In Kurmin Wali, Kaduna State, Nigeria, gunmen attacked three churches during Sunday services on January 18, and kidnapped about 177 Christians. Although residents reported the abductions immediately, Nigerian authorities first denied they occurred. After public pressure, police confirmed the kidnappings and said security forces were deployed to find the victims.

Nigerian police have CONFIRMED that 177 Christians were KIDNAPPED from their churches last weekend .The confirmation comes after the police originally DENIED that the kidnappings had occurred. They have since denied the denial, calling it a 'measured response'

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AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapping of 177 Christians confirmed:

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapping of 177 Christians confirmed: "No Catholics among those kidnapped"
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Nigerian authorities have confirmed the mass kidnapping of nearly 200 faithful from several churches on Sunday, January 18, in Kurmin Wali, in the Local Government Area of Kajuru in the State of Kaduna. After initially denying the incident vehemently (see Fides, 20/1/2026), federal police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin admitted that the initial denial by Kaduna State authorities was aimed at "avoiding unnecessary panic while the facts were being verified." "These statements, which have since been widely misunderstood, did not constitute a denial of the incident, but rather a considered response pending confirmation of the details on the ground, including the identities and number of those involved," the police spokesman added. “Subsequent checks by law enforcement and intelligence sources have confirmed that the incident did indeed occur.”
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Denmark Forcibly Sterilized Greenlandic Women - C-Fam

WASHINGTON, D.C. January 23 (C-Fam) Denmark has long advocated for contraception and abortion as ways to empower women. In their own territories, however, Denmark has used contraceptives to abuse and disempower women and girls.
Even as President Donald Trump continues to talk about the U.S. acquiring Greenland, which is controlled by Denmark, many women living there have shared their stories about being forcibly sterilized by Danish health authorities as part of a multi-decade population control program.
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report was published last September documenting the stories of over 350 women and girls who were given hormonal contraceptive injections or had intrauterine devices (IUDs) inserted without their consent—and in some cases, even without their knowledge.
In addition to the resulting loss of fertility, many women also suffered physical side effects from the IUDs. Amarok Petersen discovered the device had been inserted when she was only thirteen, after seeking medical help for severe …

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Pathetic, isn't it? they wont even allow me to upload this link to this website..
BlackRock and WEF boss Larry Fink CONFRONTED in Davos
Despite the WEF's theme focusing on the “spirit of dialogue,” Larry Fink refused to answer any questions from citizen journalists. Avi Yemini

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In Sweden as in Minnesota, Somali Welfare Fraud – The real taboo cause of the fraud epidemic – Allah's Willing Executioners

Swedish investigators have just uncovered that Somali immigrants have committed welfare fraud, with most of nearly $100 million dollars siphoned off, some of it used to pay for visits to Thai sex clubs, stays in luxury hotels abroad, and political party membership fees. And still worse, some of that money went to support Islamic jihad groups in Somalia. More on this latest scandal involving Somali immigrants and welfare fraud can be found here: “Somali Immigrant Welfare Scams Uncovered in Minnesota–and Sweden,” by Zolta Győri, European Conservative, January 2, 2026:
More than one billion Swedish kronor (€92.4 million) in taxpayer funds intended for preschools and schools have been siphoned off through an Islamist-affiliated welfare fraud network in Sweden. A recent probe found that funds meant to support Sweden’s education system were diverted through a network of independent schools allegedly linked to radical Islamist activity.
The findings followed a police raid on an apartment …

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Honestly, what kind of Bishop is Martin of Charlotte?

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Micromanaging the liturgy with malice... that's how I would describe him. In fact, I'm sure he's one of those liberal priests who find anything from the Church's tradition a microaggression! I vividly recall getting YELLED AT by a priest when serving because I had put the Host on a paten, instead of a glass dish. He accused me of "rejecting Vatican II" by this small action that I've done many times while preparing the altar as an acolyte.

Requiescat in pace Vaticanist John L. Allen, 61, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He had gifted writing skills and was considered closely attuned to the Francis-era Vatican. In 2014, he founded CruxNow.com. Before that, he had spent many years working for the anti-Catholic NcrOnline and CNN. He was married, later annulled, and remarried, and is survived by his wife Elise Ann Allen. Friends and colleagues mourn his passing.

Vaticanist John Allen has died.

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John L. Allen Jr.: A life remembered in gratitude

Friends, colleagues, and regular Crux readers will know that my husband, John L. Allen Jr., has been battling cancer for some time, and has largely been absent from the site this year as he underwent treatment and fought for recovery.
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I convey, nearly four years after his diagnosis, that John lost his battle with cancer on Thursday, January 22, 2026, and is now resting in the arms of God, free from the pain and discomfort that he lived with for so long.
While words often fail in these moments, I want to offer a few words of thanks:
First, to our friends and community who have accompanied us throughout this journey, especially the past year. You have supported us with the sacraments, prayers, visits, meals, advice, rides to and from the hospital for treatment, and no small amount of chocolate and wine, but most importantly, with your presence, including a call system to ensure that I wasn’t alone at the end. We simply could not have gotten …

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His many friends included Pope Leo, who will certainly be offering Mass for the repose of his soul.

