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Stories for January 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Jan. 29

 Think of children in annulment cases, Pope urges Roman Rota
 In World Missionary Day message, Pope calls for culture of compassion
 Cardinal Müller raps Catholic defenders of Biden stance
 Pontifical Institute defends Biden’s position on abortion
 Twitter suspends Catholic World Report for transgender report
 Rwandan priest, ‘apostle of forgiveness,’ dies in Utah of Covid
 Vatican foreign minister calls on Catholics to dialogue with advocates of Green New Deal
 Pray and fast for President Biden’s conversion of heart on abortion, prelate preaches at National Prayer Vigil for Life
 Leading Polish prelate deplores anti-Semitism
 Cardinal: Pope’s March trip to Iraq is still on
 Tanzania’s bishops warn of Covid despite president’s denial
 Bishop in Dominica reverses course, supports anti-sodomy law
 US Supreme Court orders review of Texas ban on clergy at executions
 Bishops decry President Biden’s executive order promoting abortion overseas
 US bishop chairman grateful for administration’s early actions to address urgent food and housing needs
 Dominican laments Mexico’s treatment of asylum-seekers near US border
 Vatican Secretary of State begins weeklong trip to strife-torn Cameroon
 Cardinal Nichols, English Jesuit leader call on Indian government to release Father Swamy
 Australian bishops announce new abuse protocol
 Pontifical council, Muslim figures discuss religious radicalism
 World Food Program leader warns Pope of looming famine

Released Thursday, Jan. 28

 Archbishop Cordileone laments lack of understanding of ‘worthiness to receive’
 Syrian prelate says trade sanctions harm the poor
 Virginia bishops deplore state house passage of ‘drastic’ taxpayer funded abortion bill
 Church, state, 20,000 faithful mark 125th anniversary of Ivory Coast’s evangelization
 India marks Republic Day amid serious human rights concerns
 In Turkey, historic Armenian church razed to the ground
 More Americans than people in other wealthy nations say Covid has strengthened religious faith
 Fort Worth bishop criticizes President Biden’s statement on Roe v. Wade
 Renaming Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans honors prominent African-American Catholic
 Archbishop Gomez, citing Pope Francis, emphasizes we cannot be silent about abortion
 Nigerian archbishop: ‘our priests, nuns and catechists are not for sale’
 German Christians launch Year of Ecumenism
 ‘Be aware of how this road of death, extermination, and brutality began’: Pope recalls Holocaust
 Primate asks forgiveness following report on Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland
 Leading Philippine prelate: amid pandemic, celebrate 500 years of Christianity with good deeds
 In Madhya Pradesh, 100 Hindu activists attack prayer gathering in Catholic media center

Released Wednesday, Jan. 27

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

Released Tuesday, Jan. 26

 Filipino police probe rape accusation against slain priest
 Vatican finds retired Wyoming bishop guilty of ‘flagrant’ behavior
 Iraqi prelate promotes prayer campaign for security in Iraq
 San Francisco archbishop celebrates indoor Mass despite ban
 Missing priest found dead in Burkina Faso
 Drive-in, drive-up, walk-up: Vancouver archbishop issues guidelines for receiving Communion during pandemic
 Patriarch reaffirms Christ’s baptismal site is in Jordan
 Archbishop Vigneron issues pastoral letter on Scripture
 2nd man accuses Chicago’s Father Pfleger of sex abuse
 Church leaders in Thailand decry bill legalizing 1st-trimester abortions
 In a first in Spain, Jesuits to pay compensation to victims of sexual abuse
 Cardinal Tobin, other bishops lament bullying of LGBT youth
 After outcry, Salvadoran archbishop will grant access to archive on massacre
 English prelate joins other religious leaders in condemning China’s persecution of the Uyghurs
 Over 10% of Congress is Jesuit-educated
 Holy Spirit guided takedown of notorious abortionist, says detective
 Mexico’s Catholic population falls to 78%
 USCCB chairmen welcome President Biden’s executive order on Census and undocumented immigrants
 Pontifical academy urges EU, WHO to take action to make Covid vaccines universally accessible
 Abiding in Jesus, unity with Christians, serving humanity: papal homily concludes Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Released Monday, Jan. 25

