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I just started crying: Fr. Barker shares his feelings about his good friend, Pope Leo XIV
The Messenger - Illinois
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June 10, 2025
In 2023, Fr. Brian Barker attended the installation of then-Bishop Robert Prevost as a cardinal (Submitted photo). Fr. Brian Barker of the Diocese of Belleville was honored and humbled to be invited to the Papal Mass of Installation and to be part...
world Pope Leo criticises nationalist politics at Sunday Mass
Asiaone
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June 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo criticised the emergence of nationalist political movements on Sunday (June 8), calling them unfortunate, without naming a specific country or national leader. Leo, the first pope from the US, asked during a Mass with a...
Media coverage of the devastating Texas floods
Poynter
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July 7, 2025
The heartbreak continues to grow after a horrific holiday weekend as bodies continue to be recovered following catastrophic floods in central Texas. As of Sunday evening, the death toll was more than 80. Authorities continued a frantic search for...
The Vatican Has Proposed A Single Date For Easter For All Churches
Charter 97
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5 Photo: Getty Images Pope Leo XIV has declared openness to ecumenical dialog. The head of the Catholic Church Pope Leo XIV declared openness to ecumenical dialog in order to determine a common date for the celebration of Easter. This is reported...
'How much is it going to cost us?': Diocese of Buffalo asking parishes to contribute to bankruptcy settlement
WKBW 7 Buffalo - New York
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June 9, 2025
RANSOMVILLE, NY (WKBW) — For the first time this week, parishes across Western New York are hearing directly from the Diocese of Buffalo on exactly how much they will have to contribute to help pay for its $150 million settlement with more than...
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...
History and art of Pope’s summer residence in Castel Gandolfo
Vatican News
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July 7, 2025
As Pope Leo XIV becomes the 16th Successor of Peter to take his summer holidays in Castel Gandolfo, we explore the town near Rome that has hosted the papal summer residence since the mid-1600s. By Paolo Ondarza On May 10, 1626, Pope Urban VIII...
Blessed Frassati’s coffin to be moved to Rome for Jubilee of Youth
Catholic News
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July 7, 2025
Pier Giorgio Frassati (CNA/Public domain) The coffin holding the incorrupt body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth from July 26 to August 4. Source: CNA. According to the Vatican’s jubilee...
Friends, LA priests remember late Bishop Sartoris: ‘He found joy in ministry’
Angelus News - California
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July 7, 2025
On a Saturday morning in October 1978, Mike Molina was working in the rectory office at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church in Lomita when the doorbell rang. He answered it to find a tall, smiling priest with an outstretched hand. “Hi,” said Father...
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...
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...
Pope takes summer break but with plenty of homework
Inquirer
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July 7, 2025
Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from the popemobile before a Holy mass for the beginning of his pontificate, in St Peter’s square in The Vatican on May 18, 2025. —Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/Agence France-Presse VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV begins a...
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...
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...
‘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 escapes Roman heat for 6 week vacation
United Press International (UPI)
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Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile as he arrives for the weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City, in May. EPA-EFE/ANGELO CARCONI July 6 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV, 69, started a six-week long vacation at the papal retreat of...
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 Leo XIV arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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July 6, 2025
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) -- 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...
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...