Stories for week of January 19, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Jan. 25

 Background: Sunday of the Word of God

Released Friday, Jan. 24

 Malta’s president meets with Pontiff
 New prefect for Dicastery for Inter-Religious Dialogue
 Vatican prefect sees no delay in Rupnik disciplinary case
 Pope calls for ‘communicators of hope’
 Vance, Trump address March for Life
 Poll finds US opinion unchanged on abortion
 Russian government praises papal envoy for prisoner-swap mediation
 Olympic president meets with Pope, 6 months after Paris Last Supper parody
 Prominent Argentine senator meets with Pontiff
 Leading Italian bishops conclude meeting, call for rediscovery of prayer, liturgy
 Vatican releases papal video call to Catholic parish in Gaza
 Franciscan vicar reflects on Gaza ceasefire, concerned about military action in West Bank
 Trump’s executive orders will subject families and children to grave danger, USCCB committee chairman warns
 47 Christians slain in attack in Nigeria’s Benue State
 Papal encouragement for Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network

Released Thursday, Jan. 23

 Trump pardons 23 jailed pro-life activists
 First Bibles published in Malaysian language
 Trump administration drops special immigration treatment for churches
 Pope thanks Public Safety officials for dedication to service
 Pope endorses auto-safety education, environmental concern
 Diplomatic immunity shields Vatican investigator from complaint in Peru
 Chinese bishop transferred to new diocese
 Senate Democrats block advance of Born-Alive Protection bill
 Virginia bishop decries IVF in pastoral letter
 AI must serve the human person, Pope tells WEF
 Ortega regime seizes Nicaragua’s Matagalpa seminary
 In visit to France and Norway, Cardinal Parolin discusses defense of human life, peace
 Pope answers letter from a separated father
 Amid prospect of mass deportations, remember love of neighbor, Oklahoma archbishop says
 Some of President Trump’s executive orders are ‘deeply troubling,’ USCCB president says
 Vietnam arrests Protestant pastor for ‘anti-state propaganda’
 ‘We do not pray to win the war, but to obtain peace,’ DR Congo bishops’ spokesman says
 Catholic education system in Mali endangered by government funding cuts

Released Wednesday, Jan. 22

 Trump administration closes down Biden-era abortion referral site
 Bishop Schneider reports ‘cordial’ conversation with Pope
 Pope praises Hilton Foundation for support of women religious
 Pope says ‘heart is with Los Angeles’
 God honors Mary’s human freedom, Pope tells audience
 Italian bishop faces perjury charge in priest’s abuse case
 Episcopal bishop confronts Trump on immigrants, transgender children
 Thai bishops set ‘appropriate pastoral practices’ as nation accepts same-sex marriage
 Montana legislative proposal threatens confessional seal
 Cardinal Schönborn retires; administrator named
 Bolzano-Bressanone becomes 1st Italian diocese to release independent abuse report
 President Trump revokes Biden administration’s transgender policies
 Pope marks 400th anniversary of Vincentian order
 Papal tribute to Il Regno, ‘authoritative voice’ in Church in Italy
 Vatican cardinal sees Trump as sign of ‘secular messianism,’ Syrian political transition as ‘sign of hope’
 Details announced for National Prayer Vigil for Life
 Amid war, Sudanese bishop finds strength in Blessed Sacrament, and vocations grow

Released Tuesday, Jan. 21

 Spanish pastor threatened with criminal charges for denial of Eucharist
 Confirmed: Vatican dissolves Peru-based Sodality
 Jerusalem Patriarch urges Holy Land pilgrimages
 A sea of faith engulfs Philippine feast of the Christ Child
 French bishops seek Abbé Pierre cover-up probe
 Cardinal Dolan, other clergy offer prayers at Trump inauguration
 Vatican newspaper turns to US conservative think tank to analyze Trump’s victory
 Cardinal Cupich, at Guadalupe basilica, speaks out against prospective mass deportations in Chicago
 USCCB issues statement on President Trump’s expected executive orders
 Be close to God, the bishop, the people, and one another, Pope tells seminarians

Released Monday, Jan. 20

 Mexican cardinal acknowledges drug-cartel power
 Peru-based movement suppressed?
 Chinese bishop ordained to new diocese
 Papal welcome for Finnish ecumenical delegation
 Pope sees Trump deportation plan as ‘disgrace’
 Woman religious tapped to head Vatican City governorate
 USCCB issues report on religious liberty, sees 5 areas of ‘critical concern’
 Pope welcomes Gaza ceasefire, prays for dialogue and reconciliation
 God responds to our ‘lack’ with superabundance: papal Angelus address
 Papal gratitude to Pontifical Swiss Guard Foundation
 Cardinal O’Malley brokered deal for release of Cuban prisoners
 Pope Francis issues message for Trump inauguration
 Cardinal DiNardo retires; successor named
 Investing in weapons to kill is madness, Pope says

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Lent

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

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The weekday Masses towards the end of Lent are like a Passion Play. The Gospels, as one scene after the other, show the mounting hatred and growing tension. This is the “Abraham Mass,” telling of the inheritance received through Abraham. The Opening Prayer reminds us of our great inheritance received from Christ.…

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