 Filipino priest shot and killed
 Papal almoner presides at funeral for homeless Roman
 Spanish mayor tears down cross at convent
 Cardinal Parolin encourages Climate Action Summit
 US bishops lament President Biden’s executive order on gender identity, sexual orientation
 US bishops’ pro-life chairman decries Biden-Harris statement on anniversary of Roe v. Wade
 Pope pens foreword to book on human trafficking victim
 Caritas leader calls on US, European nations to renounce ‘vaccine nationalism’
 In Northern Ireland, government, bishops extend shutdown of churches until March 5
 Sign nuclear weapons treaty, Australian bishops urge prime minister
 Pope recalls Sunday of the Word of God, urges all to read Bible
 Listen to the faithful and to be united in prayer, Pope says to leaders of Church in Latin America
 Pope Francis: Use the time God gives us to convert our lives
 Draw near to others, as God drew near to us, and read God’s word: papal homily
 Ailing Pope, reducing appearances, prays for homeless dead
 ‘Come and see’: theme of papal message for World Communications Day
 Family ministry begins with listening, recognizing grace, Vatican cardinal says
 Young people are bearing the pandemic’s greatest burden, leading Italian cardinal says

Released Friday, Jan. 22

 Abortion zealots disrupt Mass in Ohio cathedral on Roe anniversary
 Malaysian bishops extend ban on public Masses
 Vatican tribunal convicts three laymen in financial scandal
 Cardinal sees Danish legislation as threat to religious freedom
 Fauci assures WHO: Biden will protect abortion
 Biden, Harris underline commitment to abortion on Roe anniversary
 Portugal: bishops suspend public Masses
 At inaugural prayer service, faith leaders pray for nation, its leaders
 Priest among casualties at Madrid parish explosion
 Hundreds reportedly dead after massacre at church in Ethiopia
 Archbishop Gomez repeats: Abortion is the ‘most fundamental’ injustice
 US bishops, in flurry of statements, welcome President Biden’s actions on immigration, environment
 Total elimination of nuclear weapons is ‘moral and humanitarian imperative,’ Vatican foreign minister says
 English bishops ask government to transfer patient to native Poland after court orders withdrawal of food, water
 Bishops call on EU to help make the Mediterranean ‘a place of peaceful encounters’
 Bishops call on Israel to work with Palestinian authorities to make Covid vaccines accessible to Palestinians
 In Burkina Faso, a frantic search for a missing priest
 Pope, due to visit Iraq in March, condemns Baghdad attack

Released Thursday, Jan. 21

 Archbishop rebukes Pelosi for attack on pro-life voters
 Russian foreign minister charges US swayed Orthodox patriarch on Ukraine
 Priest lauds Biden at Mass before Inauguration
 Papal condolences after Baghdad suicide bombing
 Vatican advances beatification cause of Jerome Lejeune
 Ohio cathedral arson suspect, police officer killed in volley of gunfire
 US bishops begin novena for protection of human life
 Bishops clash over Archbishop Gomez’s statement on presidential inauguration
 US bishops’ conference president welcomes President Biden’s call for national healing, emphasizes ‘we cannot stay silent’ on abortion
 Ecumenical Patriarch holds virtual environmental summit
 Papal prayer for inhabitants of Amazon city hard hit by Covid
 Homeless people receive Covid vaccine in the Vatican
 Central American bishops: Respect the human rights of the thousands fleeing Honduras
 Papal prayer, solidarity following Madrid explosion
 Pope Francis sends message to President Biden
 Pope receives, congratulates Italian pro soccer team
 Papal appeal to nations to work toward elimination of nuclear weapons

