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‘Do Not Be Afraid’: Young Influencers Carry Middle Eastern Christians’ Voice to the Vatican
Media Line
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August 16, 2025
At the Catholic Church’s first Digital Jubilee in Rome, social media missionaries from Lebanon and the US shared their message of hope. Every quarter century, the Catholic Church marks the Jubilee, a sacred season rooted in the Old Testament...
Vatican pediatric hospital welcomes more Gaza patients
The Catholic Register
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August 14, 2025
As the Israeli-Hamas conflict continues, three more children arrived in Italy on a military transport plane late Aug. 13 for treatment at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital. A six-month-old baby boy, who already had undergone an...
Hospital pediátrico del Vaticano recibe a más pacientes de Gaza
The Leaven - Kansas
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August 14, 2025
Una ambulancia se acercó a un avión militar italiano en el aeropuerto Ciampino de Roma la noche del 13 de agosto para trasladar a niños de Gaza al hospital pediátrico Bambino Gesù, propiedad del Vaticano, para recibir tratamiento. (Foto...
Vatican Pediatric Hospital Welcomes More Patients From Gaza
The Tablet - New York
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August 14, 2025
An ambulance pulls up to an Italian military plane at Rome’s Ciampino airport late Aug. 13 to transfer children from Gaza to the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital for treatment. (Photo: CNS/courtesy Bambino Gesù hospital) by Cindy...
The Vatican Museums announce that Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel will be restored in 2026
Zenit
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August 15, 2025
(ZENIT News / Rome, 08.15.2025).- When Michelangelo’s monumental “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel undergoes extraordinary maintenance in early 2026, it will not merely be an intervention on pigment and plaster. It will be a decisive act of...
Vatican to Examine Central Louisiana’s ‘Little Cajun Saint’ for Potential Sainthood
Red River Radio - Louisiana
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August 13, 2025
There’s an unfolding story decades in the making, with its roots in rural Central Louisiana, eventually leading to the very steps of Vatican City inside Rome. This story involves the powerful claim of sainthood based on the deeds of a 12-year-old...
Vatican backs bishop’s order to expel Latin Mass community from New Zealand diocese
LifeSite
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August 13, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican has sided with a New Zealand bishop who has evicted a traditional Mass community out of his diocese, despite the flourishing order strongly denying any wrongdoing. On August 10, Bishop Michael Gielen of the Diocese of...
Traditionalist Catholic society approved for Vatican pilgrimage despite canonical irregularity
The Gazette - Colorado
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The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist Catholic society that has experienced a troubled relationship with the church hierarchy since the 1970s, has been approved for a pilgrimage to the Vatican later this month. The society's...
Vatican-ordered investigation underway in Lima
The Pillar
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August 12, 2025
The Vatican has commissioned an investigation into allegations of coverup and financial misconduct made against Cardinal Carlos Castillo, archbishop of Lima, according to senior archdiocesan sources in Peru. Cathedral of St. John, Lima, Peru....
Vatican Official Proposes Creation of “missionary welcome centres” in the West for Incoming African Priests
ACI Africa
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August 12, 2025
Formation for Priests from Africa must move beyond academic preparation, and must include training in sensitivity, cultural dialogue, pastoral flexibility, and a deep commitment to listening, the Archbishop said, and added, “Only then can the...
Vatican Allows New Zealand Ban on Scottish Congregation After Alleged Illicit Exorcisms
National Catholic Register
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The Vatican’s rejection of the appeal, the bishop noted, means the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer remains under the ban. A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the Diocese of...
El Vaticano ordena investigación en la Arquidiócesis de Lima
The Pillar
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August 13, 2025
El Vaticano ha ordenado una investigación respecto a las acusaciones de encubrimiento e irregularidades financieras contra el cardenal Carlos Castillo, arzobispo de Lima, según fuentes de alto rango en la arquidiócesis. Cathedral of St. John,...
Vatican under fire for alleged 'skeleton key' money laundering scheme
Irish Star
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August 11, 2025
The Vatican has been accused of using a payroll service to unlawfully influence bank transfers in an alleged money laundering scheme. According to the city state's former top financial cop, who was fired in 2017, the Vatican's payroll service,...
Will the Global Plastics Treaty Safeguard Health?
New Security Beat - Washington DC
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August 13, 2025
Global plastic production is increasing almost exponentially. Not only has it grown 250-fold since the 1950s, but it is on track to double by 2040, and nearly triple by 2060. The waste associated with its creation has accumulated in parallel. An...
Vatican leans more towards Palestine than Israel? Not strictly speaking
Brussels Signal
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August 11, 2025
When asked to comment on France’s decision in July to recognise the State of Palestine, the Vatican Secretary of State noted that the Holy See has recognised Palestine “da mo’” – a colloquial expression to say, “It has been quite a while now.” For...
“I am very happy to be among you”: Vatican Secretary of State on Arrival in Burundi for Weeklong Pastoral Visit
ACI Africa
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August 12, 2025
During the August 12-18 visit, the Vatican Secretary of State is scheduled to meet with Church leaders, government authorities, and various communities, encouraging them in faith and promoting dialogue and peace. On Wednesday, August 13, Cardinal...
Pope Leo XIV approves labor reform on family matters for Vatican employees
Zenit
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August 12, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 08.11.2025).- In a move underscoring the Vatican’s commitment to the dignity of family life, Pope Leo XIV has approved a sweeping update to labor policies for employees of the Vatican City State, granting expanded...
Pope approves measures benefiting families of Vatican employees
Catholic News
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August 12, 2025
Pope Leo XIV meets Vatican employee at Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican in May (CNS/Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV has approved a series of measures that benefit Vatican employees, including expanded paternity leave, enhanced rights for parents...
Pleas for Vatican aid as Russian adoption database shows Ukraine's children
The Catholic Register
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August 12, 2025
Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to Russian foster and...
At Conclusion of Malawi’s Maiden National Eucharistic Congress, Vatican Official Urges Christian Fraternity
ACI Africa
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August 12, 2025
The Jubilee Year, which Pope Francis officially launched on the eve of Christmas 2024 with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, he said, should continue helping the people of God “to remain anchored to the hope that does not...