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- 5 Powerful Prayers to Honor The Holy Name of Jesus in January
  
  18 hours ago
  
  by Caroline Perkins
  
  Did you know the month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus? Here are some prayers to honor him this month and throughout the year.
- Demons in the Desert: The Epic Spiritual Warfare of Saint Anthony the Great
  
  yesterday
  
  by The Editors
  
  “Here am I, Antony; I flee not from your stripes, for even if you inflict more, nothing shall separate me from the love of Christ.”
- Cardinal Dolan Calls on Parents to Name Babies After Saints: ‘It’s a Custom Worth Recovering’
  
  2 days ago
  
  by Jacqueline Burkepile
  
  "I think naming our children after the saints is a custom really worth recovering.” - Cardinal Timothy Dolan

News from the Vatican
- Pope Leo XIV: Angelus appeals for peace in DRC, relief for victims of flooding in southern Africa
  
  Pope Leo XIV called the attention of the faithful to “the great suffering of the people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,” and prayed for
- Pope seeks to console families of young Italian victims of New Year’s Swiss Alps bar fire
  
  Pope Leo XIV sought Thursday to console the families of Italian teenagers who were killed or injured in the Swiss bar fire at a New Year's party.
- Vatican City high appeal court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in Becciu case
  
  A laconic statement from the press office of the Holy See announced the developments on Monday.
- Leo XIV: Sistine Chapel baptisms, Angelus prayers for Mideast peace & condemnation of Russian attacks
  
  After marking Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus and expressed concern for renewed violence and unrest in the Middle East, prayed for peace in Ukraine and...
- Pope to visit Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands, cardinal says
  
  Pope Leo XIV is planning to travel to Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands to fulfil Pope Francis’s wish of visiting a key migration entry point to Europe, a...
Catholic Link
- 2nd Sunday In Ordinary Time Reflection: You Have Been Called To The Liturgy Of The Holy Mass
  
  This reflection is an excerpt from The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass (Year A). Click here to purchase! After the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Years A and C in our Sunday liturgical...
- The Special Year Of St. Francis Assisi Catholic Guide To Resources
  
  To commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s death, Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed that from January 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027, Catholics will celebrate a Franciscan Jubilee Year – a...
- Prayer For The Special Year of St. Francis | Franciscan Jubilee Year
  
  To commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s death, Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed that from January 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027, Catholics will celebrate a Franciscan Jubilee Year. The...
National Catholic Register
- Thanksgiving by Fire: The Martyrdom of Blessed Leonardo Kimura
  
  Church of the Gesù, Rome Depiction of the execution of Blessed Leonardo Kimura and four fellow Christians in Nagasaki on Nov. 18, 1619: Andreas Murayama Tokuan (Japan),
- Pope Leo XIV Urges Prayers for Peace, Highlights Christian Unity and How St. John the Baptist Points to Christ
  
  Pope Leo XIV waves to crowds in St. Peter's Square after praying the Angelus on Jan. 18, 2026. ‘The love of which Jesus speaks is the love of a God who even...
- 10 Reasons It’s a Great Time to Be Catholic
  
  Daniel Ibáñez On Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, 27 new Swiss Guards take their oath of allegiance in the presence of Pope Leo XIV — the first papal...