Headlines for April 29, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinals discuss evangelization, interfaith relations, abuse; new cardinal assistants chosen
 Cardinals settling details of conclave schedule
 200,000 in attendance at Mass as Cardinal Parolin emphasizes late Pope’s teaching on mercy
 Cardinals issue thanks to leaders who attended papal funeral
 Cardinals visit the tomb of Pope Francis, pray Vespers
 Bankruptcy court judge prods New Orleans archdiocese
 Vatican newspaper editor writes about Pope Francis’s neck
 Remember Pope Francis by addressing ‘ecological debt,’ pontifical academy president urges
 Papal video to youth: ‘Learn to listen to others’
 Nearly 35 million attended papal events during late Pope’s pontificate
 Trump supporters hope to influence conclave?
 Vatican City issues sede vacante postage stamps
 300,000 attend national requiem Mass for late Pope in Timor-Leste

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Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs

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Today is the Optional Memorial of Saints Marcellinus and Peter (d. 304) who were two Roman martyrs who suffered under the Diocletian persecution. The first was an exorcist, the second a priest. Their cultus was so important that after peace was restored to the Church, Constantine built a basilica in their…

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