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Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.

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The conference featured Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Chrisitan Unity, and Archbishop Job Getcha, Metropolitan of Pisidia, co-chairs of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.
Speaking to Vatican News after the event, Metropolitan Job was even clearer: in 1054, “there might have been a rupture of communion" between the two Churches, but “there was no schism”.
In his speech, Cardinal Koch explained that what the Latin legates in Constantinople delivered was not an anathema directed against the Greek Church in general, but rather a bull of excommunication targeting three specific individuals,...

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The ‘lifting of the anathemas’, sixty years on

At a conference in Rome, Cardinal Kurt Koch and Metropolitan Job of Pisidia reflect on the thousand year-old rupture between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and the 1965 Joint Declaration by Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Saint Paul VI which set them on the road to unity.
By Joseph Tulloch
In the popular imagination, the year 1054 marks the moment when the Catholic and Orthodox Churches went definitively into schism.
According to a widespread narrative, it was at this point that the Churches of East and West, which had been slowly drifting apart for centuries, declared one another to be ‘anathema’, bringing into effect a split which endures to this day.
It was only nearly a millennium later, in 1965, that the leaders of both Churches – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople – finally expressed their regret for the events of 1054, in a
declaration widely referred to as the ‘lifting of the anathemas’.
No anathemas, no schism?
On Wednesday evening, this declaration …

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I think what Koch was trying to say is that Since the RCC makes Saints out of people in the Cult of Maria Liozona, and others freely worship pachamama,
It is The RCC now in Automatic SCHISM, not the Orthodox Church.

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Catholic Decline in Latin America - Paganism Flourishes

The share of adults identifying as Catholic has declined sharply across much of Latin America over the past decade. The number of people with no religious affiliation has risen, according to a January 21 Pew Research Center report. This marks a shift in a region where more than 90% of people were Catholic around 1900.
The report, Catholicism Has Declined in Latin America Over the Past Decade is based on surveys of more than 6,200 adults in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru conducted in spring 2024. Comparing the results with a similar 2013–14 survey, Pew found that the Catholic share fell by at least 9 percentage points in all six countries.
Today, Catholics make up 46% of adults in Brazil and Chile, 58% in Argentina, 60% in Colombia, and 67% in both Mexico and Peru. A decade ago, all six countries had Catholic majorities of roughly six-in-ten or more adults.
The Rise of the “Believing Nones”
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Because the Church ceased preaching Christ crucified, the pagans and non-Catholics have greatly increased.

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The work of the demons is paying off. The tragic part is that one cannot lose one's faith with an act of the will.

Mexican Bishops Express Solidarity with Spain After Train Accident
In a gesture of deep sorrow and ecclesial communion, the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) has issued an official statement expressing its fraternal solidarity with the
Spanish Episcopal Conference and the families affected by the tremendous railway accident that occurred in Spain. The document, signed by the president of the CEM, Bishop Ramón Castro Castro, and the general secretary, Héctor M. Pérez Villarreal, highlights the spiritual closeness of the Mexican Church in this moment of mourning for the Spanish people.

Encomiendan a víctimas del accidente en España a la Virgen de Guadalupe.
La Iglesia Católica en México encomendó a la intercesión de Santa María de Guadalupe, patrona de México y emperatriz de América Latina, a las víctimas y a los familiares del accidente ferroviario ocurrido en España.
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Mexican Bishops Express Solidarity with Spain …
The accident occurred on Sunday, January 18, around 7:45 PM local time, near the town of Adamuz, in the province of Córdoba, in the region of Andalucía, in southern Spain. According to preliminary reports, a high-speed train operated by the private company Iryo, traveling from Málaga to Madrid with approximately 289 passengers on board, suffered a derailment in the rear part of its cars. These crossed to the opposite track, colliding head-on with another high-speed train from the public network Renfe, which was heading from Madrid to Huelva with about 200 passengers. The impact was catastrophic, several cars overturned, some fell down an embankment of about 4 meters, and the site became a tangle of twisted metal with bodies scattered hundreds of meters from the collision site.
Spanish authorities have confirmed a tragic toll, at least 41 people deceased, with the number increasing as rescue teams recover bodies from the rubble. More than …Bebree

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Another great post.

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Message du pape Léon XIV pour la 34e Journée mondiale du malade
Message du pape Léon XIV pour la 34ᵉ Journée mondiale du malade, le 11 février 2026 : « La compassion du Samaritain : aimer en portant la douleur de l’autre « .

