Headlines for April 10, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope makes surprise visit to Vatican basilica
 Vatican newspaper devotes page to Teilhard de Chardin in honor of 70th anniversary of his death
 Contemplate Jesus on the Cross and persevere in prayer, Pope writes to Italian pilgrims
 Illinois bishops drop opposition to restrictions on homeschooling
 French dioceses welcoming surge of conversions
 Suspicious financial reports down in Vatican, watchdog finds
 Pope meets with Britain’s King Charles
 USCCB outlines 4 policy priorities in letter to Congress
 Holy See calls for debt-free assistance to middle-income countries
 Ethiopia: ransom paid, but no news of kidnapped priest
 VP Vance planning trip to Rome?
 Peru’s bishops: Cardinal Cipriani free to claim innocence
 Papal encouragement for Vatican cardinal on mission in Ukraine
 Pope sends condolences after Santo Domingo nightclub disaster
 Cardinal Parolin seen as an unlikely conclave choice

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Memorial of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agatha (d. 250), who died in defense of her purity, in Catania, Sicily. After Quintanus, the governor of Sicily, tried in vain to force her to consent to sin, she was imprisoned for a month with an evil woman. He then turned from sensuality to cruelty and had her…

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