Jesus was political and so are we ~ how christians vote matters

An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

Saturday, January 24, 2026

NEWLIFETV 01.24.2026

New Life Global Outreach (Johor Bahru Johor Malaysia)

New Life Global Outreach is a Christian teaching and equipping ministry in Johor Bahru Johor Malaysia. John and Hepsibah Ezekiel are the teaching elders at NLGO. We pioneered New Life Bible School and New Life Bible Church to train and equip every believer for the work of the ministry. Our emphasis is on the “GO” of the great commission to make disciples of the nations with an Apostolic Spirit of a SENT ONE. John and Hepsibah Ezekiel know our neighborhood of SoNoGo and have visited on a few occasions. On one visit Pastor Hepsibah was sitting around in a kitchen in North Park when the local pastor of RIC - Ruamjai International church on North Park Way walked in; they knew each other from Bangkok where they had been classmates many years earlier. We serve an exciting God. Hepsibah Ezekiel is also related to SoNoGo as having been raised in the tradition of North Park Community Advent Christian Church in Malaysia. 

Kidnapped priest in Nigeria regains freedom after 2 months in captivity

Pope Leo XIV warns against banality and ‘fake news’

In a message to an Italian public television show on its 30th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV pointed out the benefits but also the risks and dangers of digital media.

Kidnapped priest in Nigeria regains freedom after 2 months in captivity

Here is a roundup of Catholic news from around the world that you might have missed this week.

Why this European pro-life network chooses dialogue over demonstration

Young volunteers across Europe are shifting pro-life advocacy to one-on-one conversations on university campuses and in the public square, aiming for long-term cultural change.

2026 March for Life: Some of this year’s best pro-life signs

Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., with signs in hand to stand up for the unborn at the 53rd March for Life.
Department of Health and Human Services bars funding research using fetal tissue

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will stop funding research that uses fetal tissue of aborted babies.

Friday, January 23, 2026

Welcome to America

 

A U.S. Ambassador, Christian Zionism, and an Unusual Clash with the Churches of Jerusalem

Trump invited the Vatican to the new “Peace Board.” The Holy See confirms that Leo XIV is considering accepting

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Trump’s initiative envisions the creation of a new international body aimed at steering a political settlement in Gaza, an idea he has presented as an alternative to what he considers the chronic ineffectiveness of the United Nations

USA: A Catholic Vice President Returns to the National Mall as the Pro-Life Movement Tests Its Political Moment

Tim Daniels

Vance occupies a singular place in contemporary American politics. He is only the second Catholic to serve as vice president of the United States, a fact not lost on organizers or participants of an event that has long drawn heavily from Catholic and evangelical constituencies

New Mass Kidnapping of Christians in Nigeria

ZENIT Staff

The region, considered strategic because it is located in a transition zone between the predominantly Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south, has frequently been targeted by criminal group and armed militias, which operate by taking advantage of the weak State presence in rural areas.

Leo XIV receives leaders of the most important traditional Catholic community (in communion with Rome) in audience

ZENIT Staff

This audience also provided an opportunity to evoke any misunderstandings and obstacles that the Fraternity encounters in certain places and to answer questions from the Supreme Pontiff

In an Era of Doom Scrolling, Young Listeners Are Choosing Hope — and Finding It Through Christian Hip-Hop

ZENIT Staff

Holy Culture Radio’s programming blends energizing beats with meaningful conversation, featuring both legendary and next-generation Christian hip-hop artists alongside talk shows that address purpose, culture, faith and community

Vatican employee satisfaction data published: survey reveals fatigue, fear, and demand for dignity

Valentina di Giorgio

Perhaps the most revealing section of the survey is the one addressed directly, albeit indirectly, to the Pope. Beyond calls for salary adjustments, family support, or fair productivity bonuses, employees articulate a deeper, ethical demand

Is it morally acceptable for the military to disobey Trump if he orders an invasion of Greenland? Response from the former president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops

Elizabeth Owens

Speaking to the BBC on January 18, the archbishop was blunt. He said he could see no scenario in which a U.S. military action to take control of Greenland—or the territory of any allied nation—would satisfy the classical Catholic criteria for a just war

The Catholic Church in Venezuela After Nicolás Maduro

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Regarding the role of the Church, the President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference explained that the Church’s activity was focused on the faithful attending Sunday Eucharistic celebrations, which was almost routine. There were precautions imposed by the measures dictated by the government, but the life of the Church has been managed with calm and prudence.

