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Secretary of State Rubio: US is working closely with Church in Cuba on disaster assistance (US Department of State)

Posted on 01/15/2026 05:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced yesterday that the United States is “working in close partnership with the Catholic Church in Cuba” to deliver disaster aid “transparently and effectively.”

“Consistent with our longstanding policy, we have taken extraordinary measures to ensure that this assistance reaches the Cuban people directly, without interference or diversion by the illegitimate regime,” Rubio said of the US aid for victims of Hurricane Melissa.

Vatican foreign minister denounces surrogacy (Vatican News (Italian))

Posted on 01/15/2026 04:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Echoing comments made by Pope Leo in his address to the diplomatic corps (CWN analysis), the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations denounced surrogacy as a “new form of colonialism” and said that the practice is contrary to human dignity because it commodifies the human person.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher made his remarks in a public conversation with Eugenia Maria Roccella, Italy’s Minister for Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities. The conversation took place on January 13 in the Italian Embassy to the Holy See.

Manila's Feast of the Black Nazarene draws record 9.6 million devotees (CWN)

Posted on 01/15/2026 04:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

A record crowd of over 9.6 million people took part in the annual procession in Manila for the Philippine Feast of the Black Nazarene.

388 million Christians suffer 'high levels' of persecution and discrimination, report finds (Open Doors )

Posted on 01/15/2026 04:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

An organization dedicated to assisting persecuted Christians reported that over 388 million Christians suffer “high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith.”

In its newly released World Watch List 2026, Open Doors stated that the countries with the highest level of persecution are North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan, Libya, and Iran.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: There Is a Longing for Justice and Human Dignity in Iran

Posted on 01/15/2026 03:59 AM (The Daily Register)

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Trump Administration Restores Title X Funding to Planned Parenthood

Posted on 01/15/2026 03:57 AM (The Daily Register)

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House Republican Budget Plan Would Permanently Defund Planned Parenthood

Posted on 01/15/2026 03:54 AM (The Daily Register)

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Pray and meditate on God's Word daily, Pope emphasizes to pilgrims (CWN)

Posted on 01/15/2026 03:01 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

At the conclusion of his January 14 general audience, Pope Leo XIV repeatedly emphasized the importance of a cultivating a life of prayer and meditation on the Word of God.

10 Fascinating Facts About the Mysterious Enoch

Posted on 01/15/2026 02:34 AM (The Daily Register)

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Jan. 15 Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday

Posted on 01/15/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

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 of western monasticism, Benedictine tradition celebrates the perfect monk, and the model of childlike obedience. Many monasteries, particularly in France, adopted him as patron. He died about A.D. 580.