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.
First woman to lead Church of England in its 1,400-year history confirmed in ceremony January 29, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Archbishop Sarah Mullally was confirmed as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England’s first woman leader in its 1,400-year history.
Trump administration asks federal court to pause Louisiana’s abortion pill challenge January 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A key national pro-life group has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of undermining Louisiana’s efforts to roll back the Biden administration’s eased restrictions on mifepristone when it asked a court to pause the Pelican State’s challenge to that policy.
‘With joy,’ Dominican fulfills mission to provide religious sister’s presence throughout school January 29, 2026By OSV News The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: News, Schools, World News Sister Amelia Hueller of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, Tenn., is on a mission at Providence Academy in Plymouth that is unique in the Dominican Sisters’ work in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and around the world.
Putting away Christmas January 29, 2026By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary Ordinary Time means a return to ordinary life: the sleeker, uncomplicated and functional way we most often pass through time. But while the house looks more spacious and less cluttered again, there’s always something sad about packing pretty things into attic-bound boxes to be stored away.
Affording Catholic schools: School choice programs, other options can help numbers add up January 29, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington Filed Under: News, Schools, World News In a nation fixated on affordability, a Catholic school K-12 education can easily become a contested line in the family budget.
Getting to know our sacred space January 29, 2026By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments Each of the objects, the surroundings in our Catholic churches, has a purpose and a history. Here is an overview of some of those sacred areas, objects and surroundings.
Cardinal Fernández warns against ‘ex cathedra’ condemnations online, urges humility January 29, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith opened the discastery’s Jan. 27-29 plenary session with a strong call for humility in thought, theology and online discourse.
