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. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

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Today is the Memorial of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873-1897), more popularly known as "the Little Flower." Although just an obscure cloistered Carmelite nun, she has had universal appeal since her death in 1897. St. Thérèse is the patroness of all foreign missions and patroness of…

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