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Opinion – Beyond Neo-Ottomanism in Turkey’s Syria Strategy
E-International Relations
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June 29, 2025
When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fell in late 2024 analysts quickly revived old tropes about Turkish Neo-Ottomanism. But these labels do not reflect reality: Turkey is not pursuing the restoration of a Neo-Ottoman Empire, it is acting on...
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...
'Always Go Easy with People' - The Life and Ministry of Monsignor Pat Lynch
DonegalLive
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July 4, 2025
Monsignor Pat Lynch celebrated his golden jubilee in the Star of the Sea Church in Desertegney last month, marking 50 years in a priesthood that took him from St Kieran’s Seminary in Kilkenny, to a high security prison in England and the hallowed...
Alliance Of Climate Civil Society Organisations Rally In Seville For Global Levies To Make Polluters Pay
Scoop
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30 June, Seville, Spain —A global coalition of civil society leaders, including Global Citizen, the Glasgow Action Team and Greenpeace International, have rallied this morning outside the FIBES Conference Center in Seville, where world leaders...
Texas flood death toll nears 90 with girl campers still missing
9News
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July 7, 2025
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...
Camp Mystic ‘grieving the loss' of campers and counselors following catastrophic Texas floods
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 7, 2025
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...
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...
Geoffrey Proud
The Suffolk Times - New York
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July 7, 2025
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...
Paris Scene: What’s Hot
WWD - New York
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July 7, 2025
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...
Pope Leo visits Castel Gandolfo ahead of his summer holiday
Vatican News
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July 4, 2025
Pope Leo XIV makes a brief visit to the town of Castel Gandolfo to inspect the works in progress at the Papal residence, where he will spend his summer holiday starting on Sunday, July 6. By Vatican News On Thursday afternoon, July 3, Pope Leo XIV...
Pope Leo extends condolences to Texas flood victims: ‘We pray for them’
The Guardian
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July 7, 2025
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...
‘Life is Only Better with Jesus In It’
L'Osservatore Romano
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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...
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...
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,...
Spanish diocese in litigation against Opus Dei makes public its proposal to the Pope for Torreciudad; Opus Dei speaks out
Zenit
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July 4, 2025
(ZENIT News / Rome, 07.03.2025).- On July 1, the Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón announced a formal request to the Holy See for Torreciudad, currently designated a semi-public oratory, to be canonically erected as an international sanctuary—under the...
Enough of Ignoring “those on the front line of climate collapse”: SECAM President on Joint Call for “climate justice”
ACI Africa
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July 3, 2025
He appealed for “an economy that is not based on the sacrifice of African populations to enrich others”. “Africa wants to contribute to a future of justice and peace for all mankind”, SECAM President said at the July 1 press conference. The press...
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...
Pope Leo XIV appoints new archbishop to lead Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama
Catholic News Agency
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July 1, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 1, 2025 / 13:47 pm Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Mark Rivituso, auxiliary of St. Louis, as metropolitan archbishop of Mobile, Alabama. Rivituso succeeds Archbishop Thomas Rodi, who led the Archdiocese of Mobile beginning in...
Death Toll in TX Floods Rises; Rescue Efforts Continue
Fire Engineering
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July 7, 2025
By JIM VERTUNO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that killed more 80...
Various religions meet in Tokyo to reject war and promote dialogue
Vatican News
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July 4, 2025
Religious representatives from all over the world meet in Tokyo, Japan, for a roundtable on peace organized by the coalition Religions for Peace International, discussing ways to build trust among religious leaders and work with political leaders...