Jan. 16 Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Pope St. Marcellus I (d. 309), who was elected Pope in 308, just at the time when the Emperor Diocletian had spent somewhat his first violence […]
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Mexico’s Cardinal Aguiar: Pope Leo XIV would like to visit Mexico ‘soon’
Cardinal Aguiar and his auxiliary bishop, Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, OAR, met with Pope Leo on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 16, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA). […]
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St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16
The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, when the Jubilee of Hope concluded. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 15, 2026 / 17:42 […]
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Jan. 15 Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Maurus (512-584), one of the first disciples of St. Benedict. In this son of a patrician Roman family, entrusted by his parents to the father […]
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Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN Jan 14, 2026 / 11:45 am (CNA). The Vatican’s Court of Cassation has cleared the way for the appeal phase […]
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7th Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
“…it is our bounden duty and godly service, to rejoice with full hearts…”
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Jan. 14 Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Felix of Nola (d. 255), priest. After his father‘s death, Felix sold off most of his property and possessions, gave the proceeds to the poor, […]
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Pope Leo XIV urges making time ‘to speak with God’
Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media. Jan 14, 2026 / 06:20 am (CNA). […]
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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 […]
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Jan. 13 Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor, Opt. Mem.
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers (310-367). Hilary was one of the great champions of the Catholic belief in the divinity of Christ. By his […]