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Ukraine's hidden minerals, Russia's unveiled stakes
Sabah
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July 8, 2025
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been overshadowed recently by emerging conflict zones and crises in the Middle East and the South Caucasus. However, these developments are not isolated from one another. Across the Eurasian...
Vatican scientists warn of global assault on scientific truth
Aleteia
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June 20, 2025
These challenges cannot be solved by scientists alone: “A global coalition of stakeholders is needed … to defend the right to seek and speak scientific truth.” In a recently published statement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) has sounded...
Jesuit astrophysicist says ‘science not against God’
Catholic News
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June 30, 2025
Fr Paul Gabor SJ (OSV News/Bob Roller) Jesuit astrophysicist Fr Pavel Gabor says the Vatican Observatory attests that “science is not against God” – and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord’s wondrous...
Science and the stars a call to the spiritual, says Vatican astrophysicist
Florida Catholic
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PHOENIX | The Vatican Observatory attests that "science is not against God" -- and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord's wondrous works, said a Jesuit astrophysicist. Father Pavel Gabor, vice director of...
When Mozart proved himself a child prodigy at the Vatican
Aleteia
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June 29, 2025
In 1770, young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aged 14, transcribed from memory Allegri's “Miserere,” a sacred work then jealously guarded by the Sistine Chapel choir. In 18th-century Rome, there was a liturgy that drew royalty to the Vatican: Holy Week....
Scanning the heavens at the Vatican Observatory
CBS News
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Perched in the hills outside Rome sits the Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the centuries-old lakeside summer home for popes, which is also home to the Vatican Observatory, established in 1891 to help bridge the chasm between religion and science....
Former Vatican scientist honored on U.S. quarter
Aleteia
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June 19, 2025
Dr. Vera Rubin, a former instructor at the Vatican Observatory Summer School and member of the Pontifical Academy of Science, was honored as part of the "American Women Quarters Program." Dr. Vera Rubin, who had a longstanding relationship with...
Vatican Backs Report Calling for Financial Reforms to Alleviate Global Debt Crisis
National Catholic Register
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The Vatican has endorsed a report calling for reforms to alleviate the global debt crisis affecting billions of people in developing countries. The document, titled “The Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and...
Vatican-China Agreement Enters New Phase With Pope Leo XIV at the Helm
National Catholic Register
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Rumor has it that a delegation from China is expected to visit the Vatican at the end of June for the regular bilateral meeting to discuss Sino-Vatican relations and the progress of the agreement on the appointment of bishops. The news is not...
Vatican report urges overhaul of Africa's debt architecture
African Business
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June 23, 2025
A new Vatican-backed report, unveiled in Rome, calls to overhaul the global financial architecture and fix a debt system that it says is punishing Africa and other developing regions. The Jubilee Report challenges the logic of inequity, arguing...
Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’
Catholic News Agency
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June 23, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 23, 2025 / 06:00 am Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCTM, by its Italian acronym), contends that instead of a single reparative action, victims of...
The Pope has ‘isolated’ breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican says
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 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...
Business Leaders Called To Align Tech Decisions With Corporate Values
Forbes
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Signs point to an emerging, if informal, social contact on AI deployment.AFP via Getty Images With the rapid rollout of AI, corporate leaders are increasingly being called to consider the proper alignment between technology strategies and...
Vatican addresses global debt crisis; Ghana and other countries to benefit
GhanaWeb
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June 21, 2025
The Vatican has established a new global commission of economic experts to address the escalating sovereign debt crisis impacting Ghana and several other countries across the Global South. Announced this week, the high-level Commission of Experts...
Vatican sets up global commission to tackle sovereign debt crisis
Business and Financial Times
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June 20, 2025
…Ghana, others in the Global South to benefit By Kizito CUDJOE The Vatican has announced the launch of a high-level Commission of Experts to address the mounting sovereign debt crisis affecting Ghana and numerous other countries across the...
How One American Parish Put the Catechism Online — and Caught the Vatican’s Eye
National Catholic Register
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June 25, 2025
Recently, the Vatican rolled out a major website redesign for the first time since its launch in the mid-1990s. One thing that caught my eye was that the link to the Catechism of the Catholic Church was moved to the site’s front page. I grinned...
Vatican crisis: Pope Leo XIV asks faithful for financial contributions amid...
TUKO
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June 19, 2025
The Vatican, under the Catholic Church, faces a huge budget deficit, and Pope Leo XIV has now appealed for donations from the faithful Peter's Pence, a papal foundation that supports charitable endeavours and religious activities, collected €48.4...
In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost
Nature
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You have full access to this article via your institution. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has expressed concern about the impact of political interference on science around the world.Credit: Piotr Bednarczyk/ShutterstockThe administration of...
Vatican plans to further reduce carbon footprint
Catholic News
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June 17, 2025
A slide from the Fabbrica di San Pietro presentation (Vatican Media) St Peter’s Basilica and some of its surrounding buildings are working to reduce their environmental impact by becoming more energy efficient and promoting sustainability. Source:...
An Ignatian Approach to Astronomy with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ
Word on Fire - Washington D.C.
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July 7, 2025
Guy Consolmagno, SJ, is a Jesuit brother and planetary scientist whose research focuses on meteorites, asteroids, and the evolution of small solar system bodies. In 2015, Pope Francis appointed him director of the Vatican Observatory. Br. Guy is...