Released Wednesday, Jan. 20

 Federal appeals court backs conscience rights on ‘transgender’ case
 British Tories’ report find widespread human-rights abuse in China
 Pope cancels Lenten Retreat for Roman Curia
 Pope, in weekly general audience, reflects on prayer for Christian unity
 President-elect Biden has appointed 7 Catholics as Cabinet nominees
 Supreme Court case unites ACLU, USCCB
 Title IX applies only to biological sex, US Education Department says
 Maronite Patriarch appeals for greater separation of civil, religious spheres
 Colombian prelate decries ‘another pandemic’: ‘irrational violence’
 Trump signs anti-Semitism bill into law, creating ambassadorial post
 Salvadoran archbishop refuses to open records on El Mozote massacre
 Cardinal Gregory offers invocation at national tribute to lives lost to Covid
 US bishops: Regulatory change will prevent government discrimination against faith-based social services
 ‘Time to heal wounds in the United States,’ Vatican spokesman writes in op-ed
 ‘Climate of fear’: Philippine bishops condemn killings of Tumandok indigenous
 Pope urges Venezuelan clergy to unite love and service
 Jesuits renew call for release of Father Swamy from Indian prison

Released Tuesday, Jan. 19

 Joe Scheidler, ‘godfather’ of pro-life activism, dead at 93
 Biden taps transgender health secretary
 Southern Africa: bishops, religious alarmed over Covid variant’s spread
 President-elect’s Cabinet nominee for science is pontifical academy member
 Kentucky bishop weighs in on Catholic public officials and the death penalty
 DR Congo bishop: ‘We have been on the Via Dolorosa for years’
 Archbishop Paglia: To promote the gift of life, ‘change of approach is extremely relevant’
 DC, Maryland, Delaware bishops issue statement for MLK Day
 ‘For the love of God, send us oxygen,’ plead bishops in Brazil’s Amazon region
 Cardinal Gregory to deliver invocation at Covid memorial before inauguration
 Papal condolences following death of former almoner
 English ordinariate celebrates 10th anniversary
 ‘The misery of the Central African people is unspeakable,’ bishops warn
 Pope Francis pays tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King’s legacy of nonviolence
 ‘Appeals to objective truth are treated as attempts to oppress,’ US bishops’ chairman says on Religious Freedom Day

Released Monday, Jan. 18

 Facebook bars Covid-conspiracy claims by Mexican cardinal
 New #2 appointed for Congregation for the Causes of Saints
 Australian Archbishop Wilson, conviction overturned, dead at 70
 Italian financier involved in Vatican property dispute sues newspaper for libel
 Salvadoran archbishop: ‘no progress’ since 1992 peace accord
 Nigerian priest, brother murdered
 Vatican drops extradition request in financial-scandal case
 South Dakota governor calls for Down syndrome abortion ban
 2021 March for Life will be virtual
 Pope Francis blesses NBA team’s MLK jersey
 ‘Massive, massive progress’: Cardinal Pell welcomes Pope’s removal of funds from Secretariat of State’s control
 ‘Words can be kisses,’ but also ‘swords,’ Pope writes in introduction to new book
 US bishop chairman urges peace following reports of plans for additional violence in US
 USCCB president recalls Rev. Martin Luther King’s ‘belief in nonviolence and the power of love’
 Leading Latin American prelate offers ‘4 great dreams’ for 2021
 Philippine bishops emphasize conscience in statement on Covid vaccines
 English, Welsh bishops mark Peace Sunday
 Iraq’s Catholics begin prayer for papal visit
 South African cardinal’s coadjutor dies of new Covid strand
 Background: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
 Papal tribute to Jewish-Catholic dialogue
 Pope Francis: God calls us to life, to faith, to a particular state in life
 Ambassador Callista Gingrich has farewell meeting with Pope
 Papal prayer for victims of Indonesia earthquake and plane crash

Released Friday, Jan. 15

 Worshippers, protesters fined $1,800 in British Columbia
 More worshippers allowed at Oregon Masses
 Federal court rules lesbian employee may not sue Catholic college for ‘hostile work environment’
 Attacks on Christians continue in Niger
 2 Pakistani Christians murdered after refusing to renounce faith
 Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, Pope tells ambassador
 El Paso bishop decries America’s ‘hardening of the heart’
 Canadian Supreme Court: Archdiocese liable for abuse payments following order’s bankruptcy
 Catholic advocates welcome treaty banning nuclear weapons coming into force
 Cardinal Gregory: ‘We need the Lord to cast out demon of division in our nation’
 Blocking undocumented workers from Covid vaccines will be a disaster, say officials of USCCB, Catholic organizations
 Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus receive 1st dose of Covid vaccine
 New Zealand bishops: Everyone has a moral responsibility to receive Covid vaccine
 Archbishop Gänswein: Pope Emeritus Benedict is ‘very frail’
 Online initiatives to mark Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
 February 1 reopening planned for Vatican Museums
 Zambian bishop, once Vatican Radio director, dies of Covid

