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Promperu: Peru Celebrates the Lord of Miracles 2025 Procession with Global Participation and Vatican Blessing
Lima, Peru, Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One of Latin America’s most important processions brings together faith, tradition, and gastronomy. The devotion to the Lord of Miracles (Señor de los Milagros), one of the most important religious...

Omar Harfouch's Concerto for Peace Officially Enters Vatican Archives, to Premiere at Miss Universe
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Franco-Lebanese composer Omar Harfouch has achieved a rare milestone in music and cultural history. His Concerto for Peace has been formally accepted into the Apostolic Library of the Vatican, where...
GU Inauguration Speaker is Vatican’s Most Important Woman Leader
September 16, 2025 | Marketing & Communications A member of the religious Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, Sr. Petrini was appointed by Pope Francis (and confirmed by Pope Leo) as President of the Pontifical Commission for...

Urgent Appeal: Freeze CERN Funding, Fund Innovations Suppressed for 32 Years That Can Save Millions of Lives and Billions of Euros
DALLAS, Aug. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (In PDF: https://bit.ly/3UCW8XE) The Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths, a registered nonprofit organization, urgently calls on the public to help expose and correct scientific and...

Vatican Confirms Backing Two-State Solution
(MENAFN) The Vatican maintains that the two-state solution remains the sole "viable" and "equitable" route to achieving a fair and enduring peace between Israel and Palestine, according to a news agency on Thursday. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia,...

Vatican turns to ‘hot priests’ to rescue faith
(MENAFN) In an effort to reconnect with younger generations and counter declining church attendance, the Vatican is hosting a digital evangelism summit featuring several clergy members who have gained popularity online — and have been dubbed “hot...

The Enterprise World Showcases Derek Bryson Park's Unique Blend of Financial and Diplomatic Leadership
New York, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent article in The Enterprise World, a leading business publication, has brought to light a significant and previously underexamined chapter in the career of New York financial architect Derek...

Business discussions between US vice president, Canadian premier
(MENAFN) On Sunday in Rome, the US Vice President JD Vance and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gathered for negotiations centered on business amidst a disagreement on tariffs. As stated by an announcement by the White House, the unofficial...

Globally Acclaimed Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition ® Premieres in Rhode Island
Link to Media Kit PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition®, the renowned touring exhibition that has welcomed over 3 million visitors worldwide, makes its Rhode Island debut this fall....

Vatican Reveals Secret Conclave for Papal Election
(MENAFN) On Monday, the Vatican revealed that cardinals from all over the globe will gather next month in a confidential conclave to choose the successor to Pope Francis, who passed away recently. The private meeting is scheduled to start on May 7...

Notre Dame de Namur University Announces the Completed Sale of the Belmont Campus to UC Investments
Belmont, CA, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) announced the final Vatican approval and completed sale of its historic Belmont campus property to UC Investments, the University of California’s Office of the...

Vatican unveils reason of Pope Francis’s passing
(MENAFN) The Vatican has officially confirmed that Pope Francis passed away from a stroke followed by heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The Holy See reported that the pontiff died at 7:35 a.m. on April 21 at his residence in Casa...

ALLATRA Strengthens Vatican Ties: Private Audience with Pope Leo XIV and Global Governance Conference
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN CITY, May 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Representatives of the ALLATRA International Public Movement (IPM), Dr. A. Egon Cholakian and Ms. Maryna Ovtsynova, took part this month in high-level events at the Vatican,...

Prime Minister Carney concludes his visit to Italy and Vatican City
CANADA, May 18 - Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, concluded his visit to Rome, Italy, and Vatican City, where he attended the inaugural Mass of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square, alongside counterparts and delegations from...

DIVINE TIMING: The Sacred Order Foretells a Spiritual Awakening Ahead of the Upcoming Vatican Conclave
VATICAN CITY, May 1, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With the recent passing of Pope Francis, the eyes of the world turn once again toward Vatican City and the conclave scheduled to begin on May 7, 2025. In a timely literary release, author Roger L....

Zelensky says Trump ‘sees things differently’ following Vatican meeting
(MENAFN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that US President Donald Trump changed his perspective on the Russia-Ukraine conflict following a brief meeting between the two at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican last week. Zelensky...

Zelensky pleads along side Trump in Vatican
(MENAFN) Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky used a brief meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Vatican to appeal for renewed American involvement in ending the conflict with Russia, The Economist reported on Tuesday. The two leaders...

Pope Francis Was A Surgeon Of Freedom, Says Top Journalist, Economic Justice Standard-Bearer Bankole Thompson
DETROIT, MI, UNITED STATES, April 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Bankole Thompson, the nationally acclaimed Detroit journalist and standard-bearer for economic justice issues, whose work sits at the intersection of journalism, history, and...
President Lai meets Japanese Diet Member and former Minister of State for Economic Security Takaichi Sanae
TAIWAN, April 28 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai delivers remarks at International Holocaust Remembrance Day event On the afternoon of April 23, President Lai Ching-te attended an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event and delivered...
Oxfam echoes call to end “oligarchic rule” at Vatican tax justice summit
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, former Senegalese Prime Minister Aminata Touré, and economists Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh and Gabriel Zucman today...