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Venezuelan cardinal calls on faithful to pray outside prisons (El País (Spanish))

The retired archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, called upon the faithful to gather outside prisons on February 7, pray for the release of political prisoners, and offer support to the prisoners’ families.

Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras, 81, issued his call five weeks after the United States removed strongman Nicolás Maduro from office. The nation’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, was Maduro’s vice president.

In Nigeria, gunmen kill 3, abduct 11, including priest (AP)

Gunmen attacked a village in the area of Kauru, Nigeria, on February 7, and abducted 11, including a priest, after killing three people.

The incident took place in Kaduna State. In neighboring Niger State, gunmen attacked a convent, a Catholic hospital, and two Protestant churches on February 1.

Archbishop Hicks, at New York installation Mass, calls for a 'missionary Church, not a country club' (CWN)

Archbishop Ronald Hicks was installed as archbishop of New York on February 6, at a Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral (video).

19th-century Spanish priest beatified (CWN)

Father Salvador Valera Parra (1816-1889), a Spanish parish priest, was beatified in his hometown of Huércal-Overa on February 7.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: 'Concrete actions' needed to rebuild trust in Holy Land (Vatican News)

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, speaking at a parish in Rome, said that “the wounds are still deep” in the Holy Land.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, said that “peace and reconciliation are beautiful concepts, but they risk remaining mere slogans if they are not accompanied today by concrete actions, gestures, and testimonies that physically demonstrate the possibility of rebuilding trust.”

“We need political leadership, but also religious leadership, on both sides, that has some vision and does not base its authority solely on anger and the thirst for revenge,” he added.

Bishop describes plight of Zaporizhzhia, under Russian attack (Vatican News)

In an interview with Vatican News, a Latin-rite bishop described the present situation in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.

Auxiliary Bishop Jan Sobilo of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia said that Russian forces “are bombing our city, the energy system, everything that gives us light and heat. As a result, life is very hard for people and for the soldiers.”

“Helping our soldiers is extremely important,” he added. “If they do not defend us, then any other aid will no longer matter. The occupiers would come and take everything.”

Pope speaks of his devotion to Our Lady, asks the sick to offer their pain to God through Mary (CWN)

In a Latin-language letter to his special envoy to the principal celebration of the World Day of the Sick, Pope Leo XIV spoke about his devotion to Our Lady.

Feb. 9 Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday

Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff, Wales (d. 6th century), is celebrated as a feast in Wales. Teilo was the son of Ensic and Guenhaff. He was the spiritual student of Saint Dyfrig of Wales and friend of Saint David of Wales and Saint Samson of York. He founded Llandaff monastery in Dyfed, Wales.

Pope Leo: ‘Be Nourished and Enlightened by Communion With Jesus’

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Christian Island Community of Millennial Families Defies Secular Denmark

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