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Vatican, la banque est au vert mais les finances restent au rouge
FSSPX.NEWS
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Selon le rapport annuel publié le 11 juin 2025 par le site d’information officiel du Saint-Siège Vatican News, l’IOR a enregistré des résultats financiers solides pour l’année 2024, confirmant une trajectoire positive après des années de réformes....
The Pope has ‘isolated’ breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican says
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 27, 2025
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Central Texas flash flood death roll rises to 82; sheriff says 10 campers still missing
The Advocate - Louisiana
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July 6, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people in...
“A proud moment”: Leadership of South African Political Party Lauds Bishop’s Appointment to Vatican Dicastery
ACI Africa
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June 26, 2025
Johannesburg, 26 June, 2025 / 9:47 pm (ACI Africa). The appointment of Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Koksta Catholic Diocese as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic...
Science and the stars a call to the spiritual, says Vatican astrophysicist
Florida Catholic
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PHOENIX | The Vatican Observatory attests that "science is not against God" -- and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord's wondrous works, said a Jesuit astrophysicist. Father Pavel Gabor, vice director of...
Moment Pope Leo is hit on the head by object thrown from a worshipper before another man yanks his arm with the new pontiff left begging for calm at the Vatican
Daily Mail
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June 27, 2025
This is the tense moment an object is thrown at Pope Leo XIV from a huge crowd that tries to charge him on World Drugs Day. Swarms of worshippers were pressed against the railing, desperately trying to reach out to the Catholic leader. One...
Global development summit seeks progress on climate finance despite Trump
Green Central Banking
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June 26, 2025
A major UN-hosted conference on development finance could help raise funds to support the green transition despite attempts by US president Donald Trump to scupper the process, activists say. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for...
World News | Death Toll in Central Texas Flash Floods Rises to 82 as Sheriff Says 10 Campers Remain Missing
Latestly
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July 7, 2025
Kerrville (Texas), Jul 7 (AP) Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82...
Vatican addresses global debt crisis; Ghana and other countries to benefit
GhanaWeb
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June 21, 2025
The Vatican has established a new global commission of economic experts to address the escalating sovereign debt crisis impacting Ghana and several other countries across the Global South. Announced this week, the high-level Commission of Experts...
Pope resumes tradition of taking summer vacation — but he’s got plenty of homework
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 6, 2025
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must "make oneself small," so that only Christ remains. In word and deed since,...
A Congolese Customs Worker Who Resisted Corruption is Beatified By The Vatican
The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint - California
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June 26, 2025
By Nicole Winfield, Justin Kambumba, and Chinedu Asadu Associated Press ROME (AP) — 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...
Vatican Steps in on Debt Crisis, Offers Hope to Ghana, More
News Central TV
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June 21, 2025
The Vatican has announced the formation of a new global commission of economic experts to tackle the worsening sovereign debt crisis affecting Ghana and numerous other nations across the Global South. The establishment of the high-level Commission...
Vatican-backed report wants debt relief for developing countries
Christian Today
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June 21, 2025
(Photo: Getty/iStock) A report initiated by the late Pope Francis has called for changes to the global financial and debt system in what is the Catholic Church's “Jubilee Year”. The Jubilee Year is a year in which the Catholic Church commits...
Starting as “seed of compassion”, Caritas Bank in Kenya “has blossomed into a formidable institute”: Catholic Archbishop
ACI Africa
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June 20, 2025
Referring to the founders of the Caritas MFB, Archbishop Anyolo said, “These great shepherds taught us that the church must not only preach the gospel but must live it in our parishes, in our schools, and yes, even in our banking halls.” He...
Vatican Backs Upcoming International Symposium in South Africa, Urges Delegates to Advance Gospel Witnessing
ACI Africa
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June 20, 2025
The event also seeks to create “a just and accountable global debt architecture rooted in equity and the public good; and the development of a Universal School Meals Program as a global commitment to child nutrition and education.” The outcomes of...
Water levels swell in flood-ridden Kerr County as rain pours down after area was warned threat is 'far from over' Live updates
Daily Mail
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July 6, 2025
By LAURA PARNABY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Updated: 00:21 EDT, 7 July 2025 Water levels in flood-ravaged parts of Texas are rising as rain deluges sodden areas leading to warnings the threat is 'far from over'. At least 82 people have died following the...
SAVE THE CHILDREN: Pope Leo XIV Appoints French Archbishop Thibault Verny To Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
The Gateway Pundit
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July 6, 2025
Pope Leo XIV (formerly archbishop Robert Prevost) and his new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, French Archbishop Thibault Verny. As American Pope Leo XIV starts to work on the priorities of his papacy, it is...
Starting Seven: June 20, 2025
The Pillar
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June 20, 2025
Welcome to Starting Seven, The Pillar’s daily newsletter. I’m Luke Coppen and I seek to guide you each weekday morning to the most interesting Catholic news and comment. We’ve been sending Starting Seven to all Pillar subscribers, paid and free,...
Vatican sets up global commission to tackle sovereign debt crisis
Business and Financial Times
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June 20, 2025
…Ghana, others in the Global South to benefit By Kizito CUDJOE The Vatican has announced the launch of a high-level Commission of Experts to address the mounting sovereign debt crisis affecting Ghana and numerous other countries across the...
Death toll in Texas floods now 78, with 41 people still missing
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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At least 78 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in central Texas early Friday morning. Ten girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, are still missing. Authorities are facing more...