A year after LA wildfires, parishes hit hard by the blaze look to rebuild community January 15, 2026By Pablo Kay Angelus Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News The campus of Corpus Christi Church, which burned to the ground the night of Jan. 7, 2025, is fenced off, the mass of tangled debris now cleaned up. The Christmas lights that hung on the trees at the church’s entrance that night are still there, fused to the charred branches.
St. Carlo Acutis statues unveiled in Harford County parishes January 14, 2026By Jay Sorgi Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Saints Pope Leo XIV canonized both St. Carlo and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Sept. 7. St. Carlo died at 15 years old in 2006 after battling leukemia. He became known as the first saint of the digital age, using the internet to share stories of eucharistic miracles around the world.
Planned Parenthood’s Title X funding restored after freeze January 14, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Trump administration “quietly released” Title X family planning funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union to drop its lawsuit that sought to restore the funds, Politico reported Jan. 13.
For Pope Leo XIV, Christian unity is not just an ideal, but an imperative January 14, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the Catholic Church prepares to join Christians around the world in commemorating the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme chosen also reflects Pope Leo XIV’s hope of unified humanity in an increasingly individualistic world.
God speaks to the faithful; take time to listen every day, pope says January 14, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News If Christians are to speak about God, then they must dedicate time each day and week to listening to God’s word in prayer and the liturgy, Pope Leo XIV said.
FletcherFest celebrates young legacy of student killed in shooting at all-school Mass January 14, 2026By Josh McGovern The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News The auditorium — which was used to celebrate Mass for nearly five months after an Aug. 27, 2025, shooting during an all-school Mass took the lives of the Merkels’ 8-year-old son, Fletcher, and 10-year-old Harper Moyski — was filled Jan. 10 with Annunciation parents and community members.
Question Corner: Is confession required for obtaining a plenary indulgence if there is no mortal sin? January 14, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner It’s useful to observe that the Church presumes that one seeking an indulgence will already be in a state of grace, meaning free from unconfessed mortal sin.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon January 14, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
‘Many challenges remain’ in making abortion ‘unthinkable,’ says bishop January 14, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop Thomas shared his thoughts in a Jan. 13 statement released by the USCCB, ahead of a number of national and local pro-life initiatives held throughout the month.
Movie Review: ‘Primate’ January 13, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In the opening sequence of the horror film “Primate” (Paramount), a minor character has one of his eyes gouged out and his entire face ripped off his skull. That moment, unfortunately, typifies the excessive gore that mars this otherwise taut and cleverly tense chiller, preventing endorsement of it for any age group.
Amid protests, ICE operations, archbishop prays for community, for family of slain protester January 13, 2026By Rebecca Omastiak The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Acknowledging what he described as “a heaviness in our community these days,” Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis assured Catholics and the Twin Cities community of his continued prayers on Jan. 12.
Supreme Court hears cases on Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans January 13, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Sports, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 heard oral arguments in two cases concerning state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their gender identity.
