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El Cardenal Timothy Dolan, Arzobispo Emérito de Nueva York, compartió una lección de fe en Dios que le dio su sobrina alguna vez y animó a recuperar la tradición de darle gracias antes de cada comida, también fuera de casa.

Los fieles católicos del pueblo de Tomayquichua en Huánuco (Perú) participaron con gran entusiasmo de la inauguración de la nueva iglesia de Santa Rosa de Lima, tras 15 años de duro trabajo y esfuerzo común.

El Papa León XIV recibió en el Vaticano al Cardenal Vicente Bokalic, Arzobispo de Santiago del Estero y Primado de la Argentina. En el encuentro se habló de la posibilidad de que el Pontífice viaje al país sudamericano, entre otros temas.

El arzobispo Georg Gänswein, exsecretario personal del Papa Benedicto XVI, dijo que ahora no reza por el difunto pontífice, sino al difunto, pidiendo su intercesión, y expresó su esperanza de que la causa de beatificación se abra pronto.

La Iglesia Católica en Panamá alentó al país a responder a la “necesidad impostergable de darnos una nueva Constitución”, en su mensaje tras la 224° asamblea ordinaria de los obispos, que se realizó el 5 al 8 de enero.

“Mi pensamiento se dirige a lo que está ocurriendo en estos días en Oriente Medio, en particular en Irán y en Siria”, afirmó el Papa tras lamentar que estas “tensiones persistentes están provocando la muerte de muchas personas”.

Jan 11, 2026 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Soon after the election of Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle shared in a press conference that moments before then-Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen to be pontiff, Tagle noticed the emotion by the soon-to-be-pope as it was becoming more clear he would be elected, so he reached into his pocket and offered Prevost a piece of candy.

It was this simple moment that inspired Lauren Winter, founder of the Catholic company Brick House in the City, to start the Adopt a Bishop initiative.

“It really reminded me that these are all human beings who made the choice one day to accept a very serious ‘yes,’” Winter told CNA in an interview.

The Adopt a Bishop initiative, which has been launched in collaboration with The Dorothea Project, invites the faithful to adopt a bishop for the year and pray for that bishop throughout the year.

“I think our bishops carry an enormous and often invisible spiritual weight,” she said. “They carry a responsibility that most of us never see — it’s pastoral and spiritual and it’s deeply personal and they’re holding entire dioceses in their prayer. And I think that kind of weight requires spiritual support.”

This is the first year of the initiative and over 1,000 people have already signed up to adopt a bishop in prayer. When an individual signs up on the website that person is randomly assigned a bishop from anywhere in the world.

Winter explained that she decided to use a random generator in order to “remove preference.”

“I didn’t want anyone to choose a bishop that they already knew and admired and I wanted to leave that room for the Holy Spirit,” she said. “And it may be a bishop you are already familiar with. It may be a bishop that is someone that you have disagreed with. But the call to prayer is still there and I think receiving a bishop instead of choosing one, that felt more like a posture of reception, which I feel like it’s more aligned with how grace works in the Church — just leaving the room there for the Spirit to work.”

The Catholic business owner highlighted the importance spiritual adoption plays in the Church in that it reminds us that “we are also being prayed for, it strengthens the bonds within the Church, and then I feel like it helps us to live more intentionally as one body of Christ.”

Winter said she hopes that through this initiative “people feel more connected to their bishop, to the Church, to the quiet work of prayer, and how a small faithful commitment can really shape our faith.”

“I imagine many people when they meet a bishop, they ask the good bishop to pray for them and I think it’s really beautiful that we can return that — the reciprocity of prayer. I think they need our prayers too.”

Durante el ángelus de este domingo, en el que la Iglesia celebra la fiesta del Bautismo de Jesús, el Papa León XIV invitó a los fieles a “escuchar su Palabra e imitar sus gestos de amor al prójimo”.

La tradición de bautizar a los hijos de los trabajadores vaticanos se remonta a 1981, cuando fue instaurada por san Juan Pablo II. Las dos primeras ceremonias tuvieron lugar en la Capilla Paulina, y desde 1983 se celebran en la Capilla Sixtina.

León XIV impartió el primero de los sacramentos de iniciación cristiana a 20 niños, hijos de empleados vaticanos, en la Capilla Sixtina