In this episode, correspondent Luke Mandato and associate editor Quinton Amundson join host Mickey Conlon to discuss this week's Catholic news. The three share their thoughts on the current situation in Venezuela, where Nicolás Maduro was captured and overthrown by United States Armed Forces on January 3. Amundson highlights his recent story on the matter, with Conlon and Mandato giving their thoughts on what may come next. Amundson and Conlon then discuss the Christmas strikes on militants linked to the Islamic State group in north-western Nigeria. Mandato wraps up discussions with an overview of his story on Birthright International, promoted by the discovery of an abandoned baby at St. Monica's Catholic Church in Toronto just before Christmas. 

Read these related stories from catholicregister.org:

• U.S. strikes are freeing Christians from bondage, Nigerians say | The Catholic Register - Nigerian Catholic priest Fr. Oliver Ortese characterized the U.S. military airstrikes on Islamic State terrorist targets in Sokoto state on Christmas Day as “Christians being freed from bondage.”
• St. Monica's baby shows desperation some mothers face | The Catholic Register - It was the cries of a newborn girl that drew the attention of parishioners of St. Monica's Church in midtown Toronto to a shelf just outside of the church's second-floor bathroom. There, before 11 a.m. Mass on Dec. 21, they found an abandoned child placed in a shoebox.
• End of Maduro's reign a relief for Venezuelans in Canada | The Catholic Register - Venezuelan Canadian Augusto Figuera and his wife, Laura Ortega, were awakened after 2 a.m. on Jan. 3 by a call from a Toronto friend. She informed the couple that a military operation was underway in their homeland and shared videos and posts from social media.

About the Hosts:

Mickey Conlon: Is the Editor of The Catholic Register and has been a reporter and columnist for the Register.

Luke Mandato: Is a reporter for The Catholic Register.

Quinton Amundson: Quinton is a reporter for The Catholic Register.

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