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Islamic State claims Congo church massacre that killed children at summer camp
Premier Christianity News
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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a horrific attack on a Catholic church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where up to 43 people were slaughtered, some of them children taking part in a Christian summer camp. The massacre...
Massacre of faithful ‘in the house of God’ in Congolese church leaves 43 dead
Catholic Standard - Washington D.C.
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At least 43 people, including children, were killed July 27 in a brutal overnight attack on a Catholic church in Komanda in eastern Congo. Militants from the Allied Democratic Forces – an Islamist group linked to the Islamic State group – targeted...
Cardinal Tagle leads Vatican's first Jubilee Mass for Catholic influencers
Philippine STAR
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July 29, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has urged Catholic influencers to be discerning about the power they wield online and to let Jesus' love become their "true fluid of influence," as he led the Mass that celebrates the Catholic...
The Vatican embraces Catholic influencers: ‘We are the gateway to the faith’
El País
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July 29, 2025
Paula Vega went viral in 2023 when she decided to spend her honeymoon with her husband in Rome to visit Pope Francis. They arrived dressed as bride and groom and carried their marriage certificate. “We wanted his blessing. I told him I was a...
How Pope Leo XIV Can Influence Catholic Church’s New Social Media Missionaries
ACI Africa
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July 28, 2025
“Evangelization in the modern world,” he concluded, “must find the appropriate means for redirecting public attention away from spectacle and into mystery.” ‘Digital missionaries’ Almost 13 years later, the popularity of social media has...
Pope Leo XIV mobbed by Catholic influencers at Vatican festival
The Independent
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July 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Over 40 Christians killed in ISIS-linked terrorist attack on Congolese Catholic church
LifeSite
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July 29, 2025
News Nine children were among the dead after an assault by Allied Democratic Forces terrorists on the Catholic Parish of Blessed Anuarite during a prayer vigil. KOMANDA, Congo (LifeSiteNews) — More than 43 civilians, including nine children, were...
ISIS-backed rebels kill dozens of Christians at church vigil in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 28, 2025
Three Congolese ride a motorbike and carry a cross for a grave along the road linking Mangina to Beni on August 23, 2018, in Mangina, in the North Kivu province. | JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty ImagesIslamic State-backed rebels killed 38 worshippers...
Conclave Director Tackles Gambling In Ballad Of A Small Player: ‘The Casino Is Like Our New Church’
Empire
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In recent years, Edward Berger has emerged as a major cinematic player. The Swiss-Austrian filmmaker hit big at the Oscars with his 2022 adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front, and last year made waves with his Papal thriller Conclave, a...
Vatican Envoy Visits Persecuted Christians in Modi’s India
Patheos
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July 25, 2025
Photo Source: Flickr Creative Commons. Image Courtesy Neandra Modi....
How Pope Leo XIV can influence the Catholic Church’s new social media missionaries
Catholic News Agency
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July 28, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 / 13:09 pm The Vatican welcomes more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to shape a new generation of Catholic missionaries — those sharing Christ on the internet. An active...
2024 profits from Vatican investments, properties answer some of new pope’s prayers
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV is starting his pontificate with a complicated arithmetic problem. The Vatican has been running a 50 million to 60 million euro structural deficit for years and is facing a 1 billion euro pension fund shortfall, according to The...
An Organist Who Has Played the Vatican Offers Free Concert
Pasadena Now - California
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Mallory Haney via Instagram The same hands that have brought music to Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and Notre Dame in Paris will grace the keys at Pasadena Presbyterian Church next week, when internationally acclaimed organist Mallory...
Pope prays for children and families displaced by Thai-Cambodian border conflict
Pattaya Mail
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July 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace and protection of human rights, highlighting the plight of war victims worldwide including those affected by fighting at the Thai-Cambodian border. VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Church, addressed...
Cardinal Parolin: Attack On Church in Democratic Republic of Congo a ‘Dangerous Sign’
National Catholic Register
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According to initial reports, the terrorists stormed a Catholic church in northwestern DRC while they were participating in a prayer vigil. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Monday expressed his concern over the July 27 attack...
Christians, Muslims, and the Worship of God
Word on Fire - Washington D.C.
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August 4, 2025
Every so often, the same point of controversy resurfaces across social media platforms. One such matter of dispute is the question of whether Muslims worship the one true God. Recently, this topic was raised on several popular platforms....
CatholicVote founder confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
Angelus News - California
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August 4, 2025
In a rare Saturday session, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Brian Burch, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in a vote of 49-44 along party lines Aug. 2. Burch, the former president of the pro-Trump political...
Haiti in Crisis: Can the Catholic Church Help Turn the Tide?
National Catholic Register
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Just 700 miles southeast of Florida, a Catholic country has descended into chaos: Haiti. Even before a cataclysmic earthquake hit the country 15 years ago, the population of 11 million had suffered relentless manmade disasters and the collapse of...
‘I’m Devastated’: Polish Archbishop Asks Vatican to Laicize Priest Accused of Murder
National Catholic Register
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According to the news site of the German Bishops’ Conference, the accused priest has already been arrested by Polish police and has confessed to the crime. Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest...
Michael Knowles Reveals The Truth About The Vatican And The Nazis
Daily Wire
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July 28, 2025
Could the Catholic Church have done more to fight the Nazis? Conventional wisdom says yes, but newly-released information from the Vatican suggests otherwise. Beginning August 13, Daily Wire host Michael Knowles will correct the historical record...