NY state drops case to mandate religious groups cover abortion in employee health insurance In Baltimore, faithful walk for peace in Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit Two Steubenville students found dead in apparent ‘tragic accident’ U.S. cardinals call for ‘genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation’ Archbishop Broglio: ‘Morally acceptable’ for troops to disobey ‘morally questionable’ orders on Greenland Local News In Baltimore, faithful walk for peace in Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit Katie V. Jones January 20, 2026 Now in its 13th year, the annual walk is sponsored by St. Bernardine and Historic St. Peter Claver in memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monsignor Edward Michael Miller, a former St. Bernardine pastor who died in December 2013 while preparing for Sunday Mass. Radio Interview: Lent and Pope Leo Catholic Review Staff January 19, 2026 Deacon Greg Kandra is a writer, retreat leader, blogger and author. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Deacon Kandra about his most recent book, “Peace Be with All of You: The Mission and Message of Pope Leo XIV,” from Word Among Us. Archdiocese of Baltimore’s discernment retreat supports vocations Gerry Jackson January 16, 2026 More than two dozen potential candidates for the seminary had a weekend-long opportunity Jan. 9-11 in a supportive group setting to consider their vocational calling at the archdiocese’s annual men’s discernment retreat. St. Mary’s Seminary names Father Shawn Gould as next rector Catholic Review Staff January 15, 2026 Sulpician Father Shawn D. Gould has been named by his society’s provincial council as the next president-rector of St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Roland Park, effective July 1. More Local News World News Minnesota archbishop: ‘Comprehensive immigration reform now’ amid ‘battleground’ on the streets Gina Christian January 21, 2026 Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis — whose territory has become a flashpoint in the nation’s immigration policy debate — is calling for “comprehensive immigration reform now,” citing “human cost on all sides.” Notre Dame expert: On Greenland, Catholic social teaching has something to say Catherine Odell January 21, 2026 Michael Desch spoke with OSV News about Greenland and other U.S. foreign policy concerns in light of Pope Leo XIV’s recent address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Vice President JD Vance and wife expecting their 4th child Lauretta Brown January 21, 2026 Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced Jan. 20 that they are expecting a boy this summer. Prevention, accountability needed to stop crimes against humanity, Vatican diplomat tells UN Gina Christian January 21, 2026 As atrocities against civilians surge globally, the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations stressed the crucial need for both prevention and accountability — and the vital roles of individual nations and the global community in those tasks. More World News Commentary Question Corner: Should girls be altar servers? Jenna Marie Cooper January 21, 2026 Some might point out the pastoral benefits of an all-boys altar server team in promoting priestly vocations, while others might appreciate how allowing female altar servers emphasizes our common baptismal priesthood. Kyrie eleison: Lord, anoint the festering wounds we show Elizabeth Scalia January 21, 2026 The idea will not leave my head: how do we anoint a whole world so terribly and self-evidently in need of soothing, healing, consolation and unconditional love? ‘It must be you’: A call to mission with young Latinos Vicente Del Real January 20, 2026 Although Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations in the country and make up a large portion of the young Catholic Church, nearly half of Latino young adults are leaving the faith. Scott Adams and the legitimacy of imperfect confession Elizabeth Scalia January 19, 2026 Given that his “Dilbert” cartoon spoofed corporate life, it seems fitting Adams approached the idea of religious conversion as a dryly analytical risk-return computation. To some his thinking recalled “Pascal’s wager,” in which 17th-century mathematician Blaise Pascal reasoned that a 50 percent probability of God’s existence represented a bet worth making. Pope Leo’s extraordinary consistory Michael R. Heinlein January 19, 2026 By all appearances, January’s consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council. More Commentary Featured Video A look at Pope Leo’s general audience Jan. 14.
In Baltimore, faithful walk for peace in Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit Katie V. Jones January 20, 2026 Now in its 13th year, the annual walk is sponsored by St. Bernardine and Historic St. Peter Claver in memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monsignor Edward Michael Miller, a former St. Bernardine pastor who died in December 2013 while preparing for Sunday Mass.
Radio Interview: Lent and Pope Leo Catholic Review Staff January 19, 2026 Deacon Greg Kandra is a writer, retreat leader, blogger and author. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Deacon Kandra about his most recent book, “Peace Be with All of You: The Mission and Message of Pope Leo XIV,” from Word Among Us.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s discernment retreat supports vocations Gerry Jackson January 16, 2026 More than two dozen potential candidates for the seminary had a weekend-long opportunity Jan. 9-11 in a supportive group setting to consider their vocational calling at the archdiocese’s annual men’s discernment retreat.
St. Mary’s Seminary names Father Shawn Gould as next rector Catholic Review Staff January 15, 2026 Sulpician Father Shawn D. Gould has been named by his society’s provincial council as the next president-rector of St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Roland Park, effective July 1.
Minnesota archbishop: ‘Comprehensive immigration reform now’ amid ‘battleground’ on the streets Gina Christian January 21, 2026 Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis — whose territory has become a flashpoint in the nation’s immigration policy debate — is calling for “comprehensive immigration reform now,” citing “human cost on all sides.”
Notre Dame expert: On Greenland, Catholic social teaching has something to say Catherine Odell January 21, 2026 Michael Desch spoke with OSV News about Greenland and other U.S. foreign policy concerns in light of Pope Leo XIV’s recent address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Vice President JD Vance and wife expecting their 4th child Lauretta Brown January 21, 2026 Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced Jan. 20 that they are expecting a boy this summer.
Prevention, accountability needed to stop crimes against humanity, Vatican diplomat tells UN Gina Christian January 21, 2026 As atrocities against civilians surge globally, the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations stressed the crucial need for both prevention and accountability — and the vital roles of individual nations and the global community in those tasks.
Question Corner: Should girls be altar servers? Jenna Marie Cooper January 21, 2026 Some might point out the pastoral benefits of an all-boys altar server team in promoting priestly vocations, while others might appreciate how allowing female altar servers emphasizes our common baptismal priesthood.
Kyrie eleison: Lord, anoint the festering wounds we show Elizabeth Scalia January 21, 2026 The idea will not leave my head: how do we anoint a whole world so terribly and self-evidently in need of soothing, healing, consolation and unconditional love?
‘It must be you’: A call to mission with young Latinos Vicente Del Real January 20, 2026 Although Latinos are one of the fastest growing populations in the country and make up a large portion of the young Catholic Church, nearly half of Latino young adults are leaving the faith.
Scott Adams and the legitimacy of imperfect confession Elizabeth Scalia January 19, 2026 Given that his “Dilbert” cartoon spoofed corporate life, it seems fitting Adams approached the idea of religious conversion as a dryly analytical risk-return computation. To some his thinking recalled “Pascal’s wager,” in which 17th-century mathematician Blaise Pascal reasoned that a 50 percent probability of God’s existence represented a bet worth making.
Pope Leo’s extraordinary consistory Michael R. Heinlein January 19, 2026 By all appearances, January’s consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council.