Palabras del Papa en la Jornada Mundial del Enfermo 2026.
El Papa León XIV asegura en su mensaje para la XXXIV Jornada Mundial del Enfermo, que se celebrará el 11 de febrero, que el amor “no es pasivo”...
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Message du pape Léon XIV pour la 34e Journée …
Chers frères et sœurs,
La 34e Journée Mondiale du Malade sera célébrée solennellement à Chiclayo, au Pérou, le 11 février 2026. C’est pourquoi j’ai voulu reproposer l’image du bon Samaritain, toujours actuelle et nécessaire pour redécouvrir la beauté de la charité et la dimension sociale de la compassion, afin d’attirer l’attention sur les nécessiteux et les personnes qui souffrent, comme sont les malades.
Nous avons tous entendu et lu ce texte émouvant de saint Luc (cf. Lc 10, 25-37). Un docteur de la Loi demande à Jésus qui est le prochain à aimer. Celui-ci répond en racontant une histoire : un homme qui voyageait de Jérusalem à Jéricho fut attaqué par des voleurs et laissé pour mort. Un prêtre et un lévite passèrent leur chemin, mais un Samaritain eut pitié de lui, banda ses blessures, l’emmena dans une auberge et paya pour qu’on s’occupe de lui. J’ai souhaité proposer une réflexion sur ce passage biblique, avec …
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ABOUT PRAYERS & ADORATION

ABOUT PRAYERS & ADORATION
St. John 4: 23-24: “But the hour will come-in fact it is here already when
true worshipers, will worship the Father in spirit and truth:
that is the kind of worshiper the Father wants.
God is Spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and truth."
2) St Mathew 6,6: “But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you”.
3) Isaiah 26, 20: “Go into your rooms, my people, shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed”
4) Jeremiah 33:3: “Call to me and I will answer you; I will tell you great mysteries of which you know nothing”.
5) Romans 8, 26: “The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words”.
6) Galatians 5, 22-23: “The fruit of the Spirit is …Bebree

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'If I Get To Heaven' Contemporary Christian Jazz /R&B Music written by Paul Griffin as part of his Jazz Attack Project

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BREAKING: Details Emerging About President Trump’s Greenland Deal

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BREAKING: Details Emerging About President Trump's Greenland Deal | WLT Report

I told you we’d have Greenland wrapped up by Midterms and I might have overshot that by a bit.
At the rate we’re going, we’ll have it wrapped up by February!
Earlier today while speaking at Davos, President Trump issued an ultimatum to Greenland, Denmark and NATO:
A PROMISE: President Trump Issues Denmark and NATO An Ultimatum On Greenland
Not long after that, news broke that a framework of a deal had been reached:
MOVING VERY FAST: President Trump Announces He’s Negotiated a “Deal Framework” For Greenland and The Entire Arctic Region!
Now we're getting details about what that deal might include...
Here's a good summary of what we know so far:
BREAKING: Initial details on the Trump-Greenland deal have emerged:
1. Involves "small pockets of land" for the US
2. US involved in Greenland's mineral rights
3. Duration of the deal has an "indefinite" timeframe
4. Designed to block Russian influence in Greenland
5. US…
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 21, 2026
BREAKING: …

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Dr Robert Malone , who first developed the mRNA technology, says they must be suspended from use on humans by any means possible.

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A priest consoles an elderly man who approached him in tears during Mass.

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Time and place for everything. Nothing can justify this man approaching the priest at Mass.

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Novena - Oremus Like those in Gaza who kept saying Mass. And when they were praying while bombs were going off near their Church. That's how Priests should act. Not throwing Our Lord down the way this Priest just did to comfort anyone at all. The Mass must continue no matter what. Someone should have stopped the old man before he even got half way to the Priest.

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Leo XIV Appoints Archbishop, Enemy of the Latin Mass, as Secretary of Congregation for Clergy

Leo XIV today appointed Monsignor Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli, 69, until now Archbishop of Gorizia, Italy, as Secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy.
Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli (born 1956 in Milan) is a canon lawyer who served for many years in the Archdiocese of Milan before becoming Archbishop of Gorizia in 2012. He holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he specialized in the nature of Church law in the post–Vatican II period.
Promoting Homosexuality
In June 2017, in Staranzano, a small town in the Diocese of Gorizia, a leader of the Catholic Scout movement (AGESCI) entered into a homosexual civil union.
The parish priest, Don Francesco Fragiacomo, stated that, as a consequence of this choice, he could no longer retain his role as a Catholic educator.
Archbishop Redaelli intervened publicly and stabbed the priest in the back.
The anti-Catholic slogans of Monsignor Redaelli were: One must seek the “grace present in every situation” and …Bebree

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To move up the Leo ladder, one must be an enemy of the Catholic faith.

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ope Leo XIV’s new Secretary for the Dicastery for Clergy is Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli—known for refusing to condemn a homosexual “marriage” of a Catholic scout leader and instead promoting “welcome, discernment and integration,” per Pope Francis’ teaching