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  • [ January 7, 2026 ] After ICE shooting of U.S. citizen, Minneapolis archbishop pleads for prayers, calm News Briefs
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Pakistan’s top court grants bail to Christian facing blasphemy charge

January 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad. / Usman.pg via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan 10, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).
The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision to grant bail to a Christian accused of blasphemy should give hope… […]

Pope Francis prays for victims of New York City’s deadliest fire in decades

January 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis prays with journalists on the papal flight en route to South Korea on Aug. 14, 2014. / Alan Holdren/CNA.

Vatican City, Jan 10, 2022 / 05:41 am (CNA).
Pope Francis is praying for the victims of New York City’s deadliest fire in deca… […]

Cardinal Cupich booed and heckled by some at Chicago March for Life rally

January 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 10

Cardinal Blase Cupich. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 9, 2022 / 12:25 pm (CNA).
An otherwise peaceful March for Life event in Chicago on Sunday turned contentious when some in the crowd booed and heckled Cardinal Blase Cupi… […]

Pope Francis appeals for end to violence in Kazakhstan

January 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Jan. 9, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Jan 9, 2022 / 05:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for an end to violence that has … […]

Pope Francis baptizes babies in Sistine Chapel for 1st time since COVID-19 declared a pandemic

January 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel on Jan. 9, 2021. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Jan 9, 2022 / 03:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis baptized babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday for the first time sin… […]

In reversal, Missionaries of Charity in India again permitted to receive foreign donations

January 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Missionaries of Charity house, Kolkata India. / Zvonimir Atletic via www.shutterstock.com.

Denver Newsroom, Jan 8, 2022 / 08:35 am (CNA).
The Missionaries of Charity have been cleared to receive and use foreign funding in India, after the relig… […]

Pope Francis: Let’s ‘begin again with more humanity’ amid pandemic

January 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis meets members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Association at the Vatican, Jan. 8, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jan 8, 2022 / 06:38 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged members of a Vatican-based lay association on Saturday to “begin aga… […]

Bishop Schneider: Catholics in Kazakhstan are safe amid unrest

January 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Athanasius Schneider. / Monegasque2 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Astana, Kazakhstan, Jan 8, 2022 / 04:45 am (CNA).
Bishop Athanasius Schneider said on Saturday that Catholics in Kazakhstan are safe amid unprecedented unrest in the Centr… […]

Mom says son’s impromptu encounter with Pope Francis led to ‘miracle’

January 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis with Paolo Bonavita and Elsa Morra at his general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 20, 2021 / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, Jan 8, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
It was one of the viral Vatican moments of 2021: a boy in a bl… […]

Conservative Supreme Court justices question basis for Biden COVID-19 vaccine policies

January 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

CDC vaccination card / Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 7, 2022 / 16:34 pm (CNA).
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical during oral arguments Friday challenging two Biden administration COVID-19 mandates meant to pro… […]

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