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Letters: Vatican has amassed enough wealth throughout history to compensate victims
Nola - Louisiana
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In rebuttal to a recent letter titled "Catholic faithful should consider making amends to abuse victims," I am a Catholic faithful and I disagree. I love my church and support its local mission to provide spiritual guidance and education to its...
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...
Voices: Why has it been so difficult for Britain to recognise the state of Palestine?
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...
Remand in custody, not in prison
The Sun Nigeria
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July 30, 2025
“HE said the salvation of the country cannot (could not) be found in any of the existing political parties.” “7 LGAs violent-prone (violence-prone) in Bayelsa elections—NGO” “Pa Ukoha was a selfless community leader, (otiose comma) who committed...
Human dignity must be protected from rise of AI, Pope says
BBC
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ShareSave Pope Leo XIV has told the Vatican's first Mass for Catholic social media influencers that human dignity needs to be protected online as the world faces the "challenge" of artificial intelligence (AI). "Nothing that comes from man and his...
How to run the world
Aeon
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July 29, 2025
On 31 July 2024, an intriguing ceremony took place on Pheasant Island, a tiny sliver of land in the river Bidasoa, marking the border between France and Spain in the Basque Pyrenees. Under a lush canopy of trees, a handful of people disembarked...
Vatican leak undermines Pope Francis and inflames debate over Latin Mass
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
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Leo XIV tells digital missionaries to 'go and mend the net'
Asia News
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July 29, 2025
The pontiff met with Catholic influencers taking part in the Jubilee in St Peter's Basilica. He invited them to "proclaim peace to the world" by embracing the Church's mission. He appealed for the "new culture" of technology and artificial...
Vatican correspondent reports ‘major cracks’ in basis of Traditionis Custodes
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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July 2, 2025
Senior American journalist and Vatican correspondent Diane Montagna reported July 1 that she has obtained the Vatican’s overall assessment of bishops’ responses to a 2020 questionnaire, the results of which were cited as the basis for Pope...
The First Mass for Digital Missionaires and Influencers
Rome Reports
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July 29, 2025
On the second day of the Youth Jubilee, the Vatican held a mass dedicated to digital missionaries and Catholic influencers for the first time. Cardinal Tagle delivered the homily message to the crowd of young influencers, defining what influencing...
Pope Leo calls on ‘Digital Missionaries’ to have real friendships, and not focus on ‘followers’
Crux Now
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July 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV admitted science and technology are influencing “the way we live in the world” in a speech on Tuesday to “Influencers and Digital Missionaries” in Rome for a special 2025 Jubilee event specially organized for them. In the 21st...
Pope Leo condemns vile Isis terror attack on church which left 49 Christian worshippers dead
GB News
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July 30, 2025
Pope Leo has come out to condemn a brutal Isis attack on a church which left 49 Christian worshippers dead. The pontiff, alongside the UN, the US's State Department and a leading Christian group, have all reacted with fury to the mass killings -...
VATICAN - Climate crisis and ecological debt, the Bishops of Asia, Africa and Latin America: the “green Economy” risks being reduced to “modernization of capitalism”
Fides
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July 1, 2025
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 Wolfgang Hasselmann. Pixabay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saying “enough” to “false solutions” and calling on rich countries to settle “with urgent action” the ecological debt owed to the poorest nations. This is the meaning...
Exposed: Fake 'Vatican Chamber' Token Scam Unmasking The Presale Fraud!
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) The crypto community has recently been alerted to a fraudulent operation involving a non-existent token allegedly linked to the Vatican, illustrating the persistent risk scams pose in the burgeoning field of digital...
Vatican Radio participates in European Broadcasting Summit in London
Vatican News
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June 30, 2025
From 2 to 4 July, the BBC headquarters in London host the 94th General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), marking the organisation's 75th anniversary. Vatican Radio, a founding member of the EBU, will be represented by Alessandro...
Vatican defends science from politics, ideology and misinformation
Religion News Service
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June 30, 2025
(RNS) — Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new (June 16) Pontifical Academy of Sciences document defending the freedom of science....
Cardinal Tagle at Influencers Jubilee: "Love cannot be generated by an algorithm"
ACI Africa
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July 29, 2025
“I pose this question: Will we let the water and blood of Jesus poured for love of us to be the true fluid of influence that will wash away all iniquity, falsehood, injustice, prejudice, manipulation, and violence?” Tagle asked the congregation....
Religion news 30 July 2025
Religion Media Centre
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July 30, 2025
Board of Deputies: government must not reward Hamas The Board of Deputies of British Jews says it is seeking clarification that the UK government will not recognise a Palestine state while Hamas fails to meet UK demands, including accepting a...
Evangelizing on social media more than just gaining followers, Leo XIV reminds influencers
Catholic News Agency
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July 29, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 29, 2025 / 16:29 pm Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday participated in the Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, encouraging them to create encounters...
Every Movie Coming to Prime Video in August 2025
Movie Web
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July 29, 2025
Prime Video has steadily emerged as one of the most exciting platforms in the streaming world, continually adding thrilling TV and film titles to its ever-growing catalog. Not only does it feature popular titles in its growing library, but Prime...