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January 9, 2026


 

Overview: Back from the Christmas and New Year holidays, the House of Representatives passed a bill to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years. The bill had support from 17 Republicans, but it is not expected to pass in the Senate. The Senate is expected to offer its own bill which might extend the ACA credits but include new eligibility requirements. Congress continues to work on the federal budget, with an upcoming deadline of January 30, 2026.

Economy: In the week ending Jan. 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims ([link removed]) was 208,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 199,000 to 200,000. The 4-week moving average was 211,750, a decrease of 7,250 from the previous week's revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since April 27, 2024 when it was 210,250. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 218,750 to 219,000.

 

From Pope Leo's address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See ([link removed]), January 9, 2026: A diplomacy that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force, by either individuals or groups of allies.War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading.The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself, or in the pursuit of "the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men and women."Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one's own dominion.This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.

 

Q. At their meeting in Baltimore last November, the bishops announced a special consecration to take place in 2026 to celebrate America's semiquincentennial. To what were they referring?

Please send your answers to the prayer was then included in the Roman Breviary of 1568 ([link removed]). In the Catechism of Trent the prayer is mentioned, still referred to as the "Angelical Salutation."

 

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