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‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
James Hitchcock and the Continuing Battles over Vatican II
The Catholic Thing
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July 28, 2025
James Hitchcock, the American Catholic historian, died in his native St. Louis last week. He was an accomplished academic – Princeton PhD – and his History of the Catholic Church will remain a point of reference for years to come. But he was also...
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...
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...
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How to spread faith? The Vatican is calling on ‘hot priests’
Firstpost
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July 28, 2025
What if the path back to faith runs through Instagram, and a really good-looking priest? The Vatican seems to think so. At a time when church pews are thinning out and TikTok influencers hold more sway, the Catholic Church is turning to an...
‘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...
At least 43 dead after attack at Congo Catholic church
Catholic Courier - New York
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July 28, 2025
(OSV News) — 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...
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...