Headlines for April 08, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican reports ‘slight’ improvements in Pope’s condition
 Papal encouragement to Salesians during general chapter
 Islamic countries dominate capital-punishment reports
 Catholics now outnumber Anglicans among young British churchgoers
 USCCB will not renew refugee, children’s services agreements with federal government
 North American bishops denounce Trump administration’s immigration policies
 St. Egidio community welcomes 700 Afghan refugees
 Father Spadaro, Vatican official, pays tribute to Teilhard de Chardin
 Vatican spokesman: Pope’s surprise appearance shows importance of physical presence
 Vatican pension fund in crisis
 Bavaria announces ecumenical religious instruction in schools
 Theme announced for World Day of Prayer for Creation: ‘seeds of peace and hope’
 Cloistered nun meets with Pontiff

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Easter

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of Our Lady of Fatima; Minor Rogation Day

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Today the Church celebrates an Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, which is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary following apparitions to three shepherd children — Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco — in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a…

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