A sitting mayor attended the past five archbishop installations in New York dating back to 1939.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani listens as Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch delivers the 2026 State of the New York Police Department address Feb. 10, 2026, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Mamdani met Archbishop Ronald Hicks at the event, the New York Archdiocese said. | Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Communion and Liberation’s annual cultural event, the New York Encounter, will begin Friday in the heart of New York City.
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Participants listen to a presentation at the New York Encounter on Feb. 15, 2025. | Credit: Migi Fabara/EWTN News
An official replica of Manila’s centuries-old Jesús Nazareno image has been entrusted to Holy Family Parish in Artesia, California, bringing one of the world’s largest Catholic devotions to the U.S.
The Vatican’s doctrinal office told a traditionalist group that consecrating bishops without a papal mandate would mean a “decisive rupture” of communion.
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Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). | Credit: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Pope Leo XIV spoke about sacred Scripture during his weekly audience with pilgrims in the Vatican.
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Pope Leo XIV speaks during the general audience in the Paul VI Hall on Feb. 11, 2026, at the Vatican. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News
“I will not forget you” (Isaiah 49:15) is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the sixth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, which this year will take place on Sunday, July 26.
Jimmy Lai’s children have spoken out following his 20-year prison sentence, detailing international support as they work for a release.
By Tessa Gervasini · February 10, 2026
Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, discusses her father’s sentencing on “EWTN News Nightly” on Feb. 9, 2026. | Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot
Lai, Catholic entrepreneur and media tycoon, was sentenced over what Chinese officials claim were national security violations.
The Archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina, announced that it will act ex officio in accordance with canon law to take any “formal canonical disciplinary measures that may be appropriate.”
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“Nigeria cannot afford to normalize bloodshed,” Catholic officials at the Secretariat of Nigeria said.
By Jude Atemanke · February 10, 2026
Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Secretary-General Father Michael Banjo (left) and National Director of Social Communications Father Michael Nsikak Umoh (right). | Credit: ACI Africa
Cardinal Anthony Poola has become the first Dalit to lead India’s Catholic bishops as the conference calls for repeal of anti-conversion laws violating religious freedom.
Two indexes with 50 companies each that adhere to Catholic social teachings were announced by the Vatican Bank in order to promote ethical Catholic investing.
By Amira Abuzeid · Yesterday
The Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), popularly known as the Vatican Bank. | Credit: Vatican Media
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.
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Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Jan. 12, 2026. | Credit: The White House
The 300 Catholic leaders are asking that Congress approve protections for migrants in any funding bill to prioritize family unity and alternatives to detention.
Here’s an overview of the laws around life issues across the United States as of August 2025.
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A young pro-lifer holds a sign that says “No human is a mistake” at the Colorado March for Life in Denver on Friday, April 11, 2025. | Credit: Kate Quiñones/CNA
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
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At least 10 people are dead, including young teens, and many are wounded in a mass shooting in northern British Columbia, Canada.
Nina Shea, Hudson Institute senior fellow, called on Pope Leo XIV to summon Chinese bishops to the Vatican for supporting the “suppression of Chinese Catholicism.”
The Vatican’s doctrinal office told a traditionalist group that consecrating bishops without a papal mandate would mean a “decisive rupture” of communion.
The religious sister worked to advance the U.S. Church’s ministry toward Black Americans.
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission.
A Pew Research Center report examined how U.S. religious groups view President Donald Trump, including his plans and policies and his ethics.
Notre Dame has been at the center of controversy since early January when it named global affairs Professor Susan Ostermann as director of the school’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission.
A Pew Research Center report examined how U.S. religious groups view President Donald Trump, including his plans and policies and his ethics.
Notre Dame has been at the center of controversy since early January when it named global affairs Professor Susan Ostermann as director of the school’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.
