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Why Al Pacino Was Mercilessly Trolled After Becoming First Celebrity to Be Granted Audience With Pope — Years After 'Godfather III' Tore Into Vatican Corruption
RadarOnline
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June 22, 2025
Al Pacino became the first movie star to meet with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. However, the 85-year-old actor's fashion choices inadvertently stole the spotlight, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The meeting took place on Monday, June 16, where Pacino...
Pope Leo: No tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church
The Columbian - Washington State
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LIMA, Peru — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse — sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called for “transparent processes” to create a culture of prevention across the church....
Pope Leo XIV on Artificial Intelligence: "All of us are concerned for children and young people"
ACI Africa
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June 20, 2025
Similarly, he warned that AI can also be misused “for selfish gain at the expense of others, or worse, to foment conflict and aggression.” At the beginning of his message, written in English, the pontiff stressed the “urgent need” for “serious...
International Safeguarding Conference: Togolese religious nun encourages open discussion about abuse
Vatican News
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June 22, 2025
This year's International Safeguarding Conference (ISC) "Women of faith, women of strength" at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome, dealt with the topic of women and safeguarding. One of the pioneers in raising awareness of the problem of...
The Vatican supported demonstrations in Italy in favor of world peace
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 22, 2025
A note published on the Vatican News website highlights that, in a meeting held the day before at the Capitol in the Italian capital, “in a global context marked by the recent escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran,” Parolin considered...
Priest’s death in Sudan prompts cardinal to call for end to fighting near churches
Religion News Service
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June 20, 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The archbishop of Juba in South Sudan called for an immediate end to military operations near places of worship, hospitals and humanitarian aid locations after the brutal killing of a Catholic priest in El-Fasher, the...
Congolese customs worker who resisted corruption is beatified by the Vatican
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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June 22, 2025
ROME -- The Vatican on Sunday beatified a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe, giving young people in a place with endemic corruption a new model of holiness: Someone who refused to allow spoiled rice to be distributed to...
Pope: There should be no tolerance for abuse in Catholic Church
Hurriyet Daily News
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LIMA Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse, sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority, and called for “transparent processes” to create a culture of prevention across the church. Leo made his...
Bishop Barron Explains How Pope Leo XIV Could Shape a New Era for Catholic Church
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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June 23, 2025
Catholic Bishop Robert Barron was live on NBC News last month when white smoke began billowing from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signifying the election of a new pope. The quick decision by the College of Cardinals caught Barron by surprise, he...
A nun’s letter to the new Pope for a Church without gender hierarchies
L'Osservatore Romano
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by Marinella Perroni “Dear Brother Pope Leo”. Thus begins a long and passionate letter that, on the very day of his election, Sister Martha Zechmeister, of the Congregation of the English Ladies and professor of Systematic Theology at the Central...
Pope warns of negative effects on children of AI
Catholic News
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June 22, 2025
Participants at the Rome conference discussed the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence (Bigstock) Pope Leo XIV has issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence can have on the “intellectual and...
POPE LEO XIV IN HIS OWN WORDS
Catholic League - New York
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July 16, 2025
This is the article that appeared in the June 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out...
Pope: No military win can justify children’s fear
Shafaq News
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2025-06-22T16:33:43+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV condemned recent US strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, warning that humanity is “crying out for peace” amid mounting tensions in the Middle East. The...
Pope says the church ‘needs journalists’ to maintain a culture of prevention in response to the abuse crisis
America Magazine
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June 21, 2025
In his first public comments on abuse in the Catholic church and the important role of journalists, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the “urgent need to establish a culture of prevention throughout the church that does not tolerate any form of...
Pope Leo gifted GAA jersey during audience at the Vatican
RTE Ireland
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June 21, 2025
Pope Leo has been gifted a special GAA jersey during a recent audience at the Vatican for the Jubilee of Sport. Catherine Hallinan and Niamh Ryan are from Ireland and Katie Molloy is from New York. All three are members of the Rome Hibernia Gaelic...
Pope Leo calls for zero tolerance of abuse in Catholic Church
Madhyamam
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June 21, 2025
Lima/Peru: Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority -- and called for “transparent processes” to create a culture of prevention across the church, the...
US Bishops: Promote religious freedom through prayer, reflection, and action
Vatican News
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June 21, 2025
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops commemorate Religious Freedom Week, 22-29 June, inviting the faithful to promote religious freedom for all believers through prayer, education, and public action. By Christopher Wells Beginning on...
Pope Leo Warns AI May Hurt Children's Intellectual, Neurological Development
Breitbart
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June 21, 2025
Pope Leo XIV warned Friday of the negative impacts artificial intelligence (AI) can have on young people, and his comments were sent to a conference on AI and ethics. Part of the conference took place in the Vatican. In his message, the pope cited...
Pope recognizes 154 martyrs, and various laity and religious
Aleteia
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June 21, 2025
The future "blesseds" and "venerables" include martyrs of the Nazis and the Spanish Civil War, a servant of the poor, priests, religious, laity, and a deacon. By approving the publication of several decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of...
Pope Leo XIV on AI: ‘All of us are concerned for children and young people’
Catholic News Agency
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June 20, 2025
Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 18:46 pm Pope Leo XIV has issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence (AI) can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations, along with a call to...