Released Thursday, Jan. 14

 Brazilian Cardinal Eusebio Scheid dead at 88
 Filipino priest charged with sedition after criticizing Duterte
 Covid fears fuel rise is in persecution against Christians
 Spectacular ‘coding error’ leaves questions remaining about Vatican-Australia transfers
 Roman university backs off plan to honor Father Pavone
 Trove of Buffalo diocese abuse records turned over to victims in bankruptcy court
 Italian priest, accused of abetting alleged abuse ring, is hired by diocesan charity
 Irish PM denounces ‘perverse religious morality’ in nation’s past
 Belgian Catholics protest 15-person limit in churches
 English bishop protests withdrawal of food and water from Catholic patient
 HHS adopts amended LGBT rules
 Future of Catholic schools in Spain is in question under new law
 Nicaraguan bishop renews criticism of Ortega regime
 Avoid ‘reckless behaviors’ and listen to health experts, Bolivia’s bishops advise in Covid statement
 Facebook censors retired Mexican cardinal
 Cardinal Müller: False narrative of division between Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict is ‘harmful’
 Catholic refugee resettlement groups look to rebuild after President Trump leaves office
 Mauritius is experiencing ‘one of the most difficult times in its history,’ cardinal says
 ‘I unreservedly apologize’: Primate reacts to Irish government report on homes for unwed mothers
 North Korea ranked most dangerous place to be a Christian
 Vatican begins vaccinations
 Women religious superiors welcome Pope’s decision to open ministries of lector, acolyte to women

Released Wednesday, Jan. 13

 North Dakota legislation would compromise confessional seal
 Australian investigators: Vatican finance transfers ‘massively overestimated’
 Roman court rules Vatican must return seized cash
 Belarus: top Orthodox prelate dies
 Scottish Archbishop Tartaglia dies suddenly
 Pope Francis reflects on the prayer of praise
 Toronto Catholic school board pulls LGBTQ group’s website from its resource list
 Cardinal Dolan asks: When will the unborn be safe from violent invasion in the womb?
 Supreme Court reinstates FDA’s in-person abortion pill requirements
 Leading Nigerian bishop urges president to address rampant insecurity
 Texas diocese asks court to toss libel suit over list of accused abusers
 Catholic leaders speak out on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
 Bishops denounce proposal to decriminalize abortion in Dominican Republic
 Abducted Haitian nun released
 Pope accepts resignation of French archbishop amid diocesan financial challenges
 Irish government report ‘lifts lid on harsh and unforgiving attitudes towards unmarried mothers’
 Chicago archdiocese launches Covid vaccination awareness campaign
 US bishops’ initiative offers immigration policy recommendations to Biden team, Congress
 Bishop expresses ‘profound disagreement’ with State Dept. over designation of Cuba as terrorism sponsor
 German bishops’ spokesman reiterates opposition to assisted suicide
 Leading Vatican diplomat sees health, climate, and work as competing goods

Released Tuesday, Jan. 12

 Venezuelan bishops call for change in regime
 Pakistani Christian women killed after rejecting Islam
 AP airs criticism of Vatican legal system
 Former Pope to receive Covid vaccine
 Supreme Court asks Nevada governor to explain restrictions on churches
 Cardinal Parolin pressed Vatican bank to fund London investment
 Vatican alters Ash Wednesday rite over Covid concerns
 Avoid hypocrisy, inequality: Pope’s message for World Day of the Sick
 Internet abuzz with false claims of a ‘Vatican blackout’
 Nigerian archbishop denounces ‘nefarious’ kidnappings
 New Jersey bishops call for day of prayer and fasting Jan. 22
 Australian prelate calls for new tactics of political engagement
 Federal court upholds Massachusetts Covid requirements for church services
 Chilean bishop laments regional violence
 Ugandan bishops’ election statement: ‘No to police violence, yes to dialogue and national reconciliation’
 Sweden’s changed pandemic response is a ‘time of conversion,’ cardinal says
 Pope’s doctor dies from Covid complications
 2 Catholic members of Congress reflect on assault on US Capitol
 Catholic Health Association outlines healthcare priorities for President-elect Biden’s transition team
 Pontifical university in Rome to honor controversial priest’s pro-life work
 US bishop chairmen call for end to executions, ask Congress to abolish federal death penalty

