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State Department Set to Roll Out Religious-Worker Visa Plan Next Month

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Church officials have warned that the backlog could lead to significant priest shortages in the country,

Visas for religious workers allow foreign nationals to work for a U.S. religious organization, through the temporary R-1 visa or a Green Card EB-4 visa, which requires at least two years of membership in the same denomination and a job offer from a qualifying nonprofit religious group.

Year in Review/Most Viewed Stories

Simone Risoluti
Pope Leo speaks to youth attending NCYC on Nov. 21 via livestream on EWTN.

We have three guests, first Jonah McKeown, discussing the Year in Review, followed by Kevin Knight and Matt McDonald, reviewing the Register's most viewed stories of the year.

AI and the Church/Catholic Voters Poll

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AI shaking up the Church & the world? Register Radio dives in with Notre Dame’s Paolo Carozza (Meta oversight board) + explosive new EWTN/RealClear poll on Catholic voters!

Pope Leo XIV Writes Preface to Book That Shaped His Spiritual Life

Vatican Media
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 14, 2025.

Leo emphasizes that the small book by Brother Lawrence places at the center not merely the experience but a true 'practice' of the presence of God, lived in everyday life.