Headlines for January 09, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 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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Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

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The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the…

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