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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...
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...
Nature abuse threatens human lives – Cardinal Turkson slams ‘galamseyers’
MyJoyOnline
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August 19, 2025
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, a prominent figure at the Vatican, has delivered a searing critique of illegal mining, locally known as "galamsey", asserting that the destruction of nature is a direct threat to human life. His remarks, rooted...
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,...
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...
Vatican to become the world first carbon-neutral state
Nyngan Observer
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July 31, 2025
In the 1990s at the height of the controversy over the radio towers, residents sued Vatican Radio officials, claiming the emissions exceeded the Italian legal limit, but the court cleared the transmitter. In 2012, the Vatican announced it was...
Vatican strikes solar deal that aims to make it world’s first carbon-neutral state
ABC News - New York
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July 31, 2025
ROME -- Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (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...
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state
Newsday - New York
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ROME — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its...
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...
100 Days of Pope Leo
Today's Catholic - Indiana
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August 19, 2025
During the homily at his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV said: “I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother, who desires to be the servant of your faith and your joy, walking with you on...
VATICAN/JUBILEE - The Pope to Catholic digital influencers: In online spaces, always look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in every brother and sister
Fides
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July 29, 2025
Tuesday, 29 July 2025 Vatican Media Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "In online spaces, always look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in every brother and sister." This is the mission that Pope Leo entrusted to the digital missionaries and...
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...
'We're going to find out about Putin,' Trump says - as he teases air support for Ukraine
Sky News
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August 19, 2025
Donald Trump has said American troops will not be sent to Ukraine, but the US may provide air support as part of a peace deal with Russia. A day after his extraordinary White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the...
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....
Radio Interview: The Vatican Observatory
Catholic Review - Maryland
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August 4, 2025
The heavens are full of wonder, and the astronomers who work for the Vatican Observatory probably know that better than most people on earth. In this episode of Catholic Review Radio, Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jesuit Father Paul Gabor,...
Real Life: Vatican’s top astronomer Guy Consolmagno on faith, science and searching for God
The New Zealand Herald
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August 4, 2025
“I never doubted that [science] was a way of getting me some corner of the truth.” That pursuit of truth through science has landed Consolmagno jobs in some prestigious roles over the years. He has worked at the likes of Harvard, Nasa and MIT, and...
Vatican asked to defrock priest charged with killing homeless man who was set on fire
The Independent
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July 27, 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...
With festivities and papal prayer, the Vatican aims to attract the young
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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August 3, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Nuns danced in conga lines. Teenagers bounced up and down to the rhythm of bongo drums. And thousands sang along as singers and bands alternated sets on the huge stage built just last month in a Roman suburb for a youth festival...
Science in Peru: The urgent need to promote research from childhood
Latin America Reports
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July 25, 2025
Lima, Peru – Renzo Trujillo Díaz, a 23-year-old from Áncash, had an unforgettable experience when he was selected to participate in the summer school of the Vatican Observatory- one of the oldest scientific institutions in the world, dedicated to...