Stories for week of January 18, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Jan. 21

 Bishop Bätzing will not run for reelection as German bishops’ conference president
 NY state drops case to mandate religious groups cover abortion
 Kazakh bishop proposes apostolic constitution to settle Latin Mass dispute
 EU bishops call for ‘just’ ecological transition that protects human dignity, work, communities
 Leading Venezuelan prelate says Church is promoting dialogue, peace amid political uncertainty
 Cardinal Koch sees ecumenism as ‘tool of peace for the world’
 Vatican diplomat calls for effective prevention, punishment of crimes against humanity
 Financial situation casts pall over Church in Mali
 Cardinal Czerny: Gospel, Pope Leo call us to ‘real’ encounters with the sick
 Pope, in letter, marks 1200th anniversary of St. Ansgar’s evangelizing mission in Denmark
 Imitate the Samaritan’s compassion, Pope writes in message for World Day of the Sick

Released Tuesday, Jan. 20

 South African archbishop threatens lay protestors with canonical penalties
 USCCB discusses regulatory change on foreign-born religious workers
 Vatican newspaper highlights wealth inequality
 Prelate hails Relevant Radio on 25th anniversary
 Archbishop Broglio says it would be ‘morally acceptable’ for troops to refuse Greenland conquest orders
 Bishop Barron weighs in on ‘untenable’ situation in Minnesota
 Papal prayers, condolences for victims of Spain train accident
 Indonesian bishop who declined red hat resigns at 63
 Pope Leo accepts invitation to visit Czech Republic, nation’s president says
 Pope praises, admonishes Neocatechumenal Way
 Pope thanks Italian police for work in St. Peter’s Square during jubilee year
 Bring Christ’s hope to the world, Pope tells Finnish Christian leaders

Released Monday, Jan. 19

 Charlotte bishop returns accused priest to active ministry
 USCCB’s Roe anniversary statement calls for renewed prayer, sacrifice to end abortion
 3 cardinals issue statement on US foreign policy
 Vatican newspaper highlights plight of Gaza woman
 UNESCO recognizes intellectual significance of anti-Fascist priest’s work
 Mexican bishops announce national dialogue for peace
 Cardinal Parolin condemns Iranian repression, threat of force in Greenland
 Nuncio says current Russian attacks on Ukraine bear some resemblance to Stalin’s Holodomor
 Cardinal Parolin, in major lecture, decries violations of international law, collapse of multilateralism
 Pope Leo is an ‘extremely determined man,’ ambassador says following papal audience with Prince Albert
 IMF director meets with Pontiff
 Marking anniversary of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Pope offers vision for Vatican diplomacy

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Wed21 January
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Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agnes (c. 304). St. Agnes, like St. Cecilia, is to be numbered among the most famous martyrs of Rome. When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as well as laymen were apostatizing from the faith, Agnes, a girl of twelve, freely chose to die…

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