Headlines for January 31, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 US bishops’ leader promises dialogue with Trump on immigration
 Annulment reforms designed to speed process, not undermine marriage bond, Pope says
 Be consolers of the broken, Pope tells bishops, seminarians of flood-stricken Valencia region
 Large American dioceses failing to replace aging priests, study shows
 New Orleans archdiocese ousts Food Bank directors in finance dispute
 Another Italian priest excommunicated for denying Pope’s authority
 FBI nominee promise probe of ‘radical traditional Catholic’ memo
 Trump restores US membership in UN pro-life coalition
 Missionary pleads for international action in DR Congo
 Chinese bishop, victim of Vatican-China deal, celebrates ordination anniversary under house arrest
 Pakistan’s blasphemy law has become ‘a trap and a business,’ attorneys warn
 Visa backlog threatens 1/4 of NY priests, op-ed warns
 Journalist at Jubilee event critiques Vatican’s PR, organizational efforts
 USCCB committee chairman pays tribute to Catholic schools

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Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

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The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church is in honor of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the…

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