The murder of two Jesuit priests in 2022 led to “the largest listening movement in Mexico’s recent history: more than a thousand forums throughout the national territory that documented more than 20,000 voices,” according to the Jesuits of Mexico.

The listening sessions led to a national peace agenda and will culminate in the national dialogue. The dialogue’s executive director is Father Atilano González Candia, SJ.

The Servant of God Luigi Sturzo (1871-1959) was a priest and scholar who founded the Italian Popular Party, denounced Fascism, suffered exile under Benito Mussolini, and returned to Italy after World War II. In 1952, he was named an Italian senator for life; in 2002, his beatification cause was inaugurated.

Fielding questions from journalists on January 17, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that “solutions by force cannot be used” in Greenland and that threats to do so are “unacceptable.”

Reflecting on John 1:29-34, the Gospel reading at Mass today, Pope Leo XIV encouraged pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square to learn from St. John the Baptist.