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Best of Glasgow: 25 favourite Glasgow buildings that represent the city
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...

Long after the fuss over Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton will still be here
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...

Vietnamese vice president meets Leo XIV as relations warm
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...

Camp Mystic ‘grieving the loss' of campers and counselors following catastrophic Texas floods
Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” of campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Twenty-seven campers and counselors remain missing or are among...

Pope enjoys first day of R&R at Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV on Monday enjoyed his first day of rest and relaxation at Caste Gandolo, the hill town south of Rome that is the traditional papal summer cool getaway from the Roman heat but which was closed and turned into a museum by his...

Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board (World)
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...

Transforming Saint Peter’s Basilica Into a ‘Zero-Impact Home’
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...
Texas flood death toll nears 90 with girl campers still missing
Crews picked through mountains of debris and waded into swollen rivers overnight in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding that killed nearly 90 people over the weekend in Texas, including more than two dozen campers and counsellors from...

Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud passed on to his eternal reward Friday, July 4, 2025. He was 92 years old. Born Oct. 17, 1932 as Kenneth Richard Proud in Rochester, N.Y., he was the first child of Kenneth R. Proud of Oswego, N.Y., and Martha Jane Wilber of...

‘Life is Only Better with Jesus In It’
By Grace Lathrop Jonathan Roumie, along with other members of the team of “The Chosen,” presented Pope Leo XIV with a wooden box on Wednesday morning, 25 June. Having just attended his weekly General Audience, the cast and production team of the...

Pope Leo’s trip to picturesque lake town revives centuries-old papal tradition
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Paris Scene: What’s Hot
Paris is hopping with new boutiques, restaurants and exhibitions. Here’s a curation of those for this couture season. Where to Shop Rubirosa’s, the latest project by Paris-based jewelry designer Lauren Rubinski, isn’t about gold and gemstones. Her...

Texas summer camp ‘grieving the loss’ of 27 campers and counsellors following catastrophic floods
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...

Texas Flash Flood Death Toll Rises Past 80, Dozens Still Missing
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,...

Pope Leo extends condolences to Texas flood victims: ‘We pray for them’
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced his sympathies for the families whose lives have been upended by the flooding in Texas’s Hill Country, which left about 80 dead – many of them children – and others missing. After reciting Angelus prayers at the...

DIED IN THE NAME OF FAITH – Centenary of the Beatification of Korean Martyrs
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro On Saturday July 5 marks the centenary of the Eucharistic liturgy celebrated on July 5, 1925, in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, during which the first Korean martyrs were proclaimed blessed. We are talking about...

Camp Mystic ‘Grieving The Loss’ Of 27 Campers, Counselors After Catastrophic Texas Floods
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: Catholics must respond to environmental injustice
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, Pope Leo XIV said. In fact, following Pope Francis’ teachings on integral ecology must be accepted...

Pope Leo XIV: Environment should not be a ‘bargaining chip’ to wield power, exploit poor
Vatican City, Jul 2, 2025 / 12:35 pm Pope Leo XIV declared that nature should not be a “bargaining chip” in his message announcing the theme “Seeds of Peace and Hope” for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, set for Sept. 1....

Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board
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...