Headlines for January 21, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pro-abortion group projects messages onto National Shrine during US bishops’ prayer vigil for life
 Supreme Court permits continued enforcement of Texas 6-week abortion ban
 Pope urges doctrinal congregation to support discernment
 St. Irenaeus formally named Doctor of the Church
 Attack on Christian worshippers in Liberia leads to stampede, killing 29
 Order of Malta sovereignty will be ‘totally preserved,’ Cardinal Tomasi promises
 Report documents rise in violence against Christian women in predominantly Muslim countries
 26-year-old Rawalpindi woman sentenced to death for blasphemy
 Grenade found inside a church in Colombo
 Former Senator Donnelly named US ambassador to Holy See
 UN Food and Agricultural Organization leader meets with Pope
 Vigil Mass for Life: ‘Every human being, at every stage of life, should be treated with respect’
 France moves closer to banning veils, other religious symbols in sports competitions
 40 Mount Athos monks have died of Covid

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates two pope saints, Soter and Caius, separated by a century. Pope St. Soter (d. 175) was the twelfth pope, and succeeded Anicetus as Pope in 166. He died a martyr in 175, under Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Pope St. Caius (d. 296) was the 28th pope. Caius governed…

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