Headlines for January 27, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope, in weekly general audience, emphasizes importance of Sacred Scripture in life of prayer
 ‘Ethiopia is living a nightmare’: churches, convents robbed and destroyed
 Typical new US religious: 38-year-old cradle Catholic who regularly took part in Eucharistic adoration
 Thousands attend San Francisco’s in-person Walk for Life
 Retired Belarus archbishop pledges to remain active in national life
 After Islamic militants abduct orphans, Nigerian prelate pleads for improved security
 Jailed Indian Jesuit pens letter on prisoners’ plight
 With priests ‘far fewer in number,’ Quebec cardinal announces focus on missionary outreach
 Cardinal Sako laments recent Iraqi insecurity, launches prayer and fasting initiative
 Sitting in pew, Pope attends funeral of his personal physician
 USCCB publishes interfaith guidebook on ecology
 Plenary indulgence available for those who participate virtually in National Prayer Vigil for Life

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Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria (376-444). Cyril was one of the metropolitan sees of the Christian Church in the east, was one of the great defenders of the faith against the heresy of Nestorius who denied the oneness of person in Jesus Christ. At the Council of Ephesus…

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