Jesuit Father Vincent de Paul Alagia dies at 99 January 30, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Alagia served as a retreat director at Manresa-on-Severn in Annapolis and led many Marriage Encounter retreats through 1977. He served in pastoral ministry while residing at the St. Claude La Colombière Jesuit Community in Baltimore (2011–16), where he returned in 2025.
Olympics 2026: Pope calls for ‘healthy competition’ to unite people at Winter Games January 30, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News In a message to the Archdiocese of Milan, Pope Leo XIV expressed his hope that the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be an occasion of solidarity and bridge-building between peoples and cultures.
Amid UK–China talks, Jimmy Lai’s daughter finds hope in faith, calls for his release January 30, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer traveled to China amid renewed calls to press Beijing on human rights, Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Catholic media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, marked the moment in prayer at a snowy Washington Mass.
From church choir to curtain call for Archbishop Borders School graduate Melissa Victor January 30, 2026By Katie V. Jones Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools As a cast member in the touring production of “Wicked,” Baltimore native Melissa Victor wears costumes with exaggerated bustles and outlandish hats. She also wore the biggest smile of all during her curtain calls in Baltimore, blowing kisses to loved ones in the audience.
Cardinal Tobin: U.S. stands at a crossroad amid violence, rhetoric and must ‘choose life’ January 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News OSV News spoke with Cardinal Tobin Jan. 26 about his concerns for the country and his call to action.
Labor standoff at LA’s Loyola Marymount University a battle over Catholic teaching January 30, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Colleges, News, World News At Jesuit-run Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, a group of non-tenure track professors currently accuse its administration of union busting in violation of Catholic social teaching, while the administration charges it has the right to invoke a religious exemption to bargaining with a “third party” labor union in order to protect the school’s “distinctive Catholic mission” and ensure the school can financially continue to serve students for generations to come.
Noem unlawfully ended Venezuelan, Haitian deportation protections, says appeals court January 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal appeals court ruled late Jan. 28 that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela and Haiti, both predominantly Catholic countries, to remain in the United States without risk of deportation due to dangerous conditions in their respective homelands.
Sister Sigrid Simlik, former teacher in Baltimore, dies at 97 January 29, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered Feb. 12 in Wisconsin for Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa Sigrid Simlik, who died Jan. 23. Sister Sigrid, a former teacher at St. Rose of Lima School in Brookland, was 97.
Science teacher honors Challenger crew’s memory by encouraging curiosity, resilience, faith January 29, 2026By James Ramos Texas Catholic Herald Filed Under: News, Schools, World News A Houston-area Catholic school science teacher said the Challenger disaster remains one of the most defining moments of her early understanding of science and human exploration, shaping both her worldview and her vocation as an educator.
South Sudan bishops warn of genocide, plead for peace as fears of a full-scale war grow January 29, 2026By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News As fears of a return to full-scale war in South Sudan escalate, Catholic bishops in the country have reiterated their call for peace and dialogue, amid fighting and mobilization in parts of the country.
Deadly violence in Minneapolis tied to ICE agents is ‘unacceptable,’ top cardinal says January 29, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Asked about the deadly shootings by U.S. federal agents in Minneapolis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the violence unfolding there is “unacceptable.”
Lack of faith, especially among youth, should spur evangelization, pope says January 29, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The increasing number of people who do not see the Gospel as a fundamental resource for their life should inspire — not discourage — Catholics in rediscovering the joy of evangelization, Pope Leo XIV said.
