Pope Francis expressed the hope that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19, “would be respected immediately by all the parties [involved]” and would lead to “the release of all the hostages” and the rapid provision of urgently needed humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza.

A Reflection for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, by Ashley McKinless

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, by Connor Hartigan

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Vice President-elect JD Vance’s wife, Usha, a practicing Hindu, once told him that she believed his 2019 conversion to Catholicism “was good for you.”

The retired Brooklyn priest and the president-elect of the United States struck up an unlikely relationship because the clergyman took an interest in the president-elect's family gravesite.