The former Vatican treasurer and archbishop of Sydney and of Melbourne, died of cardiac arrest Jan. 10 after a hip replacement surgery in Rome. He famously spent more than 400 days in jail on historical sex abuse charges that were later overturned in 2020. By Julie Asher and Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV News
Abandoned cars are seen in a flooded street in east Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 9, 2023. California has gone from extreme drought to extreme flooding in a matter of days. As of Jan. 9, 90% of the state's population was under a flood watch. Five years ago on Jan. 10, 2018, a massive mudslide caused by similar weather conditions killed nearly two dozen people in the town of Montecito, California. Read more from Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency (OSV News photo/Erica Urech, Reuters)