Breaking the silence: the nun who shows her face and accuses an Indian bishop of ongoing sexual abuse

ZENIT Staff

Pallassery, a former superior general of the Missionaries of Jesus, a diocesan congregation based in northern India’s Jalandhar diocese, has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping her repeatedly during his visits to her convent in Kuravilangad, Kerala, between 2014 and 2016

How Catholicism declined in Latin America over 10 years: study shows growth in agnosticism and other interesting data

Jorge Enrique Mújica

These findings point to a transformation that is less about disbelief than about distance from institutions

A U.S. Ambassador, Christian Zionism, and an Unusual Clash with the Churches of Jerusalem

Tim Daniels

The episode highlights a deeper tension shaping contemporary Christianity: the growing influence of evangelical political theology on global affairs, and the unease it generates among older, territorially rooted Christian traditions

China in the Heart of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

ZENIT Staff

The relics of a young Chinese seminarian were brought by Bishop Louis Faurie, Apostolic Vicar of Kweichow, current Chinese Archdiocese of Guiyang, who had met him at the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary, where this Bishop was formed as a seminarian.

Cardinals, the first consistory of Leo XIV, and Cardinal Zen’s public objections

Jorge Enrique Mújica

For now, Leo XIV appears content to listen, to slow the pace, and to allow ideas championed under his predecessor either to mature organically or quietly recede

John L. Allen Jr. and the task of explaining the Vatican to the world: one of the most important Vaticanists passes away

ZENIT Staff

He was remembered not as an activist or a polemicist, but as a craftsman of information: a journalist who believed that clarity is a form of service, and that understanding the Church requires patience, historical memory, and intellectual honesty

A message to participants in the March for Life in the USA


A Minneapolis pastor asked for groceries for his congregation amid the ICE surge

A Minneapolis pastor asked for groceries for his congregation amid the ICE surge. Thousands of volunteers came to help
CBS News: Pastor Sergio Amezcua says more than 4,000 people have committed their time and effort to help.

Let’s talk about how Cities Church treats women
Baptist News Global: The pastors of Cities Church are part of a network of church planters connected to John Piper’s Calvinistic complementarian Desiring God ministries and Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis.

‘Think of it as a best friend and youth pastor in your pocket’*
Christianity Today: CT spoke over Zoom with  ‘digital companion’ Creed cofounder Adi Agrawal about the app’s tech, business model, user base, and goals. 

New visa rule to help foreign-born clergy stay in U.S. communities
Rhode Island Catholic: The Trump Administration has issued an Interim Final Rule that will soon be published in the Federal Register, which will impact foreign-born religious workers seeking to continue their ministries in the U.S. 

Walking with King and Heschel past Beth Israel Synagogue
Baptist News Global: If the original sin of our nation was chattel slavery, the original sin of the church was antisemitism and anti-Judaism, writes H. Stephen Shoemaker. 

The Second Vatican Council: A guiding star for the Church?

“I Am Not a Racist!”

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jan 19, 2026 05:00 am
In our highly politicized culture, sin is rarely discussed as a violation of God’s law. Even more rarely do we acknowledge sinful inclinations as the interior sources of sinful acts. Instead, we often reduce moral [...]
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The Second Vatican Council: A guiding star for the Church?

By Richard A. Spinello on Jan 18, 2026 04:00 am
In his encyclical, Aeterni Patris, which called for a renewed study of St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy, Pope Leo XIII referred to the faith as a “friendly star” for philosophers. What he meant by this metaphor was [...]
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The “Old Mass” and the “Novus Ordo” Mass: Irreconcilable differences?

