BEIJING — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus. MORE

The Trump administration plans to move forward with a new rule aimed at stopping what it calls “birth tourism” — pregnant women traveling to the U.S. to have a “citizen child,” a State Department official confirmed to ABC News Monday. VIDEO

The virus is particularly robust, and is able to survive for seven days without a host, and for months in frozen pork products. MORE

I didn’t know these two were connected, funny.

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Spain’s Catholic bishops have expressed fears of a conflict with the new Socialist-led government over radical plans to strip the Church of thousands of “improperly registered” lands and properties, while restricting religious education and legalising euthanasia. MORE

Vol 13 Issue 3 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
January 18, 2020 ~ Chair of Saint Peter in Rome

1.      What is the Holy Eucharist
2.      Feast of the Holy Family
3.      Saints Marius, Martha and Sons
.4.      Family and Marriage
5.      Articles and notices
Dear Reader:

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has a history of over 100 years . . . , in which Christians around the world have taken part in an octave of prayer for visible Christian unity. By annually observing the WPCU, Christians move toward the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer at the Last Supper “that they all may be one.” (cf. John 17:21) MORE

The new character will get a formal introduction in the latest edition of “Magnificent Ms. Marvel #13” comic.

In 2014, Kamala Khan – otherwise known as Ms. Marvel – became Marvel Comics’ first Muslim-American hero to headline her own comic. One year later, Kamala was used to wipe away messages of hate that had appeared on buses in San Francisco. MORE

Harsh weather kills 70 more people in Pakistan, Afghanistan. 
The latest deaths raise the two countries’ overall death toll from the severe weather to 126 since Sunday. MORE

Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium. MORE

Newly-installed San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin summarily fired seven key felony prosecutors on Friday, despite campaign promises to clean up violent crime in the city. MORE

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines told reporters on Monday that he planned to disregard doctors’ warnings to stay away from the volcano Taal, currently erupting near Manila, and “pee” on the “damned volcano.” MORE