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Online scammers impersonate pope's brothers
Florida Catholic
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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...
Inside the Vatican Bank’s €5.7bn fund and its push for ethical investing
Irish Examiner
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June 14, 2025
From offices just off St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu, a former executive at the money-management firm Invesco, and Gian Franco Mammì watch over €5.7bn at one of the world’s most exclusive banks.It’s a pittance...
My “Spanglish’ Vatican tour
Meer
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June 15, 2025
Throughout history, Jews have tragically faced persecution in many forms, but perhaps one of the most profound experiences of transformation occurred in the Iberian Peninsula, or Spain and Portugal. In the late 14th and 15th centuries, tens of...
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,...
Pope Leo Removes Vatican ‘Rape Art’
The American Spectator - Virginia
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June 15, 2025
Over the past week came another positive indicator of Pope Leo’s emergent style of quiet but firm leadership. It occurred with the sudden but long overdue removal of the artwork of a Slovenian priest who has become notorious, as had Pope Francis’...
Zelensky says the US is being ‘too warm’ towards Russia: ‘They started this war’
New York Post
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June 14, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky chided the tone of U.S. and Russia relations as “too warm” Saturday, while re-upping his push for Washington to ratchet up sanctions on Moscow. The Ukrainian leader stressed that “no one has been able to...
‘Everybody shut up! I’m going to college for free!’ How this Philly native, the oldest of 12, got the golden ticket.
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Isabella Perez-Murillo was driving one of her younger sisters when she got the most consequential email of her life. “Congratulations,” it read, “you’ve been awarded the Gates Scholarship.” Perez-Murillo, who had asked her sister to check her...
Pope Leo XIV wants to prioritize AI. He’s using the Vatican’s bioethics think tank to do it.
Religion News Service
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June 12, 2025
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new president for the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, a bioethics think tank that Catholic conservatives criticized under Pope Francis for departing from official church teaching on issues...
ProSource Adds DJ Singleton as Regional Business Manager for the Western Territory
Residential Systems
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June 13, 2025
DJ Singleton ProSource has announced the addition of DJ Singleton as the new regional business manager for the Western territory. With more than two decades of industry experience—primarily on the manufacturing and automation side— Singleton...
Brewers Pitcher's Desire To Start Forced Him To Join The White Sox
OutKick - Tennessee
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June 13, 2025
Aaron Civale better hope this decision of his works out. PublishedJune 13, 2025 2:33 PM EDT•UpdatedJune 13, 2025 2:33 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link They say be careful what you wish for, and Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Aaron Civale...
Cardinal Tolentino appointed to Zayed Award judging committee
Vatican News
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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...
Pope Leo XIV arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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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...
Pope names Chinese bishop as he keeps historic Vatican-Beijing accord
BBC
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed the first Chinese bishop of his papacy, signalling that he will continue a historic agreement that sought to improve relations between the Vatican and China. Both sides have hailed the appointment of Fuzhou Auxiliary...
Death toll in Texas floods hits 79
Altoona Mirror - Pennsylvania
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Officials inspect an area at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River on Sunday in Hunt, Texas after a flash flood swept through the area . The Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and...
The Vatican warms up for the Jubilee of Sport
Rome Reports
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June 13, 2025
Pope Leo XIV will preside over a Mass on Sunday at 10 a.m. to close out the Jubilee of Sport—an event that will attract familiar faces like NBA player Gordon Hayward and former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa. On Saturday afternoon, they will...
The Chosen series 5 to premiere soon on Amazon Prime Video
Christian Today
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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...
Introduction of Abrahamic ethically conscious banking: A timely response by the Central Bank
Business and Financial Times
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June 11, 2025
By Yakubu ISSAHAKU(PhD) Mahama’s reset agenda is not a tale-spin or a pipe dream but a manifest purposeful signpost to resolving the myriad socio-economic issues. They are getting the basics right from fiscal consolidation policies through to...
The Vatican’s Stateless Diplomacy
Providence
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June 13, 2025
“No more war. War never again.” — Pope Paul VI, United Nations General Assembly, 1965 In an age of drones, dossiers, and deterrence, it is striking that one of the most persistent voices for peace comes from a country with no army. Yet,...
Talk between Putin, Leo XIV opens new page in relations between Russia, Vatican — envoy
TASS
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June 11, 2025
VATICAN CITY, June 11. /TASS/. Last week’s telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Leo XIV has opened a new page in relations between Russia and the Vatican, Russian Ambassador to the Vatican Ivan Soltanovsky said...
IOR posts $38M profit amid financial clouds over Vatican
The Pillar
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June 11, 2025
The Vatican’s Institute for the Works of Religion reported another significant year of profit for 2024. The Torrione di Niccolò V, the Vatican headquarters of the Institute for the Works of Religion. Joi Ito/wikimedia CC BY 2.0. According to the...