The Church of St. Luke

Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo and Bishop Mylo Vergara of Pasig, Philippines, bless the facility of the 2022 “Economy of Fraternity” prize recipient, the Ecocharcoal Briquettes Project in the Diocese of Pasig, on Dec. 3, 2025. | Courtesy of Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo

, Jan 16, 2026 / 09:26 am (CNA).

The former archbishop of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino, instituted the award in 2020 on the day of St. Carlo Acutis’ Oct. 10 beatification.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2025. | Credit: Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

, Jan 15, 2026 / 15:57 pm (CNA).

U.S. aid is set to be delivered from Miami on Jan. 16.

Shrine of Christ the King of Peace on Cubilete Hill. | Credit: El Tabor Mexicano-National Votive Shrine of Christ the King

, Jan 14, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA).

More than 45,000 young people are expected to make the pilgrimage to the Christ the King Shrine in Mexico starting on Jan. 30.

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola with a family in Helsinki | Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Raimo Goyarrola

, Jan 13, 2026 / 17:16 pm (CNA).

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola of Helsinki, Finland’s only Catholic bishop, hopes to open the first Catholic school in the country in August with 12 students.

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice celebrates Mass with Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt of Görlitz, Germany, and other clergy at the Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians in Filipov, Czech Republic, on Jan. 13, 2025, during the annual pilgrimage commemorating the 1866 healing of Magdalena Kade. | Credit: Lubomír Holý/Člověk a víra

, Jan 13, 2026 / 12:11 pm (CNA).

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice has declared a Year of Reconciliation marking 80 years since the expulsion of millions of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia.

Bishops of Panama at a Mass during their 224th ordinary assembly. | Credit: Panamanian Bishops’ Conference

, Jan 12, 2026 / 18:41 pm (CNA).

The Catholic bishops of Panama called for a new constitution and addressed national sovereignty, poverty, and violence and expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people at their plenary meeting.

Daniel Ortega, dictator of Nicaragua. | Credit: Council of Communication and Citizenship of the Government of Nicaragua - el19digital.com (CC0 1.0)

, Jan 12, 2026 / 16:21 pm (CNA).

A social media post from the American embassy in Nicaragua seems to have led to the prompt release of dozens of political prisoners in the Central American country.

St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | Credit: CCN Photo/Terry O’Neill

, Jan 12, 2026 / 13:29 pm (CNA).

The case arises from the death of a terminally ill woman who sought medical assistance in dying (MAID) while receiving care at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at an event hosted by the Catholic magazine Kelionė at the Lithuanian National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: L. Macevicienes/Zurnalaskelione.lt

, Jan 11, 2026 / 10:32 am (CNA).

The apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states offered personal reflections on his new diplomatic mission, Christmas in Lithuania, and his decades-long collaboration with Joseph Ratzinger.

Northampton Episcopal Vicar for Mission Canon Simon Penhalagan alongside members of the new community at the St. Elena House of Mission and Prayer. | Credit: Maria Heath

, Jan 10, 2026 / 09:00 am (CNA).

Northampton, England, welcomes St. Elena House, a new community focused on prayer and mission inspired by the call to a new evangelization.