By Father Jerry J. Pokorsky on Jan 18, 2026 04:00 am
Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally at CWR on July 3, 2022. “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass [...]
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Iran, the Quran, and the West

By Marcus Peter on Jan 17, 2026 05:00 pm
What is unfolding in Iran today is faithful to the Quran. The present regime represents the mature expression of political Islam as articulated through Quranic command, prophetic precedent, and juridical enforcement. The Iranian theocracy emerged [...]
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From Baptist pastor to Catholic priest: A unique journey to priesthood

By EWTN News on Jan 17, 2026 03:00 pm
Father Travis Moger on the day of his ordination alongside his son, Mark; wife, Amelia; mother; and daughter, Maddy. | Credit: EWTN News screenshot Jan 17, 2026 / 11:00 am (CNA). Father Travis Moger has been a Catholic priest for just nine mont... [...]
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The Lamb of God and the Salvation of the World

By Carl E. Olson on Jan 17, 2026 11:00 am
Readings: • Is 49:3, 5-6 • Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 • 1 Cor 1:1-3 • Jn 1:29-34 Taken as a whole, this Sunday’s readings can, I think, be summarized in a single sentence: [...]
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Ratzinger v. Kasper: Why the debate matters even more today

By Larry Chapp on Jan 17, 2026 04:00 am
December 31, 2025, marked the third anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Perhaps, therefore, now is as good a time as any to look back and reflect on his legacy. But why yet [...]
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Papal nuncio to Cameroon faithful: “If you do not renounce violence, are you a Christian?”

By Ngala Killian Chimtom on Jan 16, 2026 08:18 pm
In a strong call for peace in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, which have been devastated by ten years of violence, the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt, has challenged Christians in [...]
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Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds

By EWTN News on Jan 16, 2026 02:11 pm
Member of Parliament David Smith, the U.K. special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, speaks at the parliamentary launch of the World Watch List on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Open Doors Jan 16, 2026 / 10:11 am (CNA). More Christians were ki... [...]
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In praise of single-sex dormitories

“It is in the sacrament of the Eucharist where we profit from His Passion”

By Paul Senz on Jan 22, 2026 08:28 pm
The Eucharist is at the heart of our lives as Catholics, a truth that the Church has long recognized and celebrated. But what does that mean? What role does the Eucharist play in our lives? [...]
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In praise of single-sex dormitories

By Teagan Byrne on Jan 22, 2026 06:51 pm
I live in a female college dorm where men are forbidden. And I wouldn’t change it for the world! I feel safe, I have great friendships with both men and women, and I feel supported [...]
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John Allen Jr., author and longtime Vatican reporter, dies at 61

By EWTN News on Jan 22, 2026 11:30 am
John Allen Jr. | Credit: John Allen/CC BY-SA 3.0 Jan 22, 2026 / 12:30 pm (CNA). John Allen Jr., the prolific author and longtime Vatican reporter hailed for his insightful coverage of the Holy See across multiple pontificates, died on Jan. 22 a... [...]
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With Roe gone, we still need a culture of life

By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Jan 22, 2026 04:00 am
Volunteering in the Pro-Life movement in the 1990s, I remember praying for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as if it would immediately end the abortion problem in the United States. As a high schooler, [...]
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The Politics of Three Cardinals

By CWR Staff on Jan 21, 2026 08:13 pm
Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...]
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Fact-checking the New Yorker

By George Weigel on Jan 21, 2026 04:00 am
Back in the day, when the New Yorker set the standard for literary elegance among serious American journals, writers were driven to distraction by the fanatical fact-checking characteristic of the magazine’s gimlet-eyed editors. But the old New Yorker ain’t [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

By CWR Staff on Jan 21, 2026 03:00 am
Three cardinals don’t speak for the Church (Catholic Culture): “When three American cardinals issued a statement on American foreign policy earlier this week, their comments naturally commanded public attention.” Jay Leno honors ‘for better or [...]
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Islam, Iran, and the separation of church and state

By Marcus Peter on Jan 20, 2026 09:41 pm
Public debate surrounding the turmoil in Iran is increasing, and rightly so. Unfortunately, I have observed an increasing default to a tired conclusion, namely that religion itself represents a corrosive threat to political order and [...]
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Catholics express mixed views on first year of Trump’s second term

By EWTN News on Jan 20, 2026 12:21 pm
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Jan 20, 2026 / 1... [...]
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When words mean anything, they mean nothing(ness)

By Kenneth Craycraft on Jan 19, 2026 08:12 pm
Over the course of a few days in mid-January, the U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) heard oral argument in a major Title IX case, a U.S. Senate committee held a hearing about the danger of chemical abortions, and [...]
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“Throughout the year”: Why there is nothing ordinary about “Ordinary Time”

By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Jan 19, 2026 07:04 pm
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on January 18, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Let’s check your grasp of what we were taught in kindergarten about the “primary [...]
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