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Vatican report | Credit report focuses on bias against African nations
eNCA
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis may be dead, but a report he commissioned recommends the current global financial system be overhauled. In a nutshell it seeks to put people and the planet ahead of profit. READ: Pope Francis reflected a resurrection of...
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Pope Leo XIV marks feast day with appeal to help erase Vatican’s budget shortfall
Firstpost
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June 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help...
When Mozart proved himself a child prodigy at the Vatican
Aleteia
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June 29, 2025
In 1770, young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aged 14, transcribed from memory Allegri's “Miserere,” a sacred work then jealously guarded by the Sistine Chapel choir. In 18th-century Rome, there was a liturgy that drew royalty to the Vatican: Holy Week....
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit
Yahoo News
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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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In churches around the world, Masses on the July 29 feast day often include a special collection for Peter's Pence, a fund which both underwrites the operations of the central government of the Catholic Church and pays for the pope's personal acts...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit
Associated Press
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June 29, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary...
Pope Leo looks to MAGA megadonors to shore up Church finances
Politico Europe
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June 28, 2025
The Vatican’s income is mainly derived from property assets and donations including from bishops and Peter’s Pence, the annual June collection by churches for the pope’s “mission” and charitable works. But donation revenue has fallen with...
Vatican-backed report urges urgent global action on debt, development crises
Business Hallmark
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June 25, 2025
A landmark new report commissioned by Pope Francis and led by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and former Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán has called for urgent global action to address mounting debt and development crises facing billions of...
Pope meets with Ukrainian pilgrims in Vatican
Ukrinform
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June 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian pilgrims in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Saturday, June 28, telling the delegation of Ukraine’s Greek Catholics that their faith is being put to the test. That’s according to Vatican News, Ukrinform...
British Politicians Call Upon Pope Leo XIV To Stand Up For Jimmy Lai
Forbes
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Vatican, June 21, 2025. Pope Leo XIV meets with political leaders during the Jubilee of Governments ... More at the Apostolic Palace on June 21, 2025, in Vatican City, Vatican. Greeting the members of the delegations coming from 68 different...
SAVE THE CHILDREN: Pope Leo XIV Appoints French Archbishop Thibault Verny To Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
The Gateway Pundit
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July 6, 2025
Pope Leo XIV (formerly archbishop Robert Prevost) and his new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, French Archbishop Thibault Verny. As American Pope Leo XIV starts to work on the priorities of his papacy, it is...
Water levels swell in flood-ridden Kerr County as rain pours down after area was warned threat is 'far from over' Live updates
Daily Mail
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July 6, 2025
By LAURA PARNABY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Updated: 00:21 EDT, 7 July 2025 Water levels in flood-ravaged parts of Texas are rising as rain deluges sodden areas leading to warnings the threat is 'far from over'. At least 82 people have died following the...
A Cuban Court Revokes Donaida Pérez Paseiro’s Freedom for Her ‘Political Stance’
14ymedio
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June 28, 2025
Last month, the US representative in Havana, Mike Hammer, visited her in Placetas. Donaida Pérez Paseiro with Mike Hammer, Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. / X/@USEmbCuba 14ymedio, Madrid, 11 June 2025 — The Provincial Court of Villa...
Political leaders must fix wealth gap, promote religious freedom, pope says
OSV News
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June 23, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The huge economic divide between rich and poor today is unacceptable with so much wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, Pope Leo XIV said. Political leaders have a responsibility to promote the good of the entire...
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...
Vatican Backs Report Calling for Financial Reforms to Alleviate Global Debt Crisis
National Catholic Register
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The Vatican has endorsed a report calling for reforms to alleviate the global debt crisis affecting billions of people in developing countries. The document, titled “The Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and...
Vatican-China Agreement Enters New Phase With Pope Leo XIV at the Helm
National Catholic Register
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Rumor has it that a delegation from China is expected to visit the Vatican at the end of June for the regular bilateral meeting to discuss Sino-Vatican relations and the progress of the agreement on the appointment of bishops. The news is not...
Vatican report urges overhaul of Africa's debt architecture
African Business
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June 23, 2025
A new Vatican-backed report, unveiled in Rome, calls to overhaul the global financial architecture and fix a debt system that it says is punishing Africa and other developing regions. The Jubilee Report challenges the logic of inequity, arguing...
Under the Southern Cross
The Imaginative Conservative - Texas
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July 7, 2025
John Plunkett defended the dignity of the natives of Australia; Caroline Chisholm defended the dignity of vulnerable immigrants to Australia. In doing so, they offer a living witness to the Lord’s commandment that we love our neighbors. Long after...
Pope resumes tradition of taking summer vacation — but he’s got plenty of homework
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 6, 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,...