Headlines for January 15, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus receive 1st dose of Covid vaccine
 Worshippers, protesters fined $1,800 in British Columbia
 Federal court rules lesbian employee may not sue Catholic college for ‘hostile work environment’
 Canadian Supreme Court: Archdiocese liable for abuse payments following order’s bankruptcy
 Catholic advocates welcome treaty banning nuclear weapons coming into force
 New Zealand bishops: Everyone has a moral responsibility to receive Covid vaccine
 More worshippers allowed at Oregon Masses
 Attacks on Christians continue in Niger
 2 Pakistani Christians murdered after refusing to renounce faith
 Archbishop Gänswein: Pope Emeritus Benedict is ‘very frail’
 Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, Pope tells ambassador
 Cardinal Gregory: ‘We need the Lord to cast out demon of division in our nation’
 Blocking undocumented workers from Covid vaccines will be a disaster, say officials of USCCB, Catholic organizations
 February 1 reopening planned for Vatican Museums
 El Paso bishop decries America’s ‘hardening of the heart’
 Online initiatives to mark Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
 Zambian bishop, once Vatican Radio director, dies of Covid

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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