There were riots and looting across Dutch cities on Monday, a furious reaction to a new COVID-19 curfew imposed by authorities there. A virus testing center, a hospital, and stores were targeted over three days of violence that came to a head on Monday night, the Associated Press (AP) reported. MORE

The acting chief of the Capitol Police apologized to Congress on Tuesday for the agency’s massive security failures on Jan. 6, acknowledging during a closed-door briefing that the department knew there was a “strong potential for violence” but failed to take adequate steps to prevent what she described as a “terrorist attack.” MORE

St Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church in Achrafieh is less than a kilometre away from where the Beirut explosion took place.

Father Youil Nassif rushed to the church to check for damage, finding the nave completely ruined. But the sacred altar space, protected by the “iconostasis” (wall of icons), was almost unscathed – including an oil lamp that had remained lit throughout the blast. VIDEO

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Nancy Pelosi says Pro-lifers Sold ‘the Whole Democracy Down the River’- Gets Slammed by Her Bishop (WHAT THE? SHE SHOULD’VE BEEN EXCOMMUNICATED!) MORE

Dear Faithful,
Fr. Peter Scott, currently stationed in Nigeria, was the parish priest and principal here at OLMC before Fr. Sherry. Apparently he is quite ill and is asking for prayers and Masses. In your charity please keep him in your prayers.
In Christ,Fr. William MacGillivray | FSSPX

The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims of 96 Jesuits since the late 1920s, a much higher number than the cases that had so far been publicly known. MORE

An El Monte church that was threatened this month with an arson attack over its extremist views and condemnation of same-sex marriage was damaged early Saturday, Jan. 23, when someone threw a bomb at the building, blowing out windows. MORE