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Transforming Saint Peter’s Basilica Into a ‘Zero-Impact Home’
L'Osservatore Romano
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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...
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...
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...
Texas Flash Flood Death Toll Rises Past 80, Dozens Still Missing
Eagle 106.3 - Arkansas
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July 7, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas on Monday even as crews search urgently for the missing following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people,...
Texas summer camp ‘grieving the loss’ of 27 campers and counsellors following catastrophic floods
CP24
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July 7, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas -- Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The statement adds another layer of...
Vietnamese vice president meets Leo XIV as relations warm
Aleteia
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July 5, 2025
The meeting is the latest step in a process of rapprochement over recent years, including the appointment of a resident pontifical representative in Vietnam. Leo XIV received the Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vo Thi Anh...
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 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...
Camp Mystic ‘Grieving The Loss’ Of 27 Campers, Counselors After Catastrophic Texas Floods
HuffPost
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July 7, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” the loss of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The statement adds another...
Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board (World)
Castanet Kamloops
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July 5, 2025
Photo: The Canadian Press Pope Leo XIV leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025, where he conferred the pallium on newly appointed metropolitan archbishops. Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to...
Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 7, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has, for the first time since becoming pontiff, offered a glimpse into his childhood, recalling his early days in Chicago. He shared how, from the tender age of six, he would rise early to serve as an altar boy at the 6.30am Mass...
Behind the scenes of '14 Days on the Run': A Q&A with reporter Stephanie Kuzydym
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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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 signals continuity on fighting abuse with new child protection board
ABC News - New York
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July 5, 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...
Best of Glasgow: 25 favourite Glasgow buildings that represent the city
GlasgowWorld
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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...
Search for Fischer Fellowship winnner
Local Government Focus
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July 7, 2025
The search is on across the nation for the first recipient of the inaugural Tim Fischer Fellowship, as the Country Education Foundation of Australia (CEF) announced a $50,000 annual funding grant for an Australian who has the passion, skills and...
Tears and Rubble: Families Return to Devastated Camp Mystic as Texas Flood Death Toll Climbs to 82”
[your]NEWS
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July 7, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna The heart-wrenching aftermath of the catastrophic flash floods that swept through central Texas continues to unfold as grieving families, rescue crews, and officials confront the magnitude of one of the deadliest natural...
Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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July 5, 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...
Death toll in Texas flash floods rises to 82, sheriff says 10 campers still missing
The Times of Israel
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July 7, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people...
Long after the fuss over Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton will still be here
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 7, 2025
The village of Dolton, which is where you may find yourself if you’re traveling south through Chicago and run out of Chicago to travel through, which we have heard more about in the past 30 days or so than since it was established 130-odd years...
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Pope Leo to escape summer heat at Castel Gandolfo. The history of the villa, where the pontiffs holiday
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
Pope Leo XIV is set to resume a tradition that dates back to the 17th century when he heads out of Vatican City for a summer vacation. The Pontiff will be heading to Castel Gandolfo, the lakeside town about an hour south of Rome, on Sunday (July...