Released Monday, Jan. 11

 Incoming Dublin archbishop open to female deacons, blessings for same-sex couples
 Papal trip to Iraq in jeopardy?
 Pope opens roles of acolyte, lector to women
 Pope says all should take Covid vaccine
 Key leader in German bishops’ ‘synodal path’ steps down
 London churches remain open despite mayor’s request
 Bishops urge UK to renounce nuclear weapons
 Zambian bishops deplore killing of anti-government protesters
 Nun kidnapped in Haiti
 Moscow Patriarch: Hagia Sophia’s conversion to mosque is ‘divine retribution’ against Ecumenical Patriarch
 ‘Stop telling people with disabilities they might be better off dead,’ Canadian writer pleads in op-ed
 50 pro-democracy figures arrested in Hong Kong clampdown
 Some Canadian provinces close churches to contain pandemic
 Danish proposals on sermons, disclosure of donors receive pushback from bishops
 Jesuit Father Leo O’Donovan to deliver invocation at Biden inauguration
 Baltimore archbishop calls for day of prayer to build nation of peace and justice
 ‘Catholics want slave-free seafood’: USCCB initiative targets Sysco
 Caritas launches emergency appeal for Croatia
 Nuncio: ‘Weapon of charity’ is needed to heal Syria’s wounds
 Pope Francis on the storming of the US Capitol: ‘Nothing is earned with violence, and so much is lost’
 On Feast of Baptism of the Lord, Pope reflects on Jesus’ hidden life, merciful closeness to sinners

Released Friday, Jan. 8

 Pope offers sympathy for Venezuelan suffering
 Coptic leader: Christians not persecuted in Egypt
 Vatican charge: Italian financier pressed sale of misappropriated bonds
 Belgian Franciscan named archbishop in Iran
 Swiss Cardinal Schwery dead at 88
 London’s mayor wants churches closed
 Pakistani pastor arrested on blasphemy charges
 Cardinal Dolan: The radicals who defaced St. Patrick’s Cathedral are pure bigots
 Bishops mark 125th anniversary of Ivory Coast’s evangelization
 Minnesota loosens Covid restrictions on public worship
 Retirement of Mexican bishop seen as ‘end of an era’
 Editor of Italian bishops’ newspaper: President Trump has ‘poisoned the wells of democracy’
 Vatican newspaper headline: ‘Washington: Democracy Wounded’
 Australian prelate ‘shaken and disbelieving’
 Pelosi cites Epiphany, St. Francis as House confirms Biden win
 US toughens ban on ‘abhorrent’ female genital mutilation
 Today the Church is triumphant, Russian Orthodox Patriarch says in Christmas message
 Pope sends Christmas greetings to Eastern Christians, praises Poland’s Three Kings parades
 Mainline Protestant, Southern Baptist, Jewish leaders deplore Capitol violence
 Brazil’s bishops urge faithful to receive Covid vaccine, promote vaccination as a right for all

Released Thursday, Jan. 7

 Australian officials investigating Vatican financial transfers
 Church welcomes bid to protect Pakistan’s religious minorities
 Islamic extremist group attacks parish in southern Philippines
 Priest’s ‘Bible in a Year’ is no. 1 podcast on Apple chart
 Cardinal Gregory, Sen.-elect Warnock have history of collaboration
 Deacon attacked in New York City subway
 Egypt to develop ‘Way of the Holy Family’ for pilgrims, tourists
 Iraqi Shiite political leader seeks return of property to Christian owners
 Pandemic has heightened dangers to international religious freedom
 Anglican primate: ‘Let us pray for the USA’
 Brooklyn bishop laments ‘unprecedented day of national chaos’
 Archbishop Cordileone: We do not need ‘an attempted civil war’
 Archbishop Lori: ‘Our hearts are heavy’ on ‘this terrible day’
 ‘We should feel violated,’ DC Cardinal Gregory says of Capitol violence
 Cardinal Cupich: DC events ‘should shock the conscience’ of ‘any faithful Catholic’
 US bishops’ president condemns violent protests, prays for public safety, restoration of order
 May the Savior bless every family and wipe away every tear, Ukrainian Catholic leader says in Christmas message
 Papal appeal for peace in Central African Republic

