By Franciscan Media – What we know from the New Testament of Timothy’s life makes it sound like that of a modern harried bishop. He had the honor of being a fellow apostle with Paul, both sharing the privilege of preaching the gospel and suffering for it… Timothy had a Greek father and a Jewish mother named Eunice. Being the product of a “mixed” marriage, he was considered illegitimate by the Jews. …

By Mark Lambert, Substack, (Complicit Clergy) – My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that Pope Leo had met Cardinal Roger Mahony at the Vatican on 22nd January 2026, calmly posing for photos with the former Archbishop of Los Angeles… If you don’t know why this might have shocked me. You’re going to find this essay fascinating!.. Cardinal Mahony remains one of the most deeply problematic figures in the modern history of the American Church because his failures were not abstract errors of judgment but concrete decisions that exposed children to harm and obstructed justice for victims. …

By S.A. McCarthy, The American Spectator – Martin has established himself, since taking over the diocese in 2024, as a staunch opponent of traditional Catholic practices. When celebrating Mass in churches where altar rails or kneelers are in place, Martin will reportedly stand in front of the kneelers in order to prevent communicants from using them. Last year, he imposed heavy restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), which had surged in popularity over the preceding years.

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing – Now, our Lord’s first words in public ministry were not “All are welcome.” They were the seemingly less inviting “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” But these two phrases are not as opposed as some might think – or want – them to be. This Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 4:12-23) gives us occasion to consider our Lord’s curious invitation to all… The Christian message has two fundamental parts: sin and redemption. Jesus’ words capture them. Repent – because there is such a thing as sin, and we commit it. For the kingdom of heaven is at hand – because God has sought us out to bring us back to Himself. Let’s take each of these in turn.

By Laura Echevarria, LifeNews – National Right to Life today welcomed a series of significant pro-life actions taken by the Trump administration this week, culminating in powerful remarks delivered today by President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to thousands of Americans gathered for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C… In a prerecorded message to marchers, President Trump thanked participants for standing up for the unborn and reflected on the historic pro-life victories achieved during his presidency, including the appointment of judges who ultimately led to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade.

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – A day before the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., 76 House Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues in defeating a measure aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from bankrolling facilities that perform abortions and “trans” surgeries on children… The moment came late Thursday afternoon when the GOP-controlled House of Representatives killed an amendment put forward by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., to a FY2026 government spending bill. The amendment sought to ax Senate-inserted earmarks that allocate millions in taxpayer money to entities that conduct harmful “trans” procedures on minors and abortions.

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Mark 3:22-30 – 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” 23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.

By Anthony Iafrate, The Daily Signal – Hours after Border Patrol fatally shot an armed man Saturday in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he and other Democrats will not back a legislative package including a bill funding the DHS, potentially risking a partial government shutdown… The Senate has until Jan. 30 to pass a six-bill package funding multiple federal government agencies… If a total of 60 senators do not support the package by the deadline, the country will face a partial government shutdown—less than four months removed from a record 43-day standoff which Schumer and the vast majority of his caucus consistently voted to prolong. …

By Msgr. Hans Feichtinger, Crisis Magazine – “What is the difference between a liturgist and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.” This slightly nasty joke exists in many languages, an indication of how the underlying issues are not limited to isolated pockets of the global Catholic Church. Similar jibes exist in other churches, mostly those affected by liturgical reforms comparable to the one put in motion after Vatican II for the Latin Rite, to what Pope Benedict termed its “ordinary form.” But let’s be clear, liturgical obsession is alive also among reform-resistant groups and practitioners of the “extraordinary form.”

By Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, National Catholic Register – If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, and you were surrounded by your friends, what dying wish would you leave them with? We all would likely have different answers, but we know what Jesus’ answer is to that question from what St. John tells us that Jesus told his friends at that Last Supper the night before he died: “Love one another as I love you.”… Now, in the world in which we live, people might easily misunderstand this as meaning something very superficial, just simple acts of affection and sharing of company. But Jesus goes on to explain what that means: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

By Msgr. Roger Landry, National Catholic Register – On the memorial of St. Francis de Sales, there are many ways we can celebrate him: as a doctor of the Church for his teachings on the devout life, the love of God and the universal call to holiness, as the patron of journalists and communicators, and as the “Gentleman Saint.”… At a time, however, when Pope Leo is summoning us together to “look for ways to become a missionary Church,” it is fitting to focus on St. Francis as one of the great missionaries in Church history, one who almost single-handedly carried out the reevangelization of an enormous region of the French alps after the people of the Chablais had given up, and many turned against, the practice of the Catholic faith. .

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – A couple has filed a lawsuit against a Florida fertility clinic after they gave birth to a baby girl who was not biologically theirs in December 2025… The couple says they have formed a “deep emotional bond” with the baby, but believe she should be reunited with her biological parents… They also worry that their own embryos may have been implanted into another woman… The tragic case reveals one of the many problems that can occur with IVF.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – President Donald Trump on Wednesday marked National Sanctity of Human Life Day with a statement condemning abortion because every unborn child also has a right to life… Trump is renewing his administration’s “steadfast commitment to fostering a culture that respects, upholds, and cherishes the inherent dignity and infinite worth of every precious human soul,” calling the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision a “moral and constitutional atrocity” and praising the Supreme Court’s 2022 reversal that returned abortion policy to the states.

By Kate Quiñones, EWTN News, (Catholic World Report) –  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday that it will stop funding research that uses fetal tissue of aborted babies… Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, said in a Jan. 22 statement that the agency has “reexamined its approach related to the use of human fetal tissue in federally funded research.”

By Alex Christy, MRC TV – As of Friday, former CNN host Don Lemon has been able to avoid being arrested for his role in a Sunday takeover of a St. Paul church service thanks to some judicial activism. Reacting to everything on his Thursday podcast, Lemon patted himself on the back for his role in the incident while accusing his critics of “homophobia and racism.”… I wasn’t a protester. And everybody knew that if my name was in it, that it would be big news. ‘Oh my God, we got this one.’ …