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Vatican II Gave the Laity a Mission — and a Mandate
National Catholic Register
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“Vatican II will be remembered in history as the Council of the advancement of the laity in the Church,” commented one Council Father during the discussion of the Council’s document on the apostolate of the laity. The decree, which we now know by...
Vatican diplomat says U.S. policy in Ukraine has disappointed Baltic allies
Catholic News Agency
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June 16, 2025
Rome Newsroom, Jun 16, 2025 / 12:49 pm Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the Vatican’s nuncio to the Baltic states since 2024, said the region has been disappointed with the current U.S. administration’s approach to the conflict in Ukraine. Speaking...
Vatican exposition celebrates friendship between St. Paul VI and Jacques Maritain
Catholic News Agency
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June 16, 2025
Vatican City, Jun 16, 2025 / 06:00 am The Vatican Museums inaugurated June 12 the exhibition “Paul VI and Jacques Maritain: The Renewal of Sacred Art Between France and Italy (1945–1973),” a tribute to the friendship between the celebrated French...
Vatican Diplomat Says US Policy in Ukraine Has Disappointed Baltic Allies
National Catholic Register
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Archbishop Gänswein spoke about his role as a nuncio and the Holy See’s peace efforts in a June 13 interview with Rudolf Gehrig of EWTN News and CNA Deutsch. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the Vatican’s nuncio to the Baltic states since 2024, said the...
Paris Scene: What’s Hot
WWD - New York
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July 7, 2025
Paris is hopping with new boutiques, restaurants and exhibitions. Here’s a curation of those for this couture season. Where to Shop Rubirosa’s, the latest project by Paris-based jewelry designer Lauren Rubinski, isn’t about gold and gemstones. Her...
Pope Leo XIV's message to the politicians gathered at the Vatican for the Jubilee
Rome Reports
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June 23, 2025
This is how Giorgia Meloni arrived at the Vatican. It wasn’t for a private meeting, but to take part in the Jubilee of Government Leaders. This was the reaction of the politicians upon seeing the Pope… In his speech, the Pope was direct. He called...
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...
Pope Leo resumes papal tradition of taking summer vacation
Global News
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July 6, 2025
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate. Leo greeted...
3 very interesting challenges from the Pope to politicians and rulers at a meeting at the Vatican
Zenit
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June 22, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 06.21.2025).- On the morning of Saturday, June 21, the Pope received the participants in the Jubilee of Rulers in a special audience in the Hall of Blessings of the Vatican Basilica. Among those present was the Prime...
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...
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...
world Pope Leo urges politicians to respond to challenges posed by AI
Asiaone
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June 22, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo warned politicians on Saturday (June 21) of the challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing its potential impact on younger people as a prime concern. Speaking at an event attended by Italian...
Leo tells politicians to learn from Thomas More, the ‘perfect’ public servant
The Catholic Herald Online
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June 22, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged politicians to take inspiration from St Thomas More as a perfect example of a public servant. The American-born pontiff said that the former Lord Chancellor of England, who was beheaded by King Henry VIII on 6th July...
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 tells politicians that AI should serve human beings, not replace them
Catholic News Agency
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June 21, 2025
Vatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:30 am Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the world to promote the common good, warning especially of the threat to human dignity from artificial intelligence (AI). AI “will certainly be of great help to...
Pope Leo urges politicians to tackle challenges posed by AI
Inquirer
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June 22, 2025
Pope Leo XIV holds general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican June 18, 2025. —Reuters VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo warned politicians on Saturday of the challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing its potential...
Pope Leo urges politicians to respond to challenges posed by AI
Regional Media News - Iowa
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June 21, 2025
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo warned politicians on Saturday of the challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing its potential impact on younger people as a prime concern. Speaking at an event attended by Italian...
Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 6, 2025
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year...
Artificial Intelligence Should Serve Human Beings, Not Replace Them: Pope Leo XIV to Political Leaders
ACI Africa
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June 21, 2025
In his speech to political leaders on Saturday, Leo also urged them to promote the common good in other ways, including by “working to overcome the unacceptable disproportion between the immense wealth concentrated in the hands of a few and the...
Leo XIV: defending the weak and natural law are paths to good politics
PIME AsiaNews
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June 21, 2025
The pontiff met with elected officials and administrators from 68 countries who came to the Vatican for the Jubilee of Governments. The promotion of religious freedom and the challenges posed by artificial intelligence are among the priorities he...