Daily News

Morning must-reads

January 30

New campaign: Kids are victims of same-sex marriage

'Greater Than' aims to overturn the Obergefell decision

Parolin hints Holy See to decline Gaza peace board seat

'One cannot forget the problematic aspects of this plan'

Two U.S. bishops join Western delegation in West Bank

Call for two-state solution; say Gaza is still in serious crisis

Broglio: Hegseth is restoring military chaplain mission

Allowing them to focus on actual spiritual ministry above all

Typical newly-professed U.S. religious is 35 years old

And a cradle Catholic devoted to Rosary and adoration

Spanish Church fights human trafficking, prostitution

Many of the female victims there are from Latin America

January 29

Vatican backs Journey to Redemption 2033 project

Youth movement being coordinated by five dicasteries

Overton window of USCCB rhetoric on Trump shifted

But risks controversy if immigration seems only priority

South Sudan cardinal calls on troops to disobey orders

Rips military leader’s call to 'spare no one' among civilians

Scotland: Cause opened for millennial Joe Wilson

He died at 17 in 2011; modeled virtue, left spiritual diary

Florida: St. Gerard Campus is maternity home, school

Houses five teen moms and welcomes 13 day students

Last U.S.-Russia arms control agreement soon expires

Has been a guardrail on nukes, reducing all-out arms race

January 28

Polish cardinals rip Russian attacks on Kyiv energy

Krajewski: Lack of power amid subzero temps is 'genocide'

Scotland: Ex-Sisters of Nazareth sentenced for abuse

75-yr-old jailed for 15 months for crimes from 1972-1981

Charlotte dubia could affect liturgy disputes across U.S.

Test case of diocesan bishop vs. universal Church law

Chicago archdiocese announces closure of 6 schools

One pastor cites loss of state scholarships as a factor

Chicago schools refuse Christian student teachers

Public system bullies college over rel. hiring practices

Is Greenland talk punishment for EU’s role in Ukraine?

EU elite's clinging to futile war is delusional & immoral

January 27

Abuse in unchecked U.S. surrogacy industry exposed

Rich Chinese nationals use it to sire scores of offspring

Pope warns on AI, stresses dignity of human face, voice

Don't give up ability to think, rely on omniscient 'friend'

Minn. bishops & USCCB urge calm in Minneapolis

Coakley: Turn away from dehumanizing rhetoric, acts

Leo is 'procedurally transparent' on personnel issues

As seen in resignation of Indonesian diocesan bishop

French Senate kills destructive assisted-suicide bill

Rewrites key article to assert right to palliative care

Bishop wants 'reasonable teaching’ on contraception

New appointee in Philippines finds 'times have changed'

January 26

Pope wraps up Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

With call for renewed commitment to evangelize

Two new miracles attributed to St. Charbel in 2026

Both healing cases: one in the U.S., one in Lebanon

Cardinal defends Queen Isabella’s beatification cause

Mexico's Primate speaks on her sanctity, unique decree

Scholars explain harm of so-called Christian Zionism

It uses Scripture & Jewish people in service of an agenda

Number of annual U.S. abortions returns to over 1M

U.S. total fertility rate (TFR) hit historic low of 1.59 in 2024

University of Notre Dame boasts 76-person OCIA class

Of total 13,000 students, over 80% identify as Catholic

January 23

NIH ends tax-funded research with aborted baby parts

Bhattacharya: Ban specifically targets the selling of tissue

EU, US prelates highlight plight of Holy Land Christians

In West Bank they face 'endless attacks' from Israeli settlers

Vatican rejects claims of widespread worker discontent

Internal survey found distrust of managers & harassment

Pope names canonist as sec'y at Dicastery for Clergy

As he reviews org's authority to laicize priests involuntarily

Abp. Gänswein: ‘Normality’ is returning to the Vatican

And German Synodal Path is 'a watering down of the faith'

Trusted Vatican correspondent John Allen Jr. dies at 61

Allen blazed trail with fair, accurate, balanced reporting

January 22

Pope mulls Trump invite to join Gaza Board of Peace

It 'requires time to answer'; financial help is ruled out

U.S. ambassador to Israel reacts to patriarchs' note

Huckabee, blind to his bias, defends Christian Zionism

Cardinal Parolin rues tensions between U.S., Europe

Advises discussing controversial points without polemics

Catholics still largest religious group in Latin America

In Brazil, 46%; Mexico, 67%; Colombia, 60%; Argentina, 58%

Is U.S. episcopate growing impatient with the GOP?

Due to friction over abortion, Greenland talk, immigration

English Freemasons seek new recruits via Facebook

Adverts say, 'The door is open… Don’t wait to be asked'

January 21

Jerusalem Patriarchs criticize ‘Christian Zionism’

Ideology, boosted by Israel, harms Holy Land Christians

Iran protests: Christian casualties, arrests reported

Churches fear targeted accusations amid crackdown

Thousands of young people march for life in Paris

But French hierarchy is conspicuous by its absence

NY state drops case to force nuns to pay for abortion

Becket lawyer: At long last, 'disgraceful campaign' is over

Pope to celebrate Holy Thurs. Mass at St. John Lateran

Restoring long-standing tradition set aside for 12 years

U.S., Syria, Israel, Germany all in line for new nuncios

While Church trains only a dozen new diplomats per year

January 20

Minn.: Anti-ICE activists disrupt Baptist church service

Where a pastor is an ICE official; DOJ investigates breach

Barron urges protesters to 'cease interfering' with ICE

And proposes ICE focus on only serious criminals

Cdl. Parolin decries breakdown of international law

Calls for renewed multilateralism, Community of Nations

Three cardinals issue statement on U.S. foreign policy

Cupich, McElroy, & Tobin pen 'Charting A Moral Vision'

Broglio: Rhetoric on Greenland tarnishes U.S. image

Says troops justly could refuse orders to invade an ally

Vice President Vance to headline 2026 March for Life

House Speaker Mike Johnson & Rep. Chris Smith also

January 19

Pope proclaims Year of Saint Francis for 800th anniv.

Decree: He was true alter Christus, model of evangelical life

Nigeria: U.S. bombed two terrorist camps tied to IS

Priest reports 'drone surveillance all over the place'

Leo reviews dicastery's ‘special faculties’ for laicization

Due to concerns over authority, backlog, too wide use

U.S. bishops say Eucharistic revival bore spiritual fruit

Based on impact study; next will take place in 2029

VA bishops condemn proposed abortion amendment

Goes far beyond even what Roe v. Wade had allowed

A. Gugel, private attendant to three popes, dies at 90

Served JPI, JPII -- incl. at assassination attempt -- and BXVI

January 16

Researcher: Moderate congregations are gone in U.S.

As religious belief has become secondary to political beliefs

Archbp. Chaput offers 'thoughts on America, age 250'

Says missionary zeal can overcome recent turn against faith

Kuwait’s first church is elevated to Minor Basilica

Migrant worker Christians are 20% of nation's population

Abp. Gallagher: Surrogacy is 'new form of colonialism'

Urges united front to stop commodification of persons

HHS restores Title X funding to PP due to lawsuit

Trump and HHS head RFK Jr. appeared not to know it

Jerusalem’s Christian schools suspend classes in protest

As Israel restricts Palestinian teachers from West Bank

January 15

Report: 388M Christians face high levels of persecution

Open Doors list's worst: N. Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan

Cardinal Roche doubles down on ‘Traditionis custodes’

Undelivered address to cardinals opposes use of TLM

Vatican newspaper highlights Iran regime’s repression

Reports over 12,000 killed, lauds courage of protesters

DHS: New rule addresses religious worker visa backlog

Eliminates 1-year wait outside of U.S. before readmission

Syro-Malabar Church battles demographic decline

Due to 'thoughtless migration' & declining birth rate

Manila’s feast of Black Nazarene draws 9.6M devotees

The procession lasted nearly 31 hours: longest recorded

January 14

SCOTUS appears likely to uphold trans athlete bans

Can't look past the harm done to girls by woke madness

NY state senator pushes for more church security

After multiple crimes at parishes on Staten Island

Cdl. Czerny on consistory: An excellent experience

Says College of Cardinals worked together as a college

Order of Malta aims to help reconstruction of Gaza

Its Bethlehem hospital, clinics face restrictions, violence

Philippines archbishop forbids gambling advertising

At popular celebrations for Feast of the Santo Niño

Author C. Gress: Feminism 'decapitated the family'

And drove 'much of the decay of the Christian West'

January 13

USCCB president Coakley meets with Trump, Vance

To discuss areas of 'mutual concern,' likely immigration

Irish archbishop: To bless nationalism is blasphemy

Blasts dragging 'the language of faith into political battles'

Nicaragua regime releases dozens of political prisoners

After U.S. statement; Venezuela example sobers Ortega

Vatican expected to announce 2026 Sheen beatification

Delay of Rochester probes & diocesan bankruptcy ends

Turin cardinal presents new website on the Shroud

A 'guided reading' of high-resolution images of the cloth

'Are you dead?' app appeals to Chinese living alone

If no response within 48 hours, then a contact is notified