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Trump meets with US bishops’ president at White House

by Kate Scanlon

President Donald Trump met with Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Jan. 12 at the White House.

Wisconsin bishop invites faithful to share stories of Marian visionary Adele Brice
Florida Venezuelans react with hope amid fast-moving developments back home
Notre Dame reports success of guaranteed basic income program — will it go national?
Venezuelan Nobel laureate Machado asks pope for help in freeing political prisoners
New papal staff highlights Christ’s victory over death, papal liturgies office says

U.S. Church

Rev. King, a Baptist, lived Catholic social justice in ‘extraordinary fashion,’ says cardinal

by Tony Guttierez

MLK Day is Jan. 19 this year. The U.S. federal holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of January, honoring the Civil Rights leader’s life and achievements.

Survivors praise pope’s words during consistory that not welcoming abuse victims is ‘scandal’

Anti-trafficking advocates cite aid cuts, immigration crackdowns as key challenges

Amid housing shortage, Trump seeks ban on corporations buying homes

House passes extension of Obamacare subsidies for 3 years after 17 Republicans break ranks

Senate advances war powers resolution on Venezuela, may consider Greenland measure

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is back in 2026 — with a patriotic twist

World

Pope calls for peace and dialogue as protests continue in Iran

by Junno Arocho Esteves

The nature of the protests, the most significant threat to Khamenei’s rule in recent history, prompted a brutal crackdown by government forces.

Pope Leo XIV to visit Spain this summer, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands
Nigerian bishop calls for decisive military action to ‘eliminate’ bandits
Church, government officials in Spain sign reparations agreement for abuse victims
Hundreds bid ‘adieu’ to Brigitte Bardot at funeral in Saint-Tropez
Archdiocese of St. Louis files to dismiss abuse charges, citing state law, case precedent

Archbishop Hebda calls for prayers after woman shot dead by ICE officer in Minneapolis

‘You are not alone,’ Latin American, Caribbean bishops tell Venezuelan people

Church must stand for peace, says Greenland priest, as US eyes takeover

Vatican

Parents can’t wait for children to choose baptism, says pope, baptizing 20 infants in Sistine Chapel

by Paulina Guzik

Opinion

Catholic writer Kathryn Jean Lopez on the pro-life movement’s ‘front lines of love’

by Charlie Camosy

Become a member of the Magi

by Deacon Greg Kandra

‘Knives Out’ discovers the strange, attractive light of the Christian story

by Liz Hansen

Reviews

Fathom Entertainment encores Lord of the Rings trilogy

by John Mulderig
Brooklyn-based book a cry from the heart about roads not taken
‘Joy Within His House’: An inside look into the life of cloistered nuns
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