Bishop Michael Burbidge of Raleigh offers a New Year's reflection; Fact of Faith: The Gifts of the Magi;

Bp. David Ricken discusses the first confirmed Marian apparition in the U.S. that occurred in his Diocese of Green Bay; Bp. Howard Hubbard discusses the U.S. bishops' statement on the START treaty; CNS Spotlight: Catholics in the new Congress; Tom Costanza of the Archdiocese of New Orleans discusses persistent problems lingering after the Gulf oil spill; Rome Report: electric pope mobile; Movie Review: "The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader."