Headlines for January 05, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 German Catholics’ manifesto opposes bishops’ Synodal Path
 Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘St. Joseph, Jesus’ foster father’
 In message for World Day of the Sick, Pope emphasizes centrality of mercy
 Pope, in video, deplores persecution of religious minorities
 Leading EU cardinal backs Covid passports at churches
 Vatican newspaper welcomes joint statement by 5 leading nuclear powers
 Former Jesuit chaplain to US House defends pro-choice Democrats
 Russia working against papal visit to Ukraine, envoy says
 Report on Munich archdiocese will detail abuse policies of future Pope Benedict
 Mozambique’s religious leaders pledge peace in Cabo Delgado
 Catholics hold funeral after Myanmar massacre; attacks continue
 Court sets March date for former Cardinal McCarrick’s hearing
 Spanish Cardinal Francisco Alvarez Martinez dead at 96
 Catholic Bible podcast #1 in US again
 Bangladesh: Garo Catholic girls raped by young Muslims in Mymensingh
 Azhar grand imam visits Coptic cathedral to offer greetings on Christmas

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Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of Lent: The time has arrived in the Church year for the solemn observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days of penance is marked with the austere…

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