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The Good News: Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire, Hostage Release Deal Reached

The Good News | January 16, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

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SAINT OF THE DAY: St. Marcellus

ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASE-FIRE, HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL REACHED: ‘AMERICANS WILL BE PART OF THAT’ 
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire deal that also ensures the release of hostages, Fox News has confirmed. President Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, held a press conference Wednesday announcing that the deal would roll out in three phases…READ MORE >

21 PRO-LIFE DEFENDANTS TARGETED BY BIDEN DOJ ASK TRUMP TO PARDON THEM 
Pro-life Americans “unjustly imprisoned” by President Joe Biden’s Justice Department are formally appealing to Donald Trump for pardons. The Daily Wire is first reporting the petitions for pardons of the 21 pro-life advocates, sent Wednesday to Trump by…READ MORE > 

ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINEE PAM BONDI VOWS TO END ‘WEAPONIZATION’ AGAINST CATHOLICS 
President-elect Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee to serve as attorney general, Pam Bondi, at her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday vowed to stop government “weaponization” against Catholics, pro-life activists, and concerned parents. During her Jan. 15 hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee…READ MORE >

VATICAN CRACKS DOWN ON ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO ITS TERRITORY 
The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed. In a decree issued last month by the Holy See, the monetary sanctions and prison sentences for those who violate the strict security regulations of Vatican City have been considerably increased…READ MORE >

FDA BANS POPULAR RED DYE FROM FOODS DUE TO EVIDENCE LINKING IT TO CANCER 
The U.S. has officially banned Red Dye No. 3 from foods, beverages, and ingested drugs due to evidence linking it to cancer in laboratory rats. This decision by the FDA follows a long-standing debate, with the dye having been banned from cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990. The ban is enacted under the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act…READ MORE >

TRUMP REPORTEDLY URGES VIVEK RAMASWAMY TO FILL OPEN OHIO SENATE SEAT 
President-elect Donald Trump wants entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to fill the Senate seat left open by Vice President-elect JD Vance, according to a report published Wednesday by The Washington Post….READ MORE >

RUBIO CONFIRMATION HEARING CENTERS ON CHINA 
Senate confirmation hearings for Marco Rubio, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, began Wednesday. The hearings were initially marred by protestors objecting to Rubio’s support for sanctions on Latin American governments hostile to American interests including Cuba and Venezuela…READ MORE >

THE SCANDAL OF “OPENNESS” 
In the spirit of “openness,” the Italian Bishops’ Conference recently approved, with the apparent blessing of the Roman authorities, new guidelines that stipulate that an applicant for the seminary cannot be rejected simply because he identifies as a homosexual…READ MORE >

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