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Bishop Rhoades Highlights Concerns Amid Religious Freedom Week
Today's Catholic - Indiana
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June 23, 2025
June 23, 2025 // Bishop Religious Freedom Week in the United States commenced on Sunday, June 22, with a focus on political polarization, which can lead to “abandoning the search for truth and fidelity to the Church in order to support one or...
Meet the Future of the Church: Seminarians Gather in Rome for Jubilee
National Catholic Register
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More than 2,500 seminarians from 57 countries converged on Rome this week to pray at the tomb of St. Peter, receive a blessing from Pope Leo XIV, and celebrate their vocations in the Jubilee of Seminarians. “Thank you for courageously accepting...
Bishop Rhoades highlights religious freedom concerns
Vatican News
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June 23, 2025
Bishop Kevin Rhoades, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Religious Liberty, highlights the domestic and international issues the Church in the United States is focusing on during Religious Freedom Week 2025. By Christopher Wells and Kielce...
A Peruvian designer: in charge of revitalizing the Vatican’s digital heart
Zenit
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June 23, 2025
(ZENIT News / Rome, 06.23.2025).- When white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on May 8, 2025, announcing the election of Pope Leo XIV, another was about to be announced unveiled to the world: a complete redesign of vatican.va, the...
Pope urges political leaders to fix wealth gap, promote religious freedom
Catholic News
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June 23, 2025
Pope Leo XIV addresses people attending the Conference of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union (CNS/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV says the huge economic divide between rich and poor today is unacceptable, with so much wealth concentrated in...
Pope calls for ‘path to unity’ in meeting with Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims
Catholic News
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July 17, 2025
Pope Leo XIV with pilgrims on an ecumenical Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin, left, and Metropolitan Elpidophoros, right, yesterday (Crux/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and...
Syria: Suicide bombing at Orthodox Church in Damascus
Vatican News
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June 23, 2025
A suicide bomber has killed at least 20 people attending the Divine Liturgy at St. Elijah Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus on Sunday. By Vatican News At least 20 people were killed on Sunday at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of...
‘The Chosen’ Cast Visits Vatican After Filming Crucifixion Scenes in Italy
National Catholic Register
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Roumie will also present Pope Leo XIV with a gift from The Chosen during the Wednesday general audience on June 25, a meeting he said would be 'extraordinary for so many reasons.' The Chosen actor Jonathan Roumie said Monday coming to the Vatican...
Report commissioned by the Vatican calls for action to tackle international debt
Church Times
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June 23, 2025
GOVERNMENTS and international institutions could prevent multiple future crises by restructuring or forgiving the debts of developing countries, according to a report commissioned by the late Pope Francis for the Roman Catholic Church’s current...
The royal women you never knew existed, but should know about
Woman & Home
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June 22, 2025
They wore crowns, carried swords, broke hearts, defied empires, and yet, history barely whispers their names. From warrior queens and political powerhouses to scandal-draped duchesses and defiant princess suffragettes, these royal women didn’t...
Flushing man presents symbolic pennant to Pope Leo XIV during Vatican Jubilee
QNS - New York
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June 23, 2025
Victor Mooney of Flushing presents a commemorative pennant to Pope Leo XIV during a Jubilee Audience at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media A Flushing man with a long record of endurance-driven pilgrimages for peace, faith and remembrance is once...
Judge temporarily freezes parish payments toward Buffalo diocese’s clergy sex abuse settlement
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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July 16, 2025
Several Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, do not have to make payments to the diocese’s $150 million clergy sex abuse settlement for the time being, a state Supreme Court judge ruled last week. CatholicVote previously reported...
India News | Yoga Transforms from Within: Pro-VC of Dev Sanskriti University at Vatican Event
Latestly
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June 23, 2025
Dehradun, Jun 23 (PTI) Yoga is a path to physical well-being and spiritual upliftment, with the power to transform an individual from within, Pro Vice Chancellor of Haridwar-based Dev Sanskriti University, Chinmay Pandya, said at an International...
Meeting with the Cultural Attaché of the Vatican Apostolic Nunciature in Turkmenistan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan
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June 23, 2025
23 June 2025 120 Meeting with the Cultural Attaché of the Vatican Apostolic Nunciature in Turkmenistan On June 23, 2025, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov met with the Cultural Attaché of the Vatican Apostolic...
Pope Leo XIV Speaks Out on the Situation in Iran: No Armed Victory Outweighs the Pain of Mothers and the Fear of Children
Zenit
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June 22, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 22.06.2025).- Following the US invasion of Iran and the worsening of the war situation in different parts of the world, especially in the Middle East, at noon on Sunday, June 22, Pope Leo made a statement from St....
Israel Apologizes After Trump Reportedly Gave Them a Furious Call: 'Life Lost Is a Tragedy'
The Western Journal
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July 17, 2025
President Donald Trump reportedly confronted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a military strike on a Catholic church in Gaza that killed civilians. “It was not a positive reaction,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said...
In an AI world, Catholic education is more important than ever
The Catholic Weekly
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June 23, 2025
Great improvements are expected to transform our jobs and everyday lives, but great upheaval is also expected with experts predicting the loss of 50 per cent of white-collar jobs in the next decade. Photo: Pexels.com. By Conor Ross It is no secret...
Moe boy meets religious royalty
Latrobe Valley Express
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June 24, 2025
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT FROM working at Moe McDonald’s and KFC to meeting the Pope. It’s hard to believe that trajectory could be achieved, but that’s exactly what former Moe and Westbury boy David Dodd did recently, shaking the hand of the newly...
The Ultimate Escape for History Buffs and Culture Seekers
Somers Point Sentinel - New Jersey
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June 23, 2025
From the remnants of powerful ancient civilizations to the artistic treasures of the Renaissance and the vibrant legacy preserved in its cities and countryside, Europe delivers an unparalleled connection to the past. With so many curated vacation...
Pope encourages religious orders to keep serving people facing religious persecution
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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June 21, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on June 20 praised the religious of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives, who gathered for their General Chapters at the Vatican, for their faith and their closeness to people...