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Archbishop Wester warns House speaker against using Scripture to undermine human dignity
Posted on 02/9/2026 15:11 PM (CNA Daily News)
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended mass deportations in response to Pope Leo XIV’s opposition. Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe said the lawmaker’s response was “deeply concerning.”
Bishop of Kyiv meets with Secretary of State Rubio
Posted on 02/9/2026 14:33 PM (CNA Daily News)
The bishop of Kyiv met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of the Ukraine-Russia War’s four-year anniversary.
Pope Leo XIV prays for victims of attacks in Nigeria
Posted on 02/9/2026 12:14 PM (CNA Daily News)
In his Angelus catechesis, the pope said true joy is found in communion with Christ and lived through concrete acts of charity.
Venerable Fulton Sheen to be beatified
Posted on 02/9/2026 10:25 AM (CNA Daily News)
The Holy See informed the Diocese of Peoria that the cause for the Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen can proceed to beatification, according to the diocese.
His former diocese ‘most likely place’ on itinerary if Pope Leo XIV visits Peru
Posted on 02/9/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The president of Peru’s conference of bishops said a late 2026 papal visit to the country has a probability of approximately 80%.
Catholic activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong national security trial
Posted on 02/8/2026 21:24 PM (CNA Daily News)
The human rights advocate has been convicted and sentenced multiple times since 2020.
Pope Leo XIV will not travel to the United States in 2026, Vatican says
Posted on 02/8/2026 09:49 AM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff is expected to travel to Africa in April, visit Peru later this year, and make a summer stop in Spain.
University student from England being considered for canonization
Posted on 02/8/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Vatican representatives are in the process of reviewing the life of Pedro Ballester, a British university student who died of cancer in 2018, to gauge whether his canonization cause should be opened.
The story of the 4-year-old whose faith led to lowering the age of first Communion
Posted on 02/8/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
“Little Nellie” was a 4-year-old child from Cork, Ireland, whose piety and closeness to God led in part to the lowering of the age at which children could receive their first holy Communion.
Cuba’s bishops headed to Vatican this month to meet with Pope Leo XIV
Posted on 02/7/2026 10:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The country’s bishops will travel to Rome from Feb. 16–20 to present to Pope Leo XIV “the vicissitudes, sorrows, joys, and hopes of the Church in Cuba.”