Day: January 9, 2026
You are so deeply ignorant it’s embarrassing. Patriarch Kiril is an Putin stooge and FSB asset. He is using the Moscow-affiliated Church to spy on Ukraine. No country under invasion can allow that. Ukrainian Orthodox Christians are free to worship in churches of other patriarchates not compromised by Moscow.Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna)In addition to the State Department, I will be reaching out to the Vatican tomorrow morning in response to the information that I’ve received in the last 24 hours from Ukrainian Orthodox members, as well as members of their own government, regarding the persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians. American tax dollars should not be going to a government that is responsible for persecuting and obstructing Christians trying to worship God. The Vatican has a responsibility to ensure that they are educating the international community on what is happening across the world, specifically with regard to Christian persecution. We are seeing Christian persecution happening actively and documented in Ukraine. I look forward to the response and will be sharing what the Vatican says regarding the matter, but this is something that the entire international community should be condemning, regardless of Christian denomination.
Peace could not come soon enough in Ukraine.— https://x.com/RepLuna/status/2009479927893049430
— marcthiessen (@marcthiessen) Jan 9, 2026
The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater has presented the opera “Tosca” by the outstanding Italian composer Giacomo Puccini on the stage of the Opera Studio of the Baku Music Academy, Azernews reports.
The post Ramil Gasimov fulfills his 27-year dream with first performance as Cavaradossi first appeared on The South Caucasus News – SouthCaucasusNews.com.
GOP lawmakers question Kristi Noem’s handling of ICE-related shooting in Minnesota trib.al/HKtuZdW
— The Hill (@thehill) Jan 9, 2026