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Today's Readings
- Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
  
  Reading I Ezr 1:1-6
  Responsorial Psalm 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6
  Gospel Lk 8:16-18

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National Catholic Register
- ‘The Most Radical Abortion Bill of All Time’: House to Vote This Week on Codifying ‘Right’ to Abortion
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., a Catholic, announced the House vote on the bill earlier this month after the Texas Heartbeat Act went into effect restricting abortions after detection of a...
- Pope Francis Invokes Abraham Lincoln in Message to Safeguarding Summit
  
  Vatican Media Pope Francis is shown giving his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace on Jan. 27. The Holy Father urged leaders to put the welfare of victims ahead...
- Supreme Court Sets Argument Date for Challenge to ‘Roe v. Wade’
  
  Addie Mena/CNA United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. “It is time to follow the science and modernize our laws,” stated Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony...
- Massachusetts Bishop: Clergy Can Support Individuals’ Own Vaccine Exemption Requests
  
  Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts Bishop William Byrne of Springfield in Massachusetts The bishop wrote his letter to assist his clerics who are receiving requests from parishioners...
- Post-Roe Preview? Texas Pro-Life Centers Serving More Women with Heartbeat Bill in Effect
  
  Heather Gardner, executive director of the Central Texas Coalition for Life, also reports a rise in clients at pro-life centers in her network in the past few weeks. ‘There’s going to be more...
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News from the Vatican
- Church needs to hear God speaking through those who are hurting, pope says
  
  To listen to the Holy Spirit, members of the church must listen to each other and especially to those who are marginalized, Pope Francis said, explaining how dioceses are to help the church prepare...
- Greatness is measured by service, pope says
  
  In God's view, human greatness is measured by how one serves or helps someone who cannot offer anything in exchange, Pope Francis said.
- Getting old is not a disease, it’s a privilege, pope tells older priests
  
  Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests.
- Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says
  
  Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world's...
- Tourism should foster culture of encounter, safeguard planet, Vatican says
  
  ROME — Tourism needs to protect both people and the planet as well as promote a more inclusive economy, the Vatican said. People need to support “an inclusive approach to tourism and resist the...