Headlines for January 20, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 News Analysis: Abuse report faults Munich leadership of Pope Benedict, Cardinal Marx
 St. Irenaeus to be named Doctor of the Church
 Pope on prisons: No inmate should ever be deprived of hope
 360 million Christians face ‘high levels of persecution and discrimination’
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: Russia’s geopolitical considerations are not based on Christian values
 Pope again scrubs plans for Vatican’s Lenten Retreat
 Report: Whistleblowers from 5 Wisconsin dioceses assisting attorney-general’s investigation
 Indian religious urge cardinal to speak out against persecution of Christians
 In priest’s abuse trial, German archbishop testifies he mishandled situation
 Papal guidance for Italian construction industry
 Three candidates advance toward beatification
 Vatican Synod office offers publicity for Women’s Ordination Conference
 Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy is sentenced to death
 Leading Kazakh Catholic bishop backs government claims of attempted coup d’état
 Myanmar bishops’ appeal: respect human life and dignity, allow humanitarian aid
 Pope appeals for prayers for tsunami-hit Tonga
 Supreme Court takes up former football coach’s firing for praying on field

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Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of Lent: The time has arrived in the Church year for the solemn observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days of penance is marked with the austere…

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