Headlines for January 17, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Prosecutors charge Italian archbishop for getting vaccinated before his turn
 Pope encourages Theatines, says curial reform is inspired by Church’s mission
 Dutch cardinal orders parishes opened
 Pope greets ecumenical delegation as Week of Prayer for Christian Unity starts
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: ‘We really want’ Pope Francis to visit
 Italian pro-lifers rap Jesuit journal article on assisted-suicide legislation
 ‘Savage wolves’: Patriarch of Alexandria denounces actions of Russian Orthodox Church in Africa
 German canon lawyer: Wait for abuse report before casting blame on Pope Benedict
 Cardinal Turkson calls for greater governmental regulation of charismatic sects in Ghana
 Holy See calls for renewed focus on religious freedom in Europe
 Two top Vatican prelates test positive for Covid
 Order of Malta would be ‘subject’ of Holy See under new constitution
 US bishops pay tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King’s biblical vision, commitment to nonviolence
 Mass disrupted; two arrests in San Antonio
 Kazakh bishops’ official says Catholics shocked by riots
 Cardinal Dolan laments attacks on houses of worship
 Pope meets leader of Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Memorial of Sts. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

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Today's Memorial of Saints Cornelius (d. 253) and Cyprian (190-258) commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian. He had to oppose Novatian, the first anti-pope, who believed that apostates…

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