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Vatican accepts investigation into 'Little Cajun Saint' Charlene Richard
The Acadiana Advocate - Louisiana
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The Vatican has officially accepted and approved the investigation into the life of Charlene Richard, “the Little Cajun Saint,” according to the Charlene Richard Foundation. Charlene, a Richard native, died from acute lymphatic leukemia when she...
To Tackle Ghana’s Challenges, Vatican-based Cardinal Calls for “true awakening of fraternal solidarity”
ACI Africa
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July 3, 2025
“We do not yield to despair; rather, we embrace the values of our own past and the religions and faiths we pursue, and formulate the types of solutions and situations that best help us all achieve our common good,” he said. Cardinal Turkson went...
VATICAN - 14 priests ordained by Pope Leo from the Pontifical Urban College "de Propaganda Fide"
Fides
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July 1, 2025
Vatican City – On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and on the occasion of the XXIX World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, instituted by John Paul II in 1995, Pope Leo XIV ordained 32 new priests in the Vatican Basilica,...
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....
Difference Without Domination: The Answer to Gender War
Patheos
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July 5, 2025
Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction Modern feminism, in its many forms, has brought attention to the injustices women have historically endured—political exclusion, domestic exploitation, and cultural marginalization. Yet as feminism evolved into...
‘Hug therapy’: How Pope Leo XIV is trying to unify the Vatican
The Manila Times
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July 4, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV heads off on a holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as the Catholic Church’s leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor’s unorthodox papacy. “Prudent,” “methodical” and...
Pope Leo dialogues with children: "Build bridges from an early age"
Vatican News
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July 4, 2025
Pope Leo has a dialogue with children participating in the Vatican's summer camp who gathered with him yesterday in the Paul VI Hall. With them also a group of around 300 young students from Ukraine, hosted in Italy by Caritas for the summer....
Churches in Syria Resume Liturgies Amid Heightened Security and Unease
National Catholic Register
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Father Al-Nasr confirmed that the Ministry of Interior has deployed security personnel to guard the church since the day of the attack — and that these officers remain stationed there for now. A week after the deadly attack on Mar Elias Church in...
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 exhibits Raphael’s legacy with the reopening of the Hall of Constantine
Catholic News Agency
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June 30, 2025
Vatican City, Jun 30, 2025 / 07:00 am After a decade of painstaking restoration, the imposing Hall of Constantine in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, which houses Raphael’s masterpiece depicting Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Milvian...
U.S. embassy in Rome honors first American-born pope as U.S.-Vatican diplomatic milestone
Catholic News Agency
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July 4, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 4, 2025 / 05:00 am Beneath a canopy of Roman pines, Americans in Rome celebrated the Fourth of July this year with something more than barbecue and fireworks: the historic election of the first pope born and raised in the United...
Children bear ‘heaviest toll’ in growing global conflicts, says Vatican diplomat at UN
OSV News
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June 30, 2025
(OSV News) — Children are among those who bear “the heaviest toll” in the global rise of armed conflict and “the increasing acceptance of force as a means of resolving disputes,” a Vatican diplomat told the United Nations. “Too many children...
Various religions meet in Tokyo to reject war and promote dialogue
Vatican News
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July 4, 2025
Religious representatives from all over the world meet in Tokyo, Japan, for a roundtable on peace organized by the coalition Religions for Peace International, discussing ways to build trust among religious leaders and work with political leaders...
Migration Policies and Children’s Rights: The Case of Venezuelan Children in the United States
teleSUR
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The Venezuelan migration crisis is one of the most significant in recent history. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have undertaken dangerous journeys in search of better conditions, facing restrictive U.S. immigration policies that have led to...
How Pope Leo is trying to unify Vatican
eNCA
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor's unorthodox papacy. "Prudent", "methodical" and "listening" are some...
VATICAN - The unity of the Church "is nourished by forgiveness". Pope Leo celebrates the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Patrons of Rome
Fides
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June 29, 2025
Sunday, 29 June 2025 VaticanMedia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Rome “was born of the witness of the Apostles Peter and Paul, and made fruitful by the outpouring of their blood and that of many martyrs.” They too were poor sinners,...
Holy See Press Office spokesman responds to alleged Vatican Latin Mass report
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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July 3, 2025
Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said July 3 that he is not confirming whether a recent alleged Vatican questionnaire report about the Latin Mass is genuine and that the text “is part of one of the documents” that led to Pope Francis’...
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “One life is more precious than the whole world”. The Korean work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for women in need
Fides
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July 3, 2025
by Pascale Rizk Chuncheon (Agenzia Fides) - For more than 50 years, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd in Chuncheon, Seoul, and Jeju, South Korea, have prayed and worked for women and girls in difficulty: single mothers, immigrants,...
Vatican Unveils Last Of Four Restored Raphael Rooms after 10-Year Cleaning Project
Art in America
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June 30, 2025
After a decade-long cleaning and restoration, the Vatican Museums recently unveiled the “last and most important” room in the Apostolic Palace belonging to a group known as the Raphael Rooms. The process uncovered a “novel mural painting...
Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office
Catholic News Agency
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July 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 07:00 am Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office Pope Leo XIV on July 3...