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Best of Glasgow: 25 favourite Glasgow buildings that represent the city

GlasgowWorld · July 7, 2025

There are fixed points within Glasgow, buildings that stand in place to define the city and tell the story of its people. Our built heritage deserves more care and attention. Glasgow is in danger of succumbing to the featureless onslaught of...

Cash-strapped Vatican unveils fund-raising video centred on Pope Leo

The Straits Times · June 18, 2025

The Vatican urged the faithful to support Pope Leo’s mission amid a serious financial crisis for the Catholic Church.PHOTO: REUTERS VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on June 18 unveiled a fund-raising video centred on newly elected Pope Leo XIV, urging...

Cuban bishops urge leaders to address nation's economic crisis

Detroit Catholic · June 18, 2025

(OSV News) – The bishops of Cuba said the island nation's economic situation and its people's dire circumstances can no longer be ignored and must be addressed by its leaders. In an unusually blunt statement published June 15, the Cuban bishops'...

Evening Briefing: Buffalo diocese leaders, parishioners clash, start date expected next week in Gendron trial, and controversial Dunkirk loan passes State Assembly

Spectrum News NY1 - New York · June 18, 2025

Good evening, Buffalo. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook. Your Weather Planner Scattered showers and storms will occur Thursday with a cold front that will sweep out the...

Behind the scenes of '14 Days on the Run': A Q&A with reporter Stephanie Kuzydym

Courier-Journal - Kentucky ·

In 2015, Dalton Hayes and Cheyenne Phillips made national headlines for a multistate crime spree in an attempt to see the ocean. Hayes served 10 years in prison. Phillips' charges were never released because she was a minor at the time. Their...

Pope Leo XIV arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation

Tri City Record - New Mexico · July 7, 2025

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation on Sunday. Andrew Medichini/AP Photo × Pope resumes the tradition to restore 'body and spirit' CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Leo XIV...

The Vatican’s Duty to Armenian Christians

The California Courier ·

Last month, in one of the first liturgical acts of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV formally took possession of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, one of the four major basilicas of Rome. The act had great symbolic importance, not only...

Online scammers impersonate pope's brothers

Florida Catholic ·

There have always been charlatans and pirates, but today's swindlers are breathtakingly bold. Their "tech-spertise" has reached a level of sophistication that is matched only by their audacity. Just a few years ago, no one would have guessed that...

Pope Francis’ reforms show good results in Vatican finances

Aleteia · June 17, 2025

The Vatican's Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) is healthier, more transparent, and conforms better to international standards than before Francis' reforms. The Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) now ranks “among the world's most solid...

Lessons from the Vatican, a Muslim view

Daily Trust · June 18, 2025

Recently, Pope Leo XIV appealed against the recent senseless killings of people in Benue State, Nigeria. He said: “On the night of 13th/14th June, in the town of Yelwata in the Guma Local Government Area, in Benue State in Nigeria, a terrible...

What Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican can do for Ukraine

New Eastern Europe · June 16, 2025

The legacy left by former Pope Francis in Ukraine was mixed at best. With the Catholic Church now rallying round its new leader Pope Leo XIV, there is a chance for stronger relations between the Holy See and Kyiv. June 16, 2025 - Mark Temnycky -...

Cardinal Tolentino appointed to Zayed Award judging committee

Vatican News · July 7, 2025

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education will be among the judges of the 2026 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity. "I look forward to reviewing nominations," he says, "and to becoming familiar with so many people who are making a...

The Chosen series 5 to premiere soon on Amazon Prime Video

Christian Today · July 7, 2025

Actor Jonathan Roumie, centre, portrays Jesus Christ in Season Four of the series "The Chosen". (Photo: "The Chosen") Series five of The Chosen is expected to premiere in Britain and around the world starting on 13 July. The series tells the story...

Oscar Winner Actor Al Pacino Meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican (See Pics and Video)

Latestly · June 17, 2025

New Delhi, June 17: Oscar winner Al Pacino met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday at the Vatican. This meeting has been reportedly marked as the first official audience between the first American Pope and a movie star, as per Variety Al Pacino was joined...

The Year of the Nun is upon us: Sisters on screen get political in the year of Conclave

Wallpaper* · June 17, 2025

Among the most enigmatic figures on screen, nuns have enjoyed renewed cinematic popularity and a delicious secularisation in 2025. This year, nun characters are having their moment in the spotlight, featuring in films and series beyond the...

The mysterious murder of 'God's Banker'

BBC · June 16, 2025

ShareSave Forty-three years ago this week, the BBC reported on the death of Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker whose body was found in strange circumstances in the centre of London. His bank was linked to the Vatican, a masonic group and the Mafia –...

Pope resumes tradition of taking summer vacation — but he’s got plenty of homework

News Tribune - Missouri · 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,...

RDC - Goma : Floribert béatifié au Vatican [Africanews Today]

Africanews · June 16, 2025

Le laïc congolais Floribert Bwana Chui, « martyr de l’honnêteté et de l’intégrité morale » a été béatifié au cours d’une messe au Vatican. C’était en présence de nombreux fidèles, dont ses compatriotes venus de Goma, de Rome et d’ailleurs. Le...

Al Pacino meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican

WMUR 9 - New Hampshire · June 16, 2025

Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page Monday.Iervolino, who is the producer of the upcoming film “Maserati: The Brothers,” in which Pacino appears, posted photos...

Transforming Saint Peter’s Basilica Into a ‘Zero-Impact Home’

L'Osservatore Romano ·

Reducing emissions, monitoring air quality, and cultivating care for our common home are the principles at the foundation of the environmental sustainability project of the Fabric of St Peter’s, the institution responsible for the conservation and...