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Pope Leo XIV holds Jubilee of Youth at the Vatican
KYMA - Arizona
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July 29, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Pope Leo XIV is welcoming more than a half-a-million young people to the Vatican this week for the Jubilee of Youth. Americans are among pilgrims from nearly 150 countries who've traveled to Rome for the event. Pope...
Vatican cardinal urges Catholic influencers to be ‘witnesses’ in digital world
Interaksyon
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July 29, 2025
ROME— A top Vatican official, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday urged “online missionaries” to move beyond content creation and become true witnesses in the digital world. In an age where misinformation, polarization and isolation often dominate...
More churches are suing ICE over arrests in places of worship: ‘Congregations have gone underground’
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...
The never-ending ISRAEL-PALESTINE war that murders innocents, children and starving refugees is a moral dilemma of staggering magnitude
Natural News
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July 28, 2025
The never-ending ISRAEL-PALESTINE war that murders innocents, children and starving refugees is a moral dilemma of staggering magnitude What to do? Palestinian terrorists hide in schools, hospitals and refugee camps and shoot missiles at Israel,...
Tens of thousands of Catholics head to Vatican's Jubilee of Youth
The Messenger - Kentucky
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Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance in a crowd of 120,000 young Catholics who gathered on Tuesday in Rome for the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth -- an event that takes place every 25 years. The week-long event is taking place just over two months...
‘Nurture a Culture of Christian Humanism,’ Leo XIV Reminds Digital Influencers
National Catholic Register
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‘It is not simply a matter of generating content but of creating an encounter of hearts,’ the Pope said while sharing three missions or challenges when it comes to evangelizing online. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday participated in the Mass celebrated in...
‘Heretical’ nuns appear in court to fight eviction by Catholic Church
The Times
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A community of “heretical” nuns has appeared in court to fight an attempt by the Catholic Church to evict them from a convent. The former Poor Clare sisters insisted on their right to occupy the disputed convent of Belorado, in Spain, despite...
Vatican reports good profit on investments and real estate
Hurriyet Daily News
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VATICAN CITY The office that manages Vatican investments and real estate reported a profit of 62 million euros (around $63 million) in 2024, up 16 million euros from 2023. It’s one of the best results in years and a bit of good news as Pope Leo...
Vatican's real estate investments turn a profit amid an ongoing financial crisis. Here's how…
Mint
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July 29, 2025
The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), which manages the Vatican's investments and real estate, on July 28 reported a profit of 62 million euros (around $63 million) in 2024, up 16 million euros from 2023, according to an...
Vatican reports 2024 asset management earnings of 62 million euros
Catholic News Agency
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July 28, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 / 17:33 pm The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) — the body responsible for managing the properties and investments of the small city state — presented on July 28 its financial statement for the...
Tens Of Thousands In Rome For Vatican's Jubilee Of Youth
International Business Times
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July 29, 2025
Tens of thousands of young Catholics from all over the world gathered on Tuesday in Rome for a week of pilgrimage during the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth -- an event that takes place every 25 years. The mass gathering is taking place just over two...
Religion news 29 July 2025
Religion Media Centre
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July 28, 2025
British Jews’ anger over Gaza The Board of Deputies will host an emergency meeting this evening in response to “the scenes of human suffering and desperation in Gaza”. The Jewish Chronicle reports a message sent to all deputies from the Board’s...
Vatican Stalls Return Of Stolen Treasures From Former European Colonies
Religion Unplugged
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ROME — A leading academic who has called for the return of precious artifacts “stolen by Pope Pius XI and his missionaries” from Indigenous First Nations communities has urged Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican Museums to “rethink their colonial...
ISIS Claims Credit For Slaughtering Dozens Of Worshippers In Catholic Church Attack
The Daily Caller
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A rebel group tied to the Islamic State claimed responsibility Monday for the massacre of dozens of Catholic worshippers in the Congo, according to Reuters. The rebel group, identified as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), attacked the church in...
Harrisburg Catholic Vocalist and Songwriter Named Finalist in Catholic Music Awards
Catholic Witness - Pennsylvania
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July 30, 2025
She said that singing to God for the first time led to her falling in love with God. A song that Karen Rodriguez, a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Harrisburg, recorded about her love of the Lord was nominated for the inaugural Catholic...
Vatican diplomat sees role for religious communities in nuclear disarmament
Catholic News
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July 28, 2025
Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi (CNS/Justin McLellan) Religious communities can contribute to the “global architecture of disarmament and restraint” by fostering dialogue, prevention and accountability, according to Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi....
ISIS-affiliated rebels attack a church in the DRC
Rome Reports
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July 29, 2025
More than 40 people have been killed in a Catholic church in Komanda, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As confirmed by the UN mission in the country, the attack was carried out by the armed group ADF, affiliated with ISIS. The UN has urged the...
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...
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...
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...