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Pope Leo names reconciliation champion as new archbishop of Prague
Posted on 02/3/2026 08:49 AM (CNA Daily News)
Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, the 54-year-old Redemptorist known for championing Czech-German reconciliation, returns to his hometown to lead the historic archdiocese.
New research suggests Halley’s Comet was identified by 11th-century monk
Posted on 02/3/2026 08:04 AM (CNA Daily News)
While Edmond Halley is credited as the first to determine that the comet that bears his name reappears cyclically, new research indicates that a medieval monk may have first noted the pattern.
Gen Z students swap ‘pints for pews’ visiting 40 churches and counting
Posted on 02/3/2026 05:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
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.
Former CIA spy tells Catholic leaders faith and espionage can coexist
Posted on 02/3/2026 04:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Ex-CIA veteran James Olson defended espionage as “moral” at a Catholic leadership summit.
Sainthood cause opens for Adele Brice, who witnessed first approved U.S. Marian apparitions
Posted on 02/2/2026 15:30 PM (CNA Daily News)
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.
70,000 young people make pilgrimage to Mexico’s Christ the King monument
Posted on 02/2/2026 14:59 PM (CNA Daily News)
Around 70,000 young people from across Mexico made the pilgrimage on Jan. 31 to Christ the King monument in Guanajuato state, in what became one of the largest youth pilgrimages in recent years.
U.S. bishops ‘applaud’ expanded Mexico City Policy
Posted on 02/2/2026 12:51 PM (CNA Daily News)
The bishops called for related policies to recognize “the inherent dignity of every human person.”
Pope Leo XIV tells religious: Be ‘leaven of peace’ and a ‘sign of hope’
Posted on 02/2/2026 12:21 PM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff urged consecrated men and women to witness to God’s presence in a world where faith and daily life often drift apart.
IRF Summit details how nations can promote religious freedom abroad: Be ‘persistent’
Posted on 02/2/2026 11:51 AM (CNA Daily News)
Religious freedom advocates addressed how personal anecdotes and persistence are the keys to help leaders promote religious freedom globally.
Italian cardinal named president of Vatican bank oversight commission
Posted on 02/2/2026 10:32 AM (CNA Daily News)
Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, the retired archbishop of L’Aquila, succeeds Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the retired archbishop of Vienna.