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Three Kings parades were held at more than 600 locations across Poland on Thursday.
The annual processions, in which actors portray the Magi who traveled to Bethlehem to see the newborn Jesus, took place on Jan. 6, the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
Organizers believe that the annual parade, known in Polish as Orszak Trzech Króli, is typically the largest street nativity play in the world.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250038/photos-three-kings-parades-held-at-more-than-600-locations-across-poland
March for Life Chicago — which calls itself “the largest pro-life event in the Midwest” — is expecting more than 10,000 pro-life Americans at its 2022 march in downtown Chicago on Jan. 8. One-hundred-fifty people attended the 2013 march. Just seven years later, in 2020, it attracted 9,000 marchers.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250042/march-for-life-chicago-learn-about-the-midwest-s-largest-pro-life-event
The Spanish bishops conference has said that a news report which said that priests not vaccinated against COVID-19 would be barred from ministry was a hoax. The report appeared on December 28, a day that is observed in Spain much like April Fools’ Day.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250041/spanish-bishops-report-that-only-vaccinated-priests-may-minister-a-prank
Today, the Church honors Saint Raymond of Penafort, a twelfth-century Dominican priest who worked to aid Christian captives during the era of the Crusades and also helped organize the Church’s legal code.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-raymond-of-penafort-109