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Man arrested for setting fire to Tennessee parish

January 26, 2026

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CWN Editor's Note: A 29-year-old man has been arrested for setting fire to a Knoxville, Tennessee, parish in 2024.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has documented over 400 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States since 2020.

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Mon26 January
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Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops. —St. Timothy (d. 97), born in Galatia in Asia Minor, was baptized and later ordained to the priesthood by St. Paul. The young Galatian became Paul's missionary companion and his most beloved spiritual son. St. Paul…

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