Headlines for January 23, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 AI must serve the human person, Pope tells WEF
 Trump pardons 23 jailed pro-life activists
 Trump administration drops special immigration treatment for churches
 Virginia bishop decries IVF in pastoral letter
 Ortega regime seizes Nicaragua’s Matagalpa seminary
 Some of President Trump’s executive orders are ‘deeply troubling,’ USCCB president says
 Pope thanks Public Safety officials for dedication to service
 Pope endorses auto-safety education, environmental concern
 Diplomatic immunity shields Vatican investigator from complaint in Peru
 Chinese bishop transferred to new diocese
 Senate Democrats block advance of Born-Alive Protection bill
 In visit to France and Norway, Cardinal Parolin discusses defense of human life, peace
 First Bibles published in Malaysian language
 Pope answers letter from a separated father
 Amid prospect of mass deportations, remember love of neighbor, Oklahoma archbishop says
 Catholic education system in Mali endangered by government funding cuts
 Vietnam arrests Protestant pastor for ‘anti-state propaganda’
 ‘We do not pray to win the war, but to obtain peace,’ DR Congo bishops’ spokesman says

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

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The weekday Masses towards the end of Lent are like a Passion Play. The Gospels, as one scene after the other, show the mounting hatred and growing tension. This is the “Abraham Mass,” telling of the inheritance received through Abraham. The Opening Prayer reminds us of our great inheritance received from Christ.…

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