Catholic priest in Nigeria kidnapped, killed (CNA) The body of a Catholic priest was discovered in Nigeria on Saturday, a day after he was kidnapped by armed men. Agenzia Fides, the information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies, reported on Jan. 18 that Fr. John Gbakaan “was allegedly executed with a machete in such a brutal manner that identification was hardly possible…”
Deadly week sees at least 10 bishops die from COVID (Crux)The youngest of the prelates who died in the week of Jan. 8-Jan 14 was Bishop Moses Hamungole (53), from the diocese of Monze, in Zambia. The oldest was Italian Archbishop Oscar Rizzato (91), the papal almsgiver during the pontificates of St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Four bishops died on the same day, Jan. 13, in three different continents: Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow, (70); Bishop Mario Cecchini (87) of Fano, Italy; Cardinal Eusébio Oscar Scheid (88), retired archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Hamungole…
President Trump announces ‘Garden of American Heroes, including saints (CNA) The National Garden of American Heroes will include statues of many notable Catholic figures, including five saints and numerous people who are on the path to sainthood. President Donald Trump announced in an executive order Jan. 18 that a garden will be built to “reflect the awesome splendor of our country’s timeless exceptionalism,” and to serve as a response to the spate of vandalism on statues during the summer of 2020…
March for Life will be mostly virtual (CNS) For the first time since 1974, when it first began, the message of the national March for Life to participants is: Stay home. Like the satellite events connected to the annual National Mall rally and march to the Supreme Court, including the Rose Dinner, a youth conference and the Mass for Life, the rest of it will be online only Jan. 29…
