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Nigerian bishop: Displaced families in need of spiritual and material help
Catholic News Agency
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July 5, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 5, 2025 / 06:00 am Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein says displaced families and communities who daily face threats of violence in Nigeria are in great need of spiritual and material support. Since being appointed the first bishop of...
Death toll in Texas floods now 78, with 41 people still missing
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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At least 78 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in central Texas early Friday morning. Ten girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, are still missing. Authorities are facing more...
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...
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...
11 campers, counsellor still missing after deadly Texas floods: sheriff
Global News
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July 6, 2025
The death toll from flash floods that rampaged through Central Texas rose to at least 67 on Sunday as rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain found more bodies and continued their desperate search for many others, including 11 missing...
Pope Leo Resumes Summer Retreat Tradition, Heads To Castel Gandolfo For First Vacation
News18
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July 6, 2025
Last Updated:July 06, 2025, 16:11 IST The hilltop town, located just south of Rome on Lake Albano, had not hosted a pope in residence since Pope Francis chose to remain in the Vatican during summers Pope Leo XIV and his brother John Prevost played...
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...
Pope names leader of protection panel
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 6, 2025
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault Verny to head the Vatican's child protection advisory commission on Saturday. Verny, 59, replaces American Cardinal...
Pope aims to restore 'body and spirit' during vacation that brings a pontiff back to Castel Gandolfo
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of the relatively cooler climes of the Alban Hills, south of Rome. The area has been a favorite getaway for Roman rulers since...
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...
‘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...
Above Food and Palm Global Execute Definitive Agreement
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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July 7, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum of the Dubai Royal Family Appointed to Board Of Directors Article content Merger Adds Billions of Dollars in Gold-Based Assets to Above Food’s Balance...
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...
Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he’s got plenty of homework
Winnipeg Free Press
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July 5, 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, Leo...
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...
Voices: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday will reignite China’s religion problem – and put Tibet back in Xi’s firing line
The Independent
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July 6, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
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...
Pope Leo XIV moves to confront priest abuse scandals
Al Bawaba
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ALBAWABA - Pope Leo XIV has made French Archbishop Thibault Verny the new head of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. This is the first big thing he has done to deal with the problem of priest abuse around the world....
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...
How Canada’s clergy navigate the pastoral challenges of assisted suicide
The Pillar
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July 7, 2025
Nine years ago, the Canadian government legalized a Medical Assistance in Dying program, making physician assisted suicide widely accessible across Canada for those who qualified for the program. To date, roughly 75,000 people have died from MAiD,...