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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone walks with marchers during the Walk for Life West Coast praying the Rosary Jan. 22, 2022 in San Francisco.

Archbishop Cordileone: ‘The Solution to Building a Culture of Life is Being True Christians’

‘The new secular religion of our own time takes on this practice in an almost sacramental way: indeed, abortion has become, for them, their blessed sacrament, what they hold most sacred, the doctrine and practice upon which their whole belief system is built.’

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone Commentaries

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People demonstrate against COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students in Huntington Beach, California, on Jan. 3.

COVID Mandate Logic

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Benedict XVI Confirms He Attended Disputed 1980 Meeting in Munich

CNA Staff Vatican

Catholic Pro-Life Leaders Energized by Hope and Prayer for a Post-‘Roe’ World at 2022 March for Life

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The cathedral prayer service and public support were part of the Jan. 22 event. Lower left: Kaity Gerten and family Lorena Cervantes with two of her children (the other was serving at the service) Lorena Cervantes with two of her children (the other was serving at the service) were in attendance. Upper right: Sister Advocata of the Servants of the Lord the Virgin of Matará is shown, at left, with Mother Faith.

Encouraged by Possible ‘Roe’ Overturning, Minnesotans Pray and March for Life

Susan Klemond Blogs

Demonstrators for and against vaccine mandates and passports picket outside the the State House in Boston on Jan. 5

How to Navigate the Vaccination Mandate Debate

Ann Schneible Nation

Catholic Bishops of Ukraine and Poland Say Russia Tensions Pose ‘Great Danger’

CNA Staff World

Biden Reaffirms Support for Abortion on Anniversary of ‘Roe v. Wade’

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Pope Francis Calls for Day of Prayer for Ukraine

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican

Alice von Hildebrand reflected on her life in ‘Memoirs of a Happy Failure.’

Remembering Lily

Michael Warsaw Publisher's Note

Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734–1795), “St. Francis de Sales”

St. Francis de Sales and the Love Heresy

'Friar trucks' and a mobile confessional displayed from the Community of Christ Crucified and the Diocese of Lafayette.

Answering the Call: When a Fire Truck Becomes a ‘Friar Truck’

Sister Bethany Madonna of the Sisters of Life.

Sister of Life Bethany Madonna: ‘There Are So Many Reasons to Hope’

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St. Irenaeus depicted in the apse of Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

How St. Irenaeus Helped Save the Early Church from Schism

During the “Paschal Controversy” in the 2nd century, Irenaeus played a decisive role in mediating the dispute over the date of Easter.

Courtney Mares/CNA World January 24, 2022

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.

Catholic Bishops in India Urged to Highlight Anti-Christian Violence

“We are of the view that we Catholics cannot remain silent spectators when the drama of violent attacks against the minorities is unfolding before us. We need to act and fulfill our prophetic role before it is too late.”

CNA Staff World January 24, 2022

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Jan. 12, 2021

Pope Francis: Global Synodal Path ‘a Great Opportunity to Listen to One Another’

World Communications Day, established by Pope Paul VI in 1967, will be celebrated this year on Sunday, May 29.

CNA Staff Vatican January 24, 2022

Pope Francis conferred on Catholics the lay ministries of catechist and lector at a Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God on Jan. 23.

Pope Francis: The Word of God Rekindles Hope

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the fourth-annual Sunday of the Word of God, during which he, for the first time, formally conferred upon lay Catholics the ministries of lector and catechist.

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican January 24, 2022