EWTN News Nightly | Thursday, January 5, 2023

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On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Today's funeral services for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were part of a historic day, in which a current Pope presided over the funeral of a Pope Emeritus. Director of Digital Strategy and Social Media at EWTN News, Ursula Murua, joins to tell us a bit about what it was like this week and especially today for the funeral in Rome. Hope was a major theme of Pope Benedict's life and Papacy. Theologian and ethicist Dr. Pia de Solenni, joins to discuss where she saw the theme of hope play out in Pope Benedict's life and whether that same theme crossed her mind at all as the world bid him farewell today. And another day on Capitol Hill and still no Speaker of the US House. Everything is on hold until someone is elected to take the gavel, many lawmakers are worried about basic government functions. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden proposed a plan to ease the immigration crisis at the Southwest border, and he slammed Republicans in the process, saying they haven't been serious at all. Finally this evening, it is no secret that Pope Benedict XVI held women, especially women of the Church, in the highest esteem. Senior fellow at the National Review Institute and editor-at-large of National Review Magazine, Kathryn Jean Lopez, joins to tell us about her experience meeting the Pope in 2012 and the impact it had on her. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn