Daily News

Morning must-reads

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

January 12

Cdl. Zen calls Francis-style synodality 'manipulation'

References to Holy Spirit during 2021-24 Synod: 'ridiculous'

Pope Leo gives first address to Vatican diplomatic corps

Covers discrimination against & persecution of Christians

CMA, NCBC leaders welcome vaccine schedule changes

Which aim to unroll financial, ideological interference

Pro-life leader: Movement is 'not safe' in current GOP

Says base must demand 'what has been promised'

On Feast, Pope baptizes 20 children in Sistine Chapel

Emphasizes importance of baptizing newborn babies

Franciscans release letter on saint's spiritual legacy

At inauguration of 800th anniv. year of St. Francis's death

January 9

Rome: Cardinals to return for another consistory in June

Press sec says Leo plans to convoke annual consistories

Leo's consistory models workable version of synodality

And signals return to institutional norms, calm governance

Austria launches late vocations program for men 45-60

Who can complete it without having to quit current jobs

Ethicists warn on organ donation-assisted suicide link

Utilitarian shift in medicine entails all manner of abuses

'Pray with the Pope' campaign refines monthly video

Supplies intention & specific prayer in a serene format

Custos of Holy Land invites all: 'Return as pilgrims'

Tourism is economic engine of its Christian community

January 8

Cardinals vote to focus on evangelization, synodality

At consistory; de-emphasizing discussion of Curia, liturgy

Duluth diocese gives ‘ad orientem’ worship a shot

Bishop allows trial period per nine pastors' requests

26,000 college students attended SEEK conferences

Which took place Jan. 1-5 in Ohio, Colorado, & Texas

Fed. appeals court affirms religious liberty in hiring

After WA state wrongly pushed anti-discrimination law

Russia's population growth: in Muslim-majority areas

By 2075, adherents of Islam may equal those of Orthodoxy

Czech town plans to build large 3D-printed church

An ark-like structure made of 520 assembled blocks

January 7

Rome: Consistory resets consultation with cardinals

Also on Pope's agenda: Curial reform, synodality, liturgy

Latin American bishops issue message to Venezuelans

Neither praising nor condemning recent U.S. military raid

Cdl. Parolin talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio

On Venezuela and promotion of peace & rel. freedom

Catholic author & columnist Russell Shaw dies at 90

Communicator for USCCB & at world Synods of Bishops

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 42, kidnap women and children

Also loot and vandalize Catholic church compound

Ghanaian archbishop: No more cash grants from Rome

Local church must increase 'stole fees' & parish dues

January 6

Pope closes St. Peter’s Holy Door, ending Jubilee

Next is 2033, 2,000 years after Christ's death, resurrection

31 concerned Charlotte priests submit dubia to Vatican

Regarding bishop's authority to make liturgical changes

USCCB announces annual pro-life novena; starts 1/16

Says its overarching intention is an 'end to abortion'

English archdiocese launches apologetics initiative

Treats 'burning questions' of new & practicing Catholics

New Orleans archdiocese issues apology for abuse

Voices 'profound regret' over 'tragic, inexcusable harm'

Wis. bishop opens formal inquiry into Servant of God

Sr. Adele Brice, seer of approved Marian apparitions