzeid

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

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

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

Jan 15, 2026

By Victoria Cardiel

The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, the last of four papal basilicas for the Jubilee of Hope, will be... Read more

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

By Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

In a letter addressed to Catholic bishops across the continent, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, Lithuania, linked this call to... Read more

Church employee Francisco Paredes, 46, was handcuffed by ICE Dec. 4, 2025. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Francisco Paredes

UPDATE: ICE deported Minnesota church employee, surveilled parish during Mass, mayor says

Jan 9, 2026

By Kathleen Murphy

ICE’s presence outside the church impedes parishioners’ free exercise of religion, said the pastor of St. Gabriel Catholic Church in... Read more

Four new priests and six new deacons were ordained for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio on Jan. 4, 2026. | Credit: Ruru Gene News/Sister Laurencila, FSSA

‘I am not ordaining you for an ideal country,’ South Sudanese bishop tells new priests

Jan 11, 2026

By ACI Africa

Four newly ordained priests and six newly ordained deacons for South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio have been reminded of... Read more

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

By Madalaine Elhabbal

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

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CUA professor launches AI marketplace in line with Catholic social teaching

Jan 17, 2026

By Tyler Arnold

Almma AI facilitates transactions for AI-related products, allowing people to upload their creations to be purchased or, in some cases,... Read more

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

By Tessa Gervasini

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

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. | Credit: Vatican Media

‘Our Lady of Arabia’ in Kuwait elevated to minor basilica in presence of Cardinal Parolin

Jan 16, 2026

By Elias Turk

The elevation of Our Lady of Arabia Church in Kuwait to a minor basilica is a historic first for the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in Piazza della Libertà in August 2025.

Fact check: Did Pope Leo host a rave last week in Slovakia?

Nov 25, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

Social media lit up last week with claims that Pope Leo XIV “threw a rave” outside St. Elisabeth Cathedral in... Read more

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New Pew study reveals percentage of Catholics who voted for Trump in 2024

Jun 26, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

A new Pew Research Center report reveals that about 22% of those who voted in the 2024 election and cast... Read more

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building in Washington, D.C. | Credit: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

Jan 14, 2026

By Kate Quiñones

Tens of millions of dollars of funding have been restored for Planned Parenthood’s birth control and other non-abortion services. Read more

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014.  -  Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

At consistory, Cardinal Zen slams synodality as ‘ironclad manipulation’ and ‘insult’ to bishops

Jan 10, 2026

By Edward Pentin

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun delivered a forceful critique of synodality at the extraordinary consistory of cardinals this week. Read more

Blessed Carlo Acutis.

12 things you should know about soon-to-be saint Carlo Acutis

Who was Carlo Acutis? Was his body found incorrupt? Was he really a gamer? What did he play? Here are... Read more

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

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

Jan 15, 2026

By Madalaine Elhabbal

U.S. aid is set to be delivered from Miami on Jan. 16.  Read more