The Supreme Court Jan. 24 rejected an appeal by death-row inmate Kenneth Smith, whose planned execution by the state of Alabama — the first known execution by nitrogen gas — was openly decried by more than 100 Alabama faith leaders just days earlier.

The six nuns kidnapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19 have been freed, and the archbishop of the capital was overjoyed and thankful at the news.

Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley has approved a proposal that would lower the age of confirmation within the Archdiocese of Boston from 10th grade to eighth grade.

It is easy to believe one is the master of everything one owns, Pope Francis said, but often the opposite happens and one’s possessions “take possession of us.”

While artificial intelligence can be a formidable tool to facilitate communication and exchange information, it cannot provide the uniquely human wisdom needed to promote the good of people and their communities, Pope Francis said.

Former President Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary Jan. 23, according to a projection of the race by The Associated Press, defeating his last remaining rival, former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in the key contest.

On the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade decision, President Joe Biden called for the restoration of Roe in federal law, and pledged his administration would take new steps to “protect access to safe and legal medication abortion.”

The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 22 allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or remove razor wire that Texas installed on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the state’s effort to prevent illegal border crossings.

A recently announced bipartisan agreement on an expanded child tax credit is “exactly the sort of policy” that Congress should prioritize, said the U.S. archbishop who oversees the U.S. bishops’ committee on domestic policy.

The pro-life cause will confront new challenges in the coming decades, with physician-assisted suicide in particular emerging as a growing threat to human life, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston told attendees of the 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life Jan. 20.