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‘Yellowstone’ star Josh Lucas ties the knot with meteorologist Brianna Ruffalo inside the Vatican
The forecast predicts sunny skies for Josh Lucas and Brianna Ruffalo. The “Yellowstone” star, 54, and Los Angeles meteorologist, 34, tied the knot inside Vatican City. “Mr. and Mrs. Incredibly blessed to receive this sacrament together inside the...
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Josh Lucas Marries Meteorologist Brianna Ruffalo Inside the Vatican: 'One of the Greatest Days of My Life' By Kimberlee Speakman and Brenton Blanchet
NEED TO KNOW Josh Lucas and Brianna Ruffalo are married The pair announced that they tied the knot at the Vatican in Instagram posts shared on July 18 "Easily one of the greatest days of my life," Lucas wrote in the caption of his post Josh Lucas...
Benjamin Netanyahu apologises after tank fire hit Catholic Church and k!lled three
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an apology after a tank fire from Israel hit the compound of Gaza’s only Catholic church, k!lling three people. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Roman Catholics...

Pontifical Mission’s Decades-Long Aid Continues in Gaza After Church Attack
The Vatican-sponosored charity has provided critical aid such as water, food and psychosocial support for mothers and children through various local partners. In the wake of an Israeli missile strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church this week that...
Church leaders visit bombed Gaza parish
AFP | Gaza Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com City Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem made a rare visit to Gaza yesterday, a day after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory’s only Catholic church, provoking...

Josh Lucas Marries Fiancee Brianna Ruffalo Inside the Vatican
Yellowstone star Josh Lucas is a happily married man after tying the knot with fiancée Brianna Ruffalo inside Vatican City. “Mr. and Mrs.,” Ruffalo, 34, wrote via Instagram on Friday, July 18. “Incredibly blessed to receive this sacrament together...

Israel attacks the only Catholic church in Gaza: 3 killed
Prime Minister Netanyahu expresses regret Tel Aviv (Israel) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences over the July 17th tank attack on the only Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza that killed three people, including a...

Vatican states Israel assaults Catholic church in Gaza
(MENAFN) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shelled the only Catholic church in Gaza, reportedly killing three people and injuring others. Pope Leo XIV expressed his sorrow by sending a telegram of condolences to the parish. Israeli authorities have...

Director of Jerusalem Pontifical Mission assesses situation in Gaza after church attack
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2025 / 09:00 am In the wake of an Israeli missile strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church this week that left three dead, the regional director of the Jerusalem field office for the Pontifical Mission, Joseph...
Israeli strike on church sheltering displaced Gazans may constitute war crime: UN Rights Office
The United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva has announced that the Israeli strike on a church in the Gaza Strip sheltering displaced Palestinians may constitute a war crime. The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church in Gaza, came under...

Netanyahu issues apology to Pope for bombing church
(MENAFN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Pope Leo in a phone call following the Israeli tank shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, which killed three people—including the local priest—and injured ten others....

‘Paying the most heartbreaking price’: Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church
Patriarchs from Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, second left, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, center, lead a religious delegation to the Gaza Strip at the Holy Family Catholic Church, struck by an Israeli...

world Israel's Netanyahu called Pope Leo after Gaza church strike, Vatican says
ROME - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday (July 18), the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic church killed three people and injured several more. During the call, the pope renewed...

Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on Catholic church
Wafaa Shura, Julia Frankel and Fatma Khaled | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people...

Swiss court clears former Vatican auditor of corruption, bribery charges
The former head of the Vatican’s financial intelligence agency was acquitted of corruption and bribery charges by a Swiss court Wednesday. Rene Bruelhart, former president of the Financial Information Authority (AIF) of Vatican City. Credit:...

China Expands Crackdown on Independent Churches
7/17/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — Recent reports and firsthand testimony from Christians in China indicate that the Chinese government is persecuting the church with renewed vigor as it implements new regulations on foreign...

Church prepares its first jubilee for Catholic influencers
VATICAN— For the first time in its history, the Catholic Church will celebrate a Jubilee event within a Holy Year specifically dedicated to digital missionaries and Catholic influencers, formally recognizing the digital environment as a true field...

What's the story in Balamory? Twenty years after hit children's TV show ended, familiar faces gather for reboot
By CLAIRE ELLIOT FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL Published: 16:53 EDT, 18 July 2025 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 18 July 2025 They were much loved characters enjoyed by a generation of children around the world. Now the BBC has revealed that many of the...

Cardinal brings aid to Gaza after Israeli strike on church
REUTERS/KHAMIS AL-RIFI A view shows the damage at the Holy Family Church, which was hit in an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City, today. ROME/JERUSALEM >> Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered Gaza today to bring aid to victims of...
Appeal for ceasefire: Pope, Israeli PM speak by phone after strike on Gaza Catholic church
VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV emphasised the importance of protecting places of worship in a call on July 18 with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following Israel’s deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic Church, the Vatican said. The...