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Ice Chapel Mass Draws Thousands at Notre Dame

Matt Cashore
Holy Cross Father Pete McCormick celebrates Mass Feb. 2, 2026, on the North Quad in front of the ‘St. Olaf Ice Chapel’ built by students.

More than 2,000 students gather by ‘St. Olaf Chapel’ to celebrate the feast of Candlemas in South Bend, Indiana.

Pope Leo Names Reconciliation Champion As New Archbishop of Prague

Jana Chadimová
Bishop Stanislav Přibyl celebrates Mass in Litoměřice, Czech Republic, in January 2026. Pope Leo XIV appointed him archbishop of Prague on Feb. 2, 2026.

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl, the 54-year-old Redemptorist known for championing Czech-German reconciliation, returns to his hometown to lead the historic archdiocese.

Gen Z Students Swap ‘Pints for Pews’ Visiting 40 Churches and Counting

Luke Doogue
Pictured left to right: Luke Doogue, Dylan Byrne, Bishop Denis Nulty, Neil Patterson, and Stephen Patterson.

In County Wicklow, Ireland, three young men decided to sidestep the secular Christmas season tradition of visiting 12 pubs and instead visited 12 different churches for Sunday Mass.

Former CIA Spy Tells Catholic Leaders Faith and Espionage Can Coexist

Photo courtesy of Legatus
Retired CIA Chief of Counterintelligence James Olson (left) at the Legatus Summit at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, California, on Jan. 31, 2026, with Ken Darnell, vice president of strategic development for Legatus.

Olson said the ordinary lifestyle of a spy involves 'living a lie.' He and his wife, Meredith, worked overseas as CIA operatives and protected their cover by constantly lying, even to their own children.

Cardinal Cupich’s Ever-Expanding ‘Coaching Tree’

Melissa Hartog illustration/National Catholic Register
L to R: Archbishops Michael McGovern of Omaha, Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee and Robert Casey of Cincinnati and New York Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich in the middle

The cardinal-archbishop of Chicago has profoundly reshaped the American hierarchy over the past 10 years and is poised to exert a lasting influence.

Sainthood Cause Opens for Adele Brice Who Witnessed First Approved US Marian Apparitions

Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, shares a reflection after issuing the decree on Jan. 30, 2026, to open Adele Brice’s cause for sainthood during the 7 p.m. vespers at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The Catholic Church has officially opened the cause for sainthood of Belgian immigrant who had visions of the Blessed Mother.