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Vatican Secretary of State reiterates Holy See’s position on total invasion of Gaza
Zenit
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August 28, 2025
(ZENIT News / Roma, 08.28.2025).- During a Mass honoring Saint Monica at the Basilica of Saint Augustine, Cardinal Pietro Parolin once again voiced the Holy See’s concern over the worsening crisis in Gaza. The Vatican Secretary of State recalled...
Vatican in contact with USA for Gaza solution
Aleteia
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August 28, 2025
Although there are possible solutions, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said, there are many selfish interests getting in the way of peace. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin lamented the political and economic interests of power...
Vatican official warns of the hidden costs of artificial intelligence
Dialog - Delaware
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August 27, 2025
DUBLIN — Bishop Paul Tighe, a top official at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, is urging caution on artificial intelligence — warning that its hidden environmental costs, impact on jobs and broader social risks can’t be...
VATICAN Confidential: How Pope Leo is debugging Artificial Intelligence
Rome Reports
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August 27, 2025
Hello. I’m Seán-Patrick Lovett. I’d like to open this Vatican Confidential with a quote. See if you can guess who said this: “A small number of very rich men have laid upon the laboring poor a yoke little better than that of slavery itself”,...
Vatican official warns of AI’s hidden costs to environment, work and society
Catholic Star Herald - New Jersey
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August 27, 2025
Bishop Paul Tighe, a top official at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, poses while speaking to OSV News following his address, “Theology and Mission in an Age of Artificial Intelligence” to the Congress of the European Society for...
Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams to direct historic Vatican City concert
ABC 13 - Texas
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August 27, 2025
Jelly Roll, John Legend, Karol G, Teddy Swims and more are set to perform, the concert will stream live on Disney+ and Hulu Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams are joining forces to co-direct what's being called a landmark and spiritual event in...
Is Trump Triggering a Banking Crisis?
theTrumpet
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Iranian agents have been caught planning attacks and murders in France. Iran’s proxy Hezbollah has deep ties to Latin America’s drug gangs. Now Australia’s intelligence service has concluded that Iran was directly responsible for attacks down...
No Market, No Problem: Hot Venice Sales Titles Include New Projects from Oscar Isaac, Amanda Seyfried and Mads Mikkelsen
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 26, 2025
The Venice Film Festival has no official market — no Marche du Film, no European Film Market — meaning the deals on the Lido tend to happen quietly, in hotel suites at the Excelsior and over spritzes along the Lungomare. But sellers still see the...
US Rep. Vicente Gonzalez meets with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City
Brownsville Herald - Texas
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August 26, 2025
Only have a minute? Listen instead U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, met with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City last Saturday, according to an announcement Tuesday from the congressman’s office. Gonzalez’s audience...
From Chicago to the Vatican, a white ping-pong table for Leo XIV
Aleteia
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August 26, 2025
A white ping-pong table “made in Chicago,” engraved with the papal coat of arms, was presented to Leo XIV by Robert Blackwell Jr., CEO of Killerspin. In a corner of Paul VI Hall filled with thousands of people who had come to the audience, an...
Caritas Internationalis, the charitable arm of the Church, recalls that famine in Gaza violates the Genocide Convention
Zenit
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August 29, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 08.28.2025).- Caritas International has condemned the man-made famine in Gaza as a blatant violation of international law, including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The...
Chicago company gifts Pope Leo XIV custom ping-pong table
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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By Natalie Goldstick August 25, 2025 / 9:18 PM CDT / CBS Chicago CBS News Live CBS News Chicago Live Pope Leo XIV tried his hand at some table tennis during a general audience last week. The custom table was gifted to the pope by Robert Blackwell...
Vatican approves new liturgical calendar for Arabia with its own calendar of saints
Zenit
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August 23, 2025
(ZENIT News / Abu Dabi, 08.23.2025).- When the Vatican unveiled a new liturgical calendar for the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) this August, it did far more than adjust dates for feasts and memorials. It carved out a distinct...
Pope encourages politicians and civic leaders to grow in their faith
Catholic News
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August 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic politicians and civic leaders from the French Diocese of Créteil (CNS/Vatican Media) Even in countries with the strictest separation of church and state, being a Christian means living and acting like one, Pope Leo...
Warrandyte icon: Beasley’s Nursery hits the market
realestate.com.au
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August 25, 2025
The Beasley family have operated their nursery since the 1970s. It started as a stall before moving to 195 Heidelberg-Warrandyte Rd, Warrandyte. A well-known nursery and cafe in Melbourne’s north east has hit the market for the first time in five...
Pope Leo encourages French civic leaders to unite politics and faith
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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August 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 28 urged Catholic politicians to integrate their faith into every aspect of public service. He delivered the remarks to a delegation of elected officials from the Diocese of Créteil, France, visiting the Vatican on pilgrimage...
Chef who served two popes brings Vatican City cuisine to NYC restaurant
SI Live - New York
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August 25, 2025
Alvo Lo Castro, a world-renowned chef who once served Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, is reportedly blessing New