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. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380). She was born Catherine Benincasa in Siena at a date that remains uncertain, was favored with visions from the age of seven. Becoming a tertiary of the Dominican Order, she acquired great influence by her life of prayer and extraordinary…

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