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Headlines for January 09, 2025

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 Pope’s ‘State of the World’ address calls for ‘diplomacy of hope’
 Pope cuts short speech, citing ‘bit of a cold’
 Police say they have foiled planned jihadist attack on Spanish basilica
 Ecumenical Patriarch celebrates Christmas in Russian parish, prays for unity with Catholic Church
 Biden cancels plan for final trip, papal audience
 Nigerian kidnappings continue: two nuns abducted
 Massive procession honors ‘Black Nazarene’ in Manila
 Cardinal Tobin announces plan for ‘pastoral conversion’ in Newark
 USCCB office publishes ‘Catholic Elements of Immigration Reform’
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 Vatican lists diplomatic ties with 184 countries
 Some young Haitians are converting to Islam for money, bishop says
 Papal tribute to circus entertainers
 Devotion to Blessed Carlo Acutis spreads among Asian youth
 Los Angeles fire destroys parish

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Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church. As deacon at Edessa, he vigorously combated the heresies of his time, and to do so more effectively wrote poems and hymns about the…

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