Headlines for January 20, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope, in weekly general audience, reflects on prayer for Christian unity
 ‘Time to heal wounds in the United States,’ Vatican spokesman writes in op-ed
 Pope urges Venezuelan clergy to unite love and service
 Pope cancels Lenten Retreat for Roman Curia
 Cardinal Gregory offers invocation at national tribute to lives lost to Covid
 US bishops: Regulatory change will prevent government discrimination against faith-based social services
 Federal appeals court backs conscience rights on ‘transgender’ case
 British Tories’ report find widespread human-rights abuse in China
 President-elect Biden has appointed 7 Catholics as Cabinet nominees
 Supreme Court case unites ACLU, USCCB
 Salvadoran archbishop refuses to open records on El Mozote massacre
 ‘Climate of fear’: Philippine bishops condemn killings of Tumandok indigenous
 Title IX applies only to biological sex, US Education Department says
 Maronite Patriarch appeals for greater separation of civil, religious spheres
 Trump signs anti-Semitism bill into law, creating ambassadorial post
 Colombian prelate decries ‘another pandemic’: ‘irrational violence’
 Jesuits renew call for release of Father Swamy from Indian prison

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