Released Wednesday, Jan. 6

 Christ is the star that guides the Magi, Pope says
 Pope tells faithful: make more time for worship
 Polish parliament honors Cardinal Wyszynski
 Tucson diocese: no indoor Mass for a month
 Germany: Catholic officials ask reporters for ‘silence’ on child abuse report
 Judge dismisses 12 Covington Catholic students’ defamation suit against media outlets
 Chicago activist priest removed from parish for decades-old abuse allegation
 Uganda’s bishops caution police on election
 Federal appeals court: County Covid order closing all high schools infringes parochial schools’ rights
 Bishops in Dominican Republic deplore violence against women
 Central African Republic: regional capital now a ghost town, bishop reports
 French archbishop, others protest proposed law against religious extremism
 Mass to be celebrated at West Bank baptismal site for first time since 1954
 National Prayer Vigil for Life to take place virtually
 Video released for January papal prayer intention
 Vatican, Lutheran body recall 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s excommunication
 Leading Korean prelate links pandemic, ecological damage

Released Tuesday, Jan. 5

 Pope cancels traditional Baptism ceremonies in Sistine Chapel
 Canadian man faces ‘hate crime’ charge after disrupting Mass
 Lebanese cardinal prods politicians to form government
 Catholic journalists inaugurate news site
 Australian bishops puzzled by Vatican money transfers
 Scotland’s bishops question closing of churches
 Iceland’s bishop protests tight limits on Mass congregations
 Report: Police stop Masses at Iceland’s cathedral for violating lockdown rules
 California woman pleads guilty to hate crime for threatening to bomb Catholic prep school
 North Dakota attorney general concludes investigation of state’s dioceses
 Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church
 Do not ‘repress the right to mobility of migrants,’ bishop urges Mexican government
 2020 showed ‘the face of a Samaritan Church,’ leading Latin American prelate says
 Central African Republic bishop calls for prayer as regional capital falls to rebels
 New US Congress is nearly 30% Catholic
 73 infected with Covid at Sisters of St. Joseph’s provincial house
 Soccer legend was a poet on the field, Pope says in interview
 As Jesuit chaplain retires, House of Representatives picks first female chaplain
 Church in Philippines condemns killings of 9 indigenous leaders
 USCCB grants $1.5M for Puerto Rico recovery

Released Monday, Jan. 4

 Iraqi Shi’ite leader pushes for restoration of Christians’ property
 Ukrainian Catholic leader says 2020 taught lessons
 Hate crime committed at Catholic church in Edmonton: police
 Benedict XVI remains very alert mentally, Archbishop Gänswein says
 Catholics in India protest continued detention of elderly priest
 Archbishop-elect of Dublin prepares for major reorganization
 Connecticut bishop tests positive for Covid
 Cardinal Gregory laments abortion, death penalty
 Pandemic prompts acts of compassion: papal reflection on 2020
 Pope Francis entrusts 2021 to Mary’s heavenly protection
 To bless, to be born, to find: papal homily for New Year’s Mass
 Kidnapped Nigerian bishop released
 Vatican releases footage of 1968 papal New Year’s Mass at children’s hospital
 Vatican’s Covid vaccinations to begin soon
 Latin Patriarch calls on Church in Jerusalem to overcome clericalism, divisions
 Pope chides those traveling abroad to escape Covid lockdowns
 Welcome the Word made flesh, who ‘knocks on the door of our hearts,’ Pope says in Angelus address
 Prelate blocked for months by Belarus resigns Minsk post
 January papal prayer intention: human fraternity

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