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Local credit unions will beat the pillar banks in the race to offer customers instant transfers
Irish Independent
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These instant transfers are part of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) system, which was designed to simplify euro-denominated cross-border payments within the EU and make them as fast and simple as domestic transfers. Typically, Sepa transfers...
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Pope Leo XIV signals zero tolerance for abuse in latest Vatican appointment
Firstpost
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July 5, 2025
On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV appointed France’s Bishop Thibault Verny to lead the Vatican’s child protection advisory group, signalling his determination to maintain the fight against clerical sexual abuse. Verny, 59, replaces Cardinal Sean O’Malley,...
Wife of Political Prisoner José Daniel Ferrer Arrested After Demanding Proof of Life
14ymedio
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July 4, 2025
The leader of UNPACU began a hunger strike this Saturday to denounce the poor conditions at the Mar Verde prison. “Two Castro hitmen arrested Nelva Ortega and took her to an unknown location” / Facebook 14ymedio, Havana, July 1, 2025 — Around...
Kenyan, South African, Burkinabe Catholic Bishops among New Members to Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
ACI Africa
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July 4, 2025
The Chairman of the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK) was appointed the Local Ordinary of Malindi Diocese in December 2020 and ordained as Bishop in March 2021, succeeding the late Bishop Emanuel Barbara. Before his Episcopal appointment,...
Rising hunger and poverty impacting families in the West Bank
Vatican News
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July 4, 2025
Hunger, poverty, and uncertainty are increasing across the West Bank. A new report reveals that 74% of families now live below the minimum standard of living, with the most affected being children. By Janina Eddy A report just released by World...
Vatican Tribute Honors Salvadoran Diplomat Who Saved Thousands During the Holocaust.
El Salvador in English
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July 3, 2025
The Embassy of El Salvador to the Holy See recently marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a special tribute to Colonel José Arturo Castellanos, a Salvadoran diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The event...
How to Solve the Development Crisis With Quality Finance
Project Syndicate - New York
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With debt increasingly crippling low- and middle-income countries, overhauling the prevailing approach to development has never been more urgent. If poor and developing countries are ever to transform their economies and fulfill their development...
Vatican names panel of independent judges for trial of disgraced ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik
America Magazine
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July 3, 2025
(OSV News) -- The Vatican has officially named the judges who will oversee the canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik, the disgraced Slovenian priest and artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing more than two dozen...
Turkey’s first lady meets Pope Leo XIV in Vatican
BNE Intellinews
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Turkey’s first lady, Emine Erdogan (@EmineErdogan), has met with Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) in the Vatican, the country’s presidency said on July 2. The meeting was held during Erdogan’s visit to attend the “Fraternal Economy Session on Ethical...
Vatican officially names panel of judges for canonical trial of Father Rupnik
The Catholic Spirit - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks to reporters at the Vatican Sept. 19, 2024. The cardinal confirmed July 3, 2025, the Vatican has officially named a panel of judges for the canonical...
Vatican leak undermines Pope Francis and inflames debate over Latin Mass
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
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Vatican document leak reignites Latin Mass debate
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 3, 2025
Documents have emerged, in what appears a leak at the Vatican, which indicate that the majority of Catholic bishops did not support the move by Pope Francis to restrict the Latin Mass. The texts from the Vatican’s doctrine office were posted...
The Vatican’s ethical crusade in the age of AI: An interview with Bishop Tighe
Catholic Voice
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July 4, 2025
In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming society, the Vatican has emerged as an influential voice in the global conversation on AI ethics. Advocating for a human-centred approach to technology, the Holy See emphasises the...
Vatican grants exemption from Traditional Latin Mass restrictions to Texas parish
Catholic News Agency
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July 2, 2025
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2025 / 14:51 pm The Vatican has granted a parish in Texas an exemption from restrictions to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) imposed by Pope Francis’ encyclical Traditionis Custodes. The exemption, requested by...
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...
Pope names leader of protection panel
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 6, 2025
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault Verny to head the Vatican's child protection advisory commission on Saturday. Verny, 59, replaces American Cardinal...
Liberation Theology Combines Religion with Radical Politics
In These Times - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
lib•er•a•tion the•ol•o•gy How’s it different from other theology? While broader Catholic theology is concerned with helping the poor, it tends to focus on spiritual growth and understanding Church doctrine. Liberation theology, meanwhile, tends to...
African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system
Crux Now
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July 3, 2025
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Nigerian Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto says the global financial system is outdated and failing people,” particularly in Africa. The bishop’s comments to Crux came in the wake of the Jubilee Report published recently by...
First lady Emine Erdoğan pushes for global justice in Vatican visit
Sabah
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July 3, 2025
First lady Emine Erdoğan delivered a passionate plea for global justice and solidarity during her keynote speech at the “Brotherhood-Based Economy: Ethical Multilateralism” conference at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences....
First Lady urges stronger Gaza support in Vatican meeting
Hurriyet Daily News
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VATICAN CITY First Lady Emine Erdoğan on Wednesday met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Erdoğan, who is at the Vatican to speak at the event Fraternal Economy Session on Ethical Multilateralism hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,...