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‘It’s a very outrageous number’: Parish reaction to Buffalo Diocese's proposed bankruptcy payment plan
WKBW 7 Buffalo - New York
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June 11, 2025
Catholic parishes across Western New York continue to learn how much they're being asked to pay towards the Buffalo Diocese bankruptcy agreement. The diocese says parishes would be responsible for paying $80 million of the $150-million proposed...
The accusations of abuse cover-up against Pope Leo XIV: A campaign that was also spread inside the Vatican
El País
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June 12, 2025
The election of Pope Leo XIV on May 8 brought with it renewed accusations against him of having covered up past cases of sexual abuse. These accusations were not new, having circulated for the past year and a half. Vatican sources told this...
Top news of the day: World Bank cuts India’s FY26 growth forecast to 6.3%; SpaceX postpones Falcon 9’s launch of Ax-4, and more
The Hindu
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June 11, 2025
India is projected to maintain the fastest growth rate among the world’s largest economies. File | Photo Credit: Reuters World Bank cuts India’s FY26 growth forecast to 6.3% The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for India to 6.3% in the...
Pope Leo XIV Receives UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Vatican
National Catholic Register
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Guterres, 76, is the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations, a position he assumed on Jan. 1, 2017. Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday received U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in an audience held in the study of the Paul VI Hall at the...
Holy, Independent: Meet 12 of the Many Americans on the Path to Sainthood
National Catholic Register
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Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics hope that Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, will soon beatify or canonize some new American saints — perhaps even the...
Pope Leo Inherits Cleaned Up Vatican Bank That’s Making Money
Mint
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June 11, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- 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 Ltd., and Gian Franco Mammì watch over €5.7 billion ($6.5 billion) at one of the...
White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV flexes MLB allegiance in Vatican
Sportskeeda
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June 12, 2025
The Chicago White Sox fans haven't had much to cheer in the 2025 season as the team sits at the bottom of the American League Central with a slumping 23-44 record. However, the fanbase has seemingly found their voice as one of their own made it to...
Confirmed fan Pope Leo XIV wears White Sox hat at Vatican: 'That's awesome'
MLB
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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...
Parishes Will Pay $80 Million in Buffalo Diocese’s $150 Million Bankruptcy Settlement
The Tablet - New York
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June 10, 2025
(OSV News) – Parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, are set to pay a total of $80 million into the diocese’s $150 million bankruptcy settlement, with the funds due to be paid into a trust by July 15. “As we have maintained throughout this...
Trump’s $92M Bash In JEOPARDY? Vatican’s Surprise Power Move EXPOSED | WATCH
The Times of India
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June 11, 2025
Sonam Kapoor’s 39th Birthday Bash Becomes Bollywood’s Ultimate Style Reunion Sonam Kapoor’s 39th birthday lit up Mumbai like never before. From Kareena in sunshine yellow to Janhvi’s starry blue and Khushi’s monochrome chic, Bollywood’s elite...
INDO-PAKISTANI CONFLICT OVER KASHMIR – The Vatican Inspires Peace
O Clarim
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June 11, 2025
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In the wake of the recent military crisis between Pakistan and India – which has once again rekindled the threat of a nuclear apocalypse – Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, a Sikh MP, has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
At Inaugural Research Symposium, Catholic Sisters in Africa Urged to Illuminate Continent’s “darkest places”
ACI Africa
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June 10, 2025
“This symposium is a kairos, a favourable time in which the Spirit speaks to the Church through the voice and the life of Consecrated women. It is also a time to look within with charity, discerning honestly both light and shadows of our personal...
New ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Tom Llamas brings national broadcast to Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 7, 2025
When former Chicago anchor Lester Holt ended his run as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” on May 30 after 10 years in that role, he left some pretty big shoes to fill. His successor, Tom Llamas, who last month became just the fourth anchor of the...
Colombia Holds Its Breath as Politics Meets Bullets Once More
LatinAmerican Post
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June 9, 2025
A pistol cracked in Bogotá’s Fontibón district, dropping Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in mid-sentence and jolting a nation that once believed political murder belonged to another century. In an instant, Colombia’s half-healed memories of...
Pope Leo XIV's reflection on the role of Vatican diplomats
Rome Reports
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June 10, 2025
The Pope met with his political arm: the nuncios, or diplomatic representatives of the Holy See. He already knew many of them. During his time as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, he had to maintain regular communication with them in order to...
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 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...
‘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 criticizes nationalist politics at Sunday Mass
Stabroek News
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June 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Leo criticized the emergence of nationalist political movements on Sunday, calling them unfortunate, without naming a specific country or national leader. Leo, the first pope from the U.S., asked during a Mass with a...