NYPD Increasing Presence at Churches After Incidents at Staten Island Catholic Parishes
John McAdoreyStaten Island, New York Scarcella-Spanton said at the press event that ‘nobody should feel unsafe where they are praying.’
Abortions hit record high in England and Wales
London, England with the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf in the background. | Credit: © User:Colin / Wikimedia Commons Jan 17, 2026 / 08:16 am (CNA). Abortions in England and Wales hit a record high as use of…
‘We only want treatment’: Catholics caught in Bangladesh-India visa crisis
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) Jan 17, 2026 / 08:00 am (CNA). For decades, India…
First Woman to Lead the Vatican’s Arts Academy Wants the Church to Embrace Contemporary Art
Cristiana Perrella was appointed the first woman president in the Virtuosi al Pantheon’s history. Background: Yan Pei-Ming’s watercolor portraits of inmates, guards and staff at Rome’s Regina Coeli Prison (Beyond the Wall) were displayed in…
U.S. bishops say multimillion-dollar Eucharistic revival bore spiritual fruit
Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. | Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot Jan 17, 2026 / 09:00 am (CNA). Catholic clergy and lay people reported a stronger devotion to the Eucharist after…
Mexican priest moves to undisclosed location after death threats in Guerrero
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Mexican Father José Filiberto Velázquez, a human rights advocate in the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, in Guerrero State, had to leave his community and ministry after receiving death threats in December. He’s…
Why Do Men Leave the Priesthood?
A priest distributes Communion at Mass. Researchers at The Catholic Project set out to determine how many priests are leaving ministry and what can be done to prevent it.
St. Peter’s Holy Door to Be Sealed Jan. 16
Vatican MediaThe pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. In all the papal basilicas, the official document of closing the Holy Door…
Peace for Nigerian Christians Remains Uncertain After US Intervention
LIGHT ORIYE TAMUNOTONYECatholics pray at St. Michael Cathedral in Minna on Nov. 30, 2025. Following American airstrikes on terrorist camps, Nigerian bishop, priests voice concern about what comes next.
Mexico’s Cardinal Aguiar: Pope Leo XIV would like to visit Mexico ‘soon’
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,…