Headlines for April 11, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican newspaper continues lionization of Teilhard de Chardin with 5-article tribute
 Cardinals tout book on vocations and sexual orientation; Pope Francis writes preface
 Abandon the ‘fallacy of nuclear deterrence,’ Holy See urges
 Pope’s health bulletin: continued ‘slight’ improvements
 Myanmar air strikes destroy Catholic church
 Archpriest explains renovation projects at St. Peter’s basilica
 Maronite Patriarch calls for aid to Syria so that refugees can leave Lebanon, return home
 Thailand’s bishops oppose legalization of gambling
 Vatican notice on Carlo Acutis canonization: papal role uncertain
 Catholic activist wins an argument with AI
 Architectural historian to lead commission for protecting Holy See’s monuments
 Jerusalem Patriarchate’s CEO offers ‘bleak but realistic’ assessment of situation in Holy Land

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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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