Headlines for January 06, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Christ is the star that guides the Magi, Pope says
 Pope tells faithful: make more time for worship
 French archbishop, others protest proposed law against religious extremism
 Tucson diocese: no indoor Mass for a month
 Federal appeals court: County Covid order closing all high schools infringes parochial schools’ rights
 Polish parliament honors Cardinal Wyszynski
 Germany: Catholic officials ask reporters for ‘silence’ on child abuse report
 Uganda’s bishops caution police on election
 Central African Republic: regional capital now a ghost town, bishop reports
 Mass to be celebrated at West Bank baptismal site for first time since 1954
 Vatican, Lutheran body recall 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s excommunication
 Judge dismisses 12 Covington Catholic students’ defamation suit against media outlets
 Chicago activist priest removed from parish for decades-old abuse allegation
 Bishops in Dominican Republic deplore violence against women
 National Prayer Vigil for Life to take place virtually
 Video released for January papal prayer intention
 Leading Korean prelate links pandemic, ecological damage

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Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr; St. Ansgar, Bishop

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The Universal Calendar offers two saints, Blaise and Ansgar, for separate celebration as Optional Memorial. St. Blaise (or Blase) (d. 320) enjoyed widespread veneration in the Eastern and Western Churches due to many cures attributed to him. According to tradition, he was Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and…

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