At his celebration of Mass for Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 24, Pope Francis will present a Bible to a professional soccer player, a woman from Pakistan studying in Rome to be a Scripture scholar and a physician specialized in infectious diseases.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force on Friday, 22 January. Pope Francis’ words at Hiroshima, which defined even the possession of nuclear weapons as immoral, is the latest act of a long magisterium spanning the twentieth century up to the present day.

Aunque la Corte Suprema despejó el camino para la ejecución de Dustin Higgs el 15 de enero, dos jueces dieron a conocer sus objeciones de forma clara y rotunda en disidentes que pusieron en duda la rapidez de estas decisiones, e incluso la constitucionalidad de la pena capital.

Joe Biden became the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president of the United States Jan. 20, giving some U.S. Catholics and their religious leaders a reason to rejoice and others to fear more access to abortion under his leadership.

After 17 seasons in the NFL, quarterback Philip Rivers will begin his next career as head football coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope in the Mobile Archdiocese.

Bishops throughout the country welcomed the inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation's 46th president, saying it was a celebration of democracy and liberty, while praying for unity and reconciliation in the face of deep political divides.

The Archdiocese of Madrid confirmed Jan. 21 that Father Ruben Perez Ayala, a priest at the Church of Our Lady of La Paloma, died in the early hours of the morning due to internal hemorrhaging he suffered after the blast.

Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after two suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of dozens of people in a crowded commercial area.

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister Elizabeth Prout, founder of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion.

Catholics oppose abortion out of strong moral conviction. How ought to Catholics engage other Americans who strongly disagree about the moral consequences of abortion?

On the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-sixth President of the United States of America, I extend cordial good wishes and the assurance of my prayers that Almighty God will grant you wisdom and strength in the exercise of your high office.

Scenes of violence or participation in other moments of division should make Christians ask fundamental and basic questions such as: "Who do I want to serve?"

It would be tempting to push through regulations that would require religious organizations and health care providers to offer contraceptive coverage to their employees, even if it's against the teachings of their faith. The new president, a practicing Catholic, should do the unpredictable thing in this case: Don't do it.

"His belief is that as a leader, you have to extend a hand. You have to lead by example," Psaki said. "And it felt important to him personally to have members of both parties with him this morning, and to use that as an example to the American public about ways that we can all come together. And he’s hopeful it will be the beginning of a path forward."

Pope Francis encouraged people to put themselves in the shoes of victims of human trafficking.

The Vatican announced on Monday that the trial of an Italian woman for alleged embezzlement would begin soon.

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a drill Saturday launching anti-warship ballistic missiles at a simulated target in the Indian Ocean, state television reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and a U.S. pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic.

Rev. King, who was assassinated in 1968 at age 39, would have turned 92 Jan. 15. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

With the news that dozens of people were suffocating to death due to a lack of oxygen in hospitals in the Amazon city of Manaus, Catholic bishops made a plea for the supply of an essential element for survival.

Bishop Weisenburger participated in the Road Rally for Life on January 16, 2020. Catholics should say 'yes' to life and 'no' to death.