Stories for January 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Monday, Jan. 13

 Cardinal Parolin says China accord ‘beginning to bear some fruit’
 Angolan archbishop reveals he was assassination target
 Biden honors Pope with Medal of Freedom
 Kidnapped nuns released in Nigeria
 ‘The face and the voice’: papal reflection for Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
 Pope baptizes 21 babies in Sistine Chapel
 In unusual move, Pope appoints 3rd secretary for Vatican dicastery
 Administrator of leading Syro-Malabar archeparchy resigns; replacement named
 St. John the Baptist was a ‘great prophet of hope,’ Pope says in special Jubilee audience
 Papal condolences for Los Angeles fires
 Cardinal Cantalamessa, Archbishop Gänswein deny involvement in Father Rupnik’s 2020 Lenten sermon to Roman Curia
 Rome’s mayor, Lazio’s president meet with Pontiff, discuss projects, Jubilee challenges

Released Saturday, Jan. 11

 Italian prelate, bishops’ newspaper deny media reports on admission of gay men to seminaries

Released Friday, Jan. 10

 Cardinal Parolin, in Jordan, calls for ceasefire in Holy Land
 Be shaken by the Holy Spirit, Pope exhorts missionaries
 Pope meets with pediatric cancer patients
 Philadelphia archbishop launches plan for ‘missionary hubs’
 Polish prelate decries proposal to outlaw confession for children
 Pope praises effort of Global Compact on Education
 Only 52% of funds spent by US bishops’ Catholic Relief Services collection went to CRS, report shows
 USCCB president, in MLK Day message, calls for creation of more just society
 ‘Jubilee of Hope in Italian Prisons’ begins
 Nicaraguan regime suppresses contemplative Dominican nuns
 Cardinal Bo, other Christian leaders host controversial dinner with Myanmar’s military leader
 As Venezuela’s presidential inauguration looms, prelate calls for respect for human rights
 Los Angeles deacon, parishioners save church from fire

Released Thursday, Jan. 9

 Biden cancels plan for final trip, papal audience
 Nigerian kidnappings continue: two nuns abducted
 Massive procession honors ‘Black Nazarene’ in Manila
 Vatican lists diplomatic ties with 184 countries
 Cardinal Tobin announces plan for ‘pastoral conversion’ in Newark
 Pope cuts short speech, citing ‘bit of a cold’
 Pope’s ‘State of the World’ address calls for ‘diplomacy of hope’
 Police say they have foiled planned jihadist attack on Spanish basilica
 Some young Haitians are converting to Islam for money, bishop says
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 Papal tribute to circus entertainers
 Devotion to Blessed Carlo Acutis spreads among Asian youth
 Ecumenical Patriarch celebrates Christmas in Russian parish, prays for unity with Catholic Church
 Los Angeles fire destroys parish
 USCCB office publishes ‘Catholic Elements of Immigration Reform’

Released Wednesday, Jan. 8

 Ukrainian priest wounded in drone attack
 China’s oldest priest dies at 104
 Pope, at audience, speaks on exploitation of children
 Papal Christmas wishes to Eastern Christians, renewed appeal for prayer for peace
 In unusual move, Pope transfers Italian prelate from archdiocese to diocese
 Over 500,000 pilgrims have passed through holy door of St. Peter’s Basilica
 Temporary Anglican leader, in letter, discusses sexual abuse, same-sex couples
 Giving ourselves to others is the ‘best catechesis,’ Vatican cardinal preaches
 Cardinal Parolin to consecrate Church of the Baptism of the Lord in Jordan
 Moscow Patriarch, in Christmas message, condemns those who take up ‘arms against Orthodoxy’

Released Tuesday, Jan. 7

 French bishop forced to resign
 Abortion was leading cause of deaths worldwide in 2024
 Cameroon bishops oppose aged president’s bid for 8th term
 Sudan government leader reaches out to Catholic community
 Mass deportations ‘incompatible with Catholic doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy says at DC press conference
 California requires foster parents to affirm transgenderism
 Cardinal Dolan to lead prayer at President Trump’s inauguration
 Stop making ‘incendiary comments,’ American Jewish leaders urge Pope Francis
 Vocations grow in Burkina Faso despite terrorism
 Papal encouragement to children to be missionaries in prayer and solidarity
 Pope contrasts Magi, ‘desk’ theologians
 The star is bright, is visible, and points the way, Pope preaches at Epiphany Mass

Released Monday, Jan. 6

 Catholic representation grows in US Congress
 First woman named prefect of Vatican dicastery
 Nigerian priest charged in fatal shooting
 Italian bishops’ newspaper rapped for questions about Holy Family
 Pope names Cardinal McElroy new Archbishop of Washington
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace, condemnation of attacks on schools, hospitals
 Imitate the God of love, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope attends episcopal ordination of Rome’s new auxiliary bishop
 Papal warning against bullying in schools
 Pointed papal warnings against nuns’ ‘vinegar faces,’ women’s gossip
 Adore, serve, walk: papal encouragement for confraternity members
 Be joyful pilgrims of hope, as the saints were, Pope tells blind persons

Released Friday, Jan. 3

 Beatification cause for Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi advances
 Pope appoints administrator for troubled Ivory Coast diocese
 Biden awards Citizens Medals to pro-abortion, pro-gay activists
 Vatican envoy in Syria cautiously optimistic
 Adoration and charitable work go together, Pope tells Knights of Malta
 Irish archbishop rips ‘disproportionate’ Israeli offensive
 Jerusalem Patriarch: Prospects for peace are bleak, apart from Christ
 Remain standing after the Agnus Dei, West Virginia bishop declares
 Mary is world’s hope, cardinal says at holy door opening
 Sant’Egidio founder, Pontiff discuss humanitarian corridors for migrants
 Pope laments lack of education for 250 million children
 San Antonio archbishop rips ‘tyrant’ Trump, links Trump’s words to violent ‘tragedies’

Released Thursday, Jan. 2

 Church leaders urge Indian government action on anti-Christian violence
 Holy Door opened at St. Mary Major
 Catholic priest murdered in Nigeria
 Orthodox Patriarch looks toward 2025 Nicea anniversary, ecumenical highlight
 Belarus: Catholic priest convicted of treason
 Papal sympathy after New Orleans terror attack
 Cardinal Amato dies at 86; Pope calls him ‘good and vigilant servant’
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 Papal plea for forgiveness of debts incurred by poorest nations
 The shepherds saw the infant Jesus, but did not see Mary’s heart, Pope tells pilgrims
 Entrust the new year to Mary, Pope preaches at January 1 Mass
 Pope gives thanks for Rome’s Jubilee preparations, preaches that Christ is the hope of a fraternal world
 January papal prayer intention: for the right to an education

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Ordinary Time

Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor

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Today the Church returns to Ordinary Time, the Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time. The Church also celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers (310-367). Hilary was one of the great champions of the Catholic belief in the divinity of Christ. By his preaching, his treatise on the…

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