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The Catholic Church has officially opened the cause for sainthood of Belgian immigrant Adele Brice, an illiterate woman who had visions of the Blessed Mother.
Ex-CIA veteran James Olson defended espionage as "moral" at a Catholic leadership summit.
In County Wicklow, Ireland, three young men decided to sidestep the secular Christmas season tradition of visiting 12 pubs and instead visited 12 different churches for Sunday Mass.
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ProLife Europe volunteers staff an information table during an outreach in Freiburg, Germany. | Credit: ProLife EuropeJan 24, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA).As European Union institutions and national governments increasingly advance policies expanding access to abortion, some observers have questioned whether the pro-life movement in Europe still exists or whether it has largely retreated from public life.While large-scale demonstrations have become less common in some countries, pro-life advocates say a quieter, more grassroots movement is taking shape across the continent, driven largely by young people and focused less on political pressure and more on cultural engagement.One organization at the center of this effort is ProLife Europe, a cross-border pro-life organization founded in 2019 and headquartered in Weißenhorn, Germany.Operating on a far smaller budget than many U.S.-based pro-life organizations and funded primarily by individual donors, ProLife Europe has expanded ...
Father Bobbo Paschal from St. Stephen Parish in the Kaduna Archdiocese in Nigeria has been released after being abducted on Nov. 17, 2025, when gunmen attacked the parish. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Kaduna Catholic ArchdioceseJan 24, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA).Here is a roundup of Catholic news from around the world that you might have missed this week:Kidnapped priest in Nigeria regains freedom after 2 months in captivity Father Bobbo Paschal, who was abducted on Nov. 17, 2025, when gunmen attacked St. Stephen Parish in the Kaduna Archdiocese, has been released after spending two months in captivity, the Nigerian Metropolitan See has confirmed, according to ACI Africa, the sister service of EWTN News in Africa.In a statement on behalf of Archbishop Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, the chancellor of the Kaduna Archdiocese said Paschal was released on Jan. 17 and conveyed "profound gratitude" to all those who worked and prayed for the priest's release.Nigeria has been battli...
Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, attends the March for Life on Jan. 23, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Alex SchadenbergJan 23, 2026 / 18:14 pm (CNA).A broad range of life issues from abortion to euthanasia and more were represented at the March for Life 2026 in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, expressed concern about a number of states across the country poised to legalize assisted suicide. "There are many states that the death lobby will be pushing for assisted suicide in 2026," he said. "In 2026 we are very concerned about Virginia, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Connecticut, and other states," he said, adding: "2026 will require a unified effort to stop the expansion of killing by assisted suicide poisoning." Ashley Kollme, a mother of five children from Bethesda, Maryland, shared the story of her pregnancy with her youngest daughter, Sophia, who is 2 years old...
Credit: JHVEPhoto/ShutterstockJan 23, 2026 / 18:34 pm (CNA).The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday that it will stop funding research that uses fetal tissue of aborted babies.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, said in a Jan. 22 statement that the agency has "reexamined its approach related to the use of human fetal tissue in federally funded research.""This decision is about advancing science by investing in breakthrough technologies more capable of modeling human health and disease," Bhattacharya added. "Under President Trump's leadership, taxpayer-funded research must reflect the best science of today and the values of the American people."HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited ethical and scientific reasons for the change."HHS is ending the use of human fetal tissue from elective abortions in agency-funded research and replacing it with gold-standard science," Kennedy said in a Jan. 23 stat...
Pro-lifers hold their signs up at the March for Life Rally on Jan. 23, 2026. | Credit: Tessa Gervasini/EWTN NewsJan 23, 2026 / 18:54 pm (CNA).Thousands of pro-lifers attended the 53rd annual March for Life on Friday in Washington, D.C. The 2026 event's theme was "Life Is a Gift," to invite "all people to rediscover the beauty, goodness, and joy of life itself," the March For Life reported. As attendees marched on the National Mall, they held signs, prayed, and sang their way toward the U.S. Capitol.Here are some of the best signs that EWTN News spotted at the march.
Sarah Hurm speaks at the March for Life on Jan. 23, 2026. | Credit: EWTN News/ScreenshotJan 23, 2026 / 14:23 pm (CNA).Pro-life speaker Sarah Hurm offered her testimony about facing her fourth unplanned pregnancy at a March for Life rally on the National Mall on Jan. 23."I am hear to tell you that abortion pill reversal can work. My life, and the life of my son, is living proof," Hurm, who is a Catholic single mother of four, said at the rally.Hurm described seeking an abortion. "The clinic had felt lifeless," she said. After taking the abortion pill, she changed her mind and found the abortion pill reversal ministry. "I realized ... I could fight for my child's life. And so I did," she said.Abortion pill reversal (APR) is recommended or dispensed by pro-life pregnancy centers to prevent the completion of an abortion shortly after a woman takes mifepristone to achieve a chemical abortion. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) does not recommend the u...
