A commission of inquiry is at work in the country to establish who was responsible for the violence that broke out during elections last October.

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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (CBCT) issues a pastoral letter urging Catholics across the country to vote responsibly in the forthcoming general election on February 8.

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At the conclusion of the General Audience, Pope Leo recalls International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed on 27 January, and invokes “the gift of a world without antisemitism,” free from prejudice, oppression, and persecution, and founded on “mutual respect and the common good.”

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During his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV remembers the "beloved people of Mozambique," struck by devastating floods, and expresses his prayers for the victims and reassures his closeness to loved ones, the displaced, and rescue workers.

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During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his reflection on the Dogmatic Constitution 'Dei Verbum' on Divine Revelation and emphasizes the close relationship between Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

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At Auschwitz-Birkenau commemorations, speakers warn against reducing memory to ritual, urging instead that it serve as a guiding light and ethical responsibility. A survivor and the Museum Director describe remembrance as crucial amid growing global instability.

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After ten years as the President of the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, the mandate of Father Federico Lombardi comes to an end, and Father Roberto Regoli, the new President, thanks Father Lombardi and looks ahead to an “exciting five-year period” for the Foundation with the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of Benedict XVI in 2027.

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The Pope makes a brief statement to journalists in Castel Gandolfo and, commenting on the situation in the Middle East, urges people to pray for peace. Recalling Holocaust Remembrance Day, he says: “Let us fight against all forms of antisemitism.”

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South Sudan’s Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba and President of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SSSCBC), Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, has condemned recent inflammatory language from senior military officials. He stated that the Sudanese Bishops strongly oppose calls for indiscriminate violence in Jonglei State.

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WASHINGTON – “Consecrated men and women are a witness to the hope of a life lived in Christ that is awaited to be fully received in Heaven,” said Archbishop-designate Ronald A. Hicks, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations. The committee assists bishops in promoting, supporting, and educating about the Church’s pastoral needs and concerns for the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life, and addresses issues concerning the life and ministry of bishops. Instituted by Saint John Paul II in 1997, the Catholic Church observes the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on February 2 each year. Dioceses, parishes, and schools take the opportunity to recognize, celebrate, and pray for those in consecrated life and those discerning this state of life. 

“By responding to the vocational call such as consecrated virginity, religious life, and members of secular institutes and societies of Apostolic life, consecrated men and women reveal God’s invitation to love him with one’s whole life even now while on Earth as it will be in Heaven. Living out this love can start before one enters into consecrated life through active participation in the Mass, such as being an altar server or lector, or parish ministry, and teaching the faith to God’s people,” said Archbishop-designate Hicks.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations, in preparation for this celebration, commissions a study each year on newly professed men and women religious through the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University. The full CARA report and profiles of the Profession Class of 2025 may be found here.   

Resources on the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life are available on the USCCB’s website World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life.

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