2022-01-14 - EWTN News Nightly | Friday, January 14, 2022

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: After more than 6 hours of delay and backroom negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sent lawmakers home with no action on voting rights. Right now, Democrats and President Joe Biden do not know whether they can pass the 2 big voting rights reform bills in Congress. The Biden Administration launched a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 highway bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November. And, Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation and Vice President of Government Relations for the Human Coalition Action, Reverend Dean Nelson, joins to share what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message and legacy means to him. Meanwhile, people in the Philippines are marking the anniversary of a memorable visit from Pope Francis. Ambassador of the Philippines to the Holy See, Grace Ragenia Macahilig, joins to share some of her memories of the visit from the pope in 2015. With the current surge of the Omicron variant some schools are pivoting back to remote learning. Founder and President of Catholictherapists.com, Allison Ricciardi, joins to talk more about this and why remote learning would have an impact on children's mental health. Finally this evening, 23 year old reserve wide receiver and special teams player for the Kansas State Football team, Landry Weber, joins to share when he knew he was being called to the priesthood. 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