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Vatican accused of secret money-laundering tool as Pope Leo faces financial crisis
Natural News
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August 13, 2025
Vatican accused of secret money-laundering tool as Pope Leo faces financial crisis Former Vatican auditor Libero Milone alleges the Holy See’s payroll agency had a secret tool to alter bank transfers, enabling money laundering by masking sender...
7 Articles to get an overview of Church and science
Aleteia
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August 12, 2025
We invite you to take a look at this brief series, and finish with a better understanding of 2,000 years of (sometimes messy) cooperation. When you hear of the Catholic Church and "following the science" (to use the currently popular term),...
Pleas for Vatican aid as Russian adoption database shows Ukraine's children
The Catholic Register
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August 12, 2025
Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to Russian foster and...
Politico: Former Vatican Auditor Alleges System Enabled Money Laundering
The Gateway Pundit
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August 12, 2025
Politico has published new claims from Libero Milone, a former auditor from Deloitte who was appointed by the Vatican in 2015. Milone alleges that the Vatican’s payroll agency was able to change names and account numbers on transactions after they...
With new Vatican ambassador, Trump sends culture-war message to American Catholics
Religion News Service
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August 11, 2025
With new Vatican ambassador, Trump sends culture-war message to American Catholics (RNS) — The new US ambassador to the Holy See may faithfully represent the White House's conservative agenda, but his appointment's real purpose seems to be to sow...
Advocate pleads for Vatican aid as Russian adoption database shows Ukraine's children
Detroit Catholic
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August 11, 2025
(OSV News) ─ Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to...
10 Pittsburgh Museums You May Not Know About (But Should!)
Pittsburgh Magazine - Pennsylvania
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August 13, 2025
THE CLEMENTE MUSEUM | PHOTO BY ROB LARSON/CLEMENTE MUSEUM Pittsburgh punches above its weight when it comes to museums. Institutions including The Andy Warhol Museum and the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History have gained international...
Vatican astronomer praises NZ's dark sky sanctuaries
1News
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The director of the Vatican's astronomical observatory has talked up the value of "dark-sky" sanctuaries, ahead of a trip to visit to a sanctuary near Lake Tekapo. The Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, which ranges across the lower...
Wildfires in Madrid burn 26 horses to death as record-breaking heatwave sweeps across Europe
The Independent
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August 13, 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...
UK Foreign Minister Faces Fine After JD Vance Fishing Trip License Error
Asharq Al-Awsat
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August 13, 2025
Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee. Fire has affected nearly...
John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998) – WTF Happened to This Adaptation?
JoBlo
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August 13, 2025
John Carpenter is one of our favorites of all time. Even his lesser stuff is fun to watch, or you get to see a glimpse of what could have been. He has a decade of work that is full of the best that horror and sci-fi have to offer as well as things...
Alleged miracle attributed to Dutton’s intercession
Hawaii Catholic Herald
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August 13, 2025
Hawaii Catholic Herald There is an exciting update on the sainthood cause for Servant of God Joseph Dutton, a layman who worked for decades with Hansen’s disease patients in Kalaupapa — first alongside Father Damien de Veuster, then as a...
Urgent warning issued over new Paris scam - as tourists are paying THREE times more than they need to
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
Tourists visiting popular landmarks and attractions across Europe this summer are being warned against purchasing 'rip-off' on online marketplaces. Millions of visitors flock to European destinations each year to tick off must-see bucket list...
Sustainability and climate change: Key discussions at the G20 Interfaith Forum
IOL
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Issues of sustainability and the roles that interfaith organisations can play in fighting and assisting to mitigate the impact of climate change took centre stage at the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) on Wednesday morning. The IF20 forum convenes...
Louisiana girl on the path to sainthood after Vatican approval
WWL - Louisiana
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August 7, 2025
12-year-old Charlene Richard, nicknamed “The Little Cajun Saint,” is said to have performed miracles. CHURCH POINT, La. — A little girl from the Lafayette area could be on the path to being recognized as a saint. If she is, she would become the...
The world’s most visited countries, according to travel research
Forbes Australia
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Published on August 7, 2025 Travel company research shows where visitors choose to go, from the snow-kissed alpine peaks of France to the ancient Aztec ruins of Mexico. Fisherman Boat with Fuji Moutnain bacgkround in Morning Mist Autumn,...
On Religion: Vatican Gathers Global Creators To Rethink Online Evangelism
Religion Unplugged
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(ANALYSIS) With a nod to digital life, Merriam-Webster has expanded its “influencer” definition to include a “person who is able to generate interest in something (such as a consumer product) by posting about it on social media.” Pope Leo XIV...
Vatican Official at SECAM Plenary Assembly Urges Africa’s Catholic Bishops to Champion Integral Human Development
ACI Africa
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August 2, 2025
The Cardinal Czerny who is a member of the Society of Jesus Congregation, noted that “The Dicastery supports the mission of the Holy Father and of the Bishops to proclaim the gospel to all creation, ensuring that no one is excluded.” He also...
Vatican Museums delegation presents restored St. Augustine painting to Pope Leo XIV
Vatican News
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August 2, 2025
A delegation from the Vatican Museums presents to Pope Leo XIV a restored painting of St. Augustine, the work of an anonymous Roman artist of the 18th century which was restored by the Laboratory for the Restoration of Paintings and Wooden...
Vatican strikes a solar deal that aims to make it the world’s 1st carbon-neutral state
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 31, 2025
ROME — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 1,000-acre field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City and turn it...