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Catholic Bishop in South Africa “delighted” at Number of African Appointees to Vatican Dicastery for Consecrated Life
ACI Africa
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June 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV also appointed Bishop Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, the Auxiliary Bishop of Ethiopia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa and member of the Religious Institute of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCJ), and Fr. Stanley...
In England, Women and Children Are Moving in With a Doomsday Cult—and a Man Calling Himself ‘the New Pope’
VICE
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July 2, 2025
According to Islamic legend, a messianic figure known as the Mahdi will appear before Judgement Day to vanquish injustice and tyranny, and usher in an era of peace across the world before the apocalypse. Abdullah Hashem, a beanie-wearing...
Ukraine: Religious Sisters bringing peace and joy amidst suffering and uncertainty
Vatican News
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July 2, 2025
In the city of Kryvyi Rih, nestled in Ukraine’s embattled Dnipropetrovsk region, the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) bring peace and joy to the community. Amid the relentless sounds of air raid sirens and the daily hardships of conflict,...
Ukrainian Greek Catholic church invites pilgrims to visit Cross of Gratitude
Catholic News Agency
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July 1, 2025
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 1, 2025 / 16:17 pm A 20-foot, 800-pound cross that has traveled to almost 50 European capitals, known as the “Cross of Gratitude,” has recently been welcomed by a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Shenandoah,...
Leo XIV reminds women religious that ‘being rooted in Christ’ makes unimaginable possible
Catholic News Agency
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July 1, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 15:17 pm During an audience on Monday of religious sisters belonging to several orders, Pope Leo XIV told the group that rootedness in Christ allows them to “do things they perhaps never thought they could achieve.”...
Pope calls for Church unity on Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 1, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has drawn on the examples of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to call for more unity in the Catholic Church. His comments came during his homily for the Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul, given in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. He also warned...
Zohran Mamdani and New York: What we've learned about religious pluralism
Deseret News - Utah
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July 1, 2025
Last week, my social media feed buzzed with both celebration and concern over Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in New York City’s mayoral primary. The 33-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist was born in Uganda and raised in Queens. He...
“Their suffering is our suffering”: Vatican Official on Christian Persecution in Nigeria, Calls for Spiritual Solidarity
ACI Africa
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June 30, 2025
Reflecting on the role of ecumenism and interreligious cooperation in times of crisis, Archbishop Nwachukwu underscored the importance of unity and collaboration. “When the room is cold, people come together to share warmth. That is what happens...
What is the current monetary situation of the Vatican? Who were top donors?
Rome Reports
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July 1, 2025
The Vatican received around 54.3 million euros in 2024. This money came from donations made to Peter’s Pence fund. This fund allocates the vast majority of its donations to the operational expenses of the Holy See. For example, to cover the...
Today, June 30, We Celebrate The First Holy Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
ACI Africa
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June 30, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa, 30 June, 2025 / 11:15 am (ACI Africa). These “proto-martyrs” of Rome were the first Christians persecuted en masse by the Emperor Nero in the year 64, before the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. Nero was widely believed to...
COP30: Churches call for 'ecological conversion'. ...
Asia News
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July 1, 2025
Thanks to the collaboration of the bishops of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, “A call for climate justice and the common home” was presented 10 years after Laudato Si’ and the Paris Agreement. The document warns against “false...
Vatican elects new custos of the Holy Land
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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June 24, 2025
Father Francesco Ielpo, a Franciscan priest from Italy, has been elected the new custos of the Holy Land. Fr. Ielpo succeeds Father Francesco Patton, who held the position since 2016. Pope Leo XIV confirmed the appointment following the vote by...
Pope Leo XIV Says the Unity of the Church "is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust"
ACI Africa
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June 29, 2025
In an ecumenical appeal, the pope emphasized that this shared sacrifice creates a “profound and invisible unity among Christian churches,” which he called, echoing Pope Francis, an “ecumenism of blood.” In his remarks, Pope Leo reaffirmed: “My...
Vatican-backed report urges urgent global action on debt, development crises
Business Hallmark
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June 25, 2025
A landmark new report commissioned by Pope Francis and led by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and former Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán has called for urgent global action to address mounting debt and development crises facing billions of...
Pope highlights St. Augustine in challenge for women religious
Aleteia
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June 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV praises women religious for apostolic spirit at a Vatican meeting that highlighted their courage, care, and the future of female religious life In a warm and pointed address at the Vatican this morning, Pope Leo XIV received...
Italy: Controversy About Allotment of Religious Tax Revenue
FSSPX.NEWS
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Cardinal Zuppi expressed his "disappointment at the government's unilateral decision to alter the purposes and allocation methods of the ‘eight per thousand’ tax revenue. This change undermines the original agreement between the Church and the...
Việt Nam, Vatican seek to deepen bilateral ties
Vietnam News Agency
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ROME — Vice State President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân, on Monday, during her working visit to Italy, paid a courtesy call on Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, highlighting the growing momentum in Việt Nam–Vatican relations. Pope Leo expressed his delight at the...
Pope Leo XIV to religious sisters: Ask, 'Is God my everything?'
Vatican News
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June 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV urges religious sisters in Rome for their General Chapters or the Jubilee to stay rooted in Christ and to ensure that God, in every way, remains their everything. By Deborah Castellano Lubov Ahead of her order’s General Chapter, Sr....
Culture Minister Bachev Opens Bulgarian Exhibition at Basilica of Saint Clement in Rome
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria’s Culture Minister, Marian Bachev, opened Milena Velcheva’s exhibition The Embrace of Peace at the Basilica of Saint Clement in Rome, Bachev’s Ministry said on Tuesday. “In 2025, the Vatican’s Holy Jubilee Year, the exhibition The Embrace...
Archbishop Fisher given Vatican role
Catholic News
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June 30, 2025
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP (ACBC/Giovanni Portelli Photography) Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Source: The Catholic Weekly. It follows the archbishop’s...