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Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics, after a breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent in a threatened revival of schism. --- ROME — Pope [...]

cna --- Photo courtesy of Legatus Retired CIA Chief of Counterintelligence James Olson (left) at the Legatus Summit at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, California, on Jan. 31, 2026, with Ken Darnell, vice president of strategic development for Legatus. Olson said the [...]

Madeline Summerville and Angie Wong discussed the funding package to end the partial government shutdown. --- Madeline Summerville and Angie Wong discussed the funding package to end the partial government [...]

cna --- A pregnant woman. In this week's roundup of abortion-related news, a pregnant students’ rights act stalls in the Senate while the Texas attorney general is suing a mail-order abortion [...]

cna --- Odongphoto Bishop’s mitre. The plan threatens to harden a decades-old split between the traditionalist group and the [...]

The Conservative Party has signaled that money matters more than family as abortion, gender ideology opposition, and parental rights motions fail to garner support at the Alberta convention. --- The Conservative Party has signaled that money matters more than family as [...]

Political junkies have been anxiously awaiting Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s new memoir, Where We Keep the Light. Pre-publication excerpts from the book have seemingly heightened tensions between Shapiro and former Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. But it is critically important [...]

cna --- Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, concluding the Jubilee of Hope, on January 6, 2026. With these words, Leo XIV emphasized that even though the Jubilee has ended, God’s mercy remains ever open to [...]

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, bringing the ordinary Holy Year to an end — a time of grace that invited Catholics to conversion, reconciliation, and hope. The pontiff processed toward the [...]

cna --- Marinella Bandini The Edicule of the Holy Sepulcher, which contains the venerated tomb, inside the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Although traditionally a jubilee only happens every 25 years, the Holy Door is slated to reopen for a [...]