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Jan. 27 Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Angela Merici, Virgin, Opt. Mem.

It is the Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici (1474-1540). St. Angela was born in northern Italy. In 1516, she founded the Order of Ursulines, the first teaching order for women approved by the Church.

Initiative Launches to Support Catholic Church’s Ministry to Migrants

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Bishops Urge Welsh Senedd to Reject UK’s Assisted Suicide Bill Ahead of Vote

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What Happens When the World’s Bishops Arrive in Rome for ‘Ad Limina’ Visits

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Russian Forces Are Liquidating the Catholic Church in Occupied Ukraine

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Render true judgments with charity, Pope tells Roman Rota (Dicastery for Communication)

Addressing the prelates of the Roman Rota on the occasion of the inauguration of the judicial year, Pope Leo XIV said today that “service to the truth in charity must shine out in all the work of the ecclesial tribunals.”

Warning against a “dangerous relativization of truth,” the Pontiff said that “misunderstood compassion, even if apparently motivated by pastoral zeal, risks obscuring the necessary dimension of ascertaining the truth proper to the judicial office.”

“On the other hand, there can at times be a cold and detached affirmation of the truth that does not take into account all that love for people requires, omitting those concerns dictated by respect and mercy, which must be present in all stages of a proceeding,” he added.

The Roman Rota’s responsibilities are described in the 2022 apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, Praedicate Evangelium (nos. 200-204).

Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, 'normality' is returning to the Vatican (EWTN News)

The former Prefect of the Papal Household private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI said that “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican under Pope Leo.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, now the apostolic nuncio to Lithuania, told EWTN News that the new pope has brought a “whole new positive dimension ... When you read his catechesis or sermons, you can sense that this is a man who lives and proclaims the faith with an Augustinian spirit.”

Archbishop Gänswein also criticized the Synodal Way in his native Germany. While “no doubt there is indeed a need to change and reform certain things here and there,” the Synodal Way, he said, “is not about a return to a deepening of the faith but about a watering down of the faith.”

USCCB president, Minnesota archbishop call for prayer, calm in Minneapolis (CWN)

The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis issued statements following the killing of Alex Pretti.

New Philippine bishop said he wished the Church would 'come up with a reasonable teaching' on contraception (CWN)

Pope Leo has appointed Father Cyril Villareal, a priest of the Archdiocese of Capiz in the Philippines, as the bishop of Kalibo.

Pope encourages Italian Catholic Action to bear witness to the Gospel in daily life (Azione Cattolica Italiana)

Pope Leo XIV received Giuseppe Notarstefano, national president of Italian Catholic Action, on January 24. Following the meeting, the apostolate released a detailed statement on the audience.

“Attention focused on the Association’s commitment to peace, cooperation among peoples and the construction of relationships inspired by fraternity, in a time marked by conflicts,” according to the statement. A topic that “emerged forcefully” was “the responsibility of the laity to bear witness” to the Gospel amid the “challenges of our time.”

Catholic Action, a lay apostolate under the direction of the hierarchy, arose in the 1860s in response to anti-clericalism in Italy, the New Catholic Encyclopedia notes in its article on the movement.