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Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA to hold events on January 24, 2026

Two major pro-life walks organized by Catholics will return to California on Saturday, January 24. They are timed roughly in conjunction with the 1973 Roe [...]
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Dozens of Charlotte priests query Vatican over bishop’s move to abolish altar rails, kneelers

St. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte. | Credit: Diocese of Charlotte

Jan 13, 2026 / 11:41 am (CNA).
Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and kneelers… […]
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Father in MA succeeds in battle against sexualizing his kindergartener son

On December 30, 2025, less than ten weeks after a father had filed suit in Alan L. v. Lexington Public Schools, a federal trial court judge in Massachusetts [...]
Columns

Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspective

The men who discussed and approved the documents of the Second Vatican Council also oversaw their implementation. The Church’s response to the Council was nonetheless [...]
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Pope Leo XIV proclaims Franciscan Jubilee Year

St. Francis of Assisi. | Credit: Paolo Gallo/Shutterstock

Jan 12, 2026 / 17:21 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death. During this time of grace, which wil… […]

Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA to hold events on January 24, 2026

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Jim Graves January 13, 2026 0

Two major pro-life walks organized by Catholics will return to California on Saturday, January 24. They are timed roughly in conjunction with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck [...]

Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspective

Columns

James Kalb January 12, 2026 20

The men who discussed and approved the documents of the Second Vatican Council also oversaw their implementation. The Church’s response to the Council was nonetheless very different from what they expected. Why did that happen? [...]

Essay

The late great George Pell and his enemies, Part 2

Dawn Beutner January 11, 2026 23

Editor’s note: You can read Part 1 of this column here. In 2014, the newly elected Pope Francis decided to improve the state of the Vatican’s finances. He appointed the Australian cardinal George Pell (1941-2023) [...]

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At consistory, Cardinal Zen slams synodality as ‘ironclad manipulation’ and ‘insult’ to bishops

Catholic News Agency January 10, 2026 38

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. – Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Jan 10, 2026 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun delivered a forceful critique of syn… […]

Books

Recovering the truth about the body in a “liquid” age

Carl E. Olson January 10, 2026 5

Angela Franks, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of America and the President of the Academy of Catholic Theology for 2025–26. Her study and writing focus on identity, the body, the [...]

Columns

Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 4

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal was not alone in worrying that his nation and continent were no longer Christian enough. Today, the idea of a Christian society is much farther removed [...]

Books

Making sense of the Leonine pontificate: An interview with Christopher R. Altieri

Carl E. Olson January 7, 2026 16

“To understand the depth of the issues and why Leo might be the perfect man for the job,” said Ken Craycraft in his CWR review of Christopher R. Altieri’s new book, Leo XIV: The New Pope and Catholic [...]

Essay

Addressing the cold lie about the “warmth of collectivism”

Marcus Peter January 6, 2026 58

Bishop Robert Barron tweeted in response to Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural address last week, accomplishing something increasingly rare in public discourse, since he cut through rhetorical fog and exposed a philosophical fault line that modern politics [...]

Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspective

James Kalb January 12, 2026 20

The men who discussed and approved the documents of the Second Vatican Council also oversaw their implementation. The Church’s response to the Council was nonetheless very different from what they expected. Why did that happen? [...]
Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 4
The “True” Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. December 14, 2025 52

The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 56
Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 130

Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA to hold events on January 24, 2026

Dozens of Charlotte priests query Vatican over bishop’s move to abolish altar rails, kneelers

Father in MA succeeds in battle against sexualizing his kindergartener son

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Pope Leo XIV proclaims Franciscan Jubilee Year

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