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As Venezuela’s presidential inauguration looms, Church calls for ‘respect for human rights’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Caracas Archbishop Raúl Biord Castillo. / Credit: Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) Caracas, Venezuela, Jan 9, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). On Friday, Jan. 10, according to Venezuelan law, the new president of the republic who won the July 28, 2024, election for the 2025–2031 term must be sworn in.  While the country’s National Electoral…

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Wildfires in Los Angeles area level church, force school closures — By: Catholic News Agency

Firefighters run as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations as “life-threatening” winds whipped the region. / Credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images Seattle, Wash., Jan 8, 2025 / 21:58 pm (CNA). A raging wildfire in the…

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Catholics challenge Maine law excluding faith-based schools from tuition assistance program — By: Catholic News Agency

Students at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, Maine. / Credit: Courtesy of Becket CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Catholic parents who live in rural Maine — far from any public schools — are challenging a state law that excludes most faith-based schools from Maine’s rural tuition assistance program.   Maine’s tuition assistance…

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Cardinal Tobin announces synodal ‘pastoral conversion’ initiative for Archdiocese of Newark — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, New Jersey. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2025 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, in a letter addressed to clergy, religious, and faithful announced the launch of a multiyear “pastoral conversion” plan for the archdiocese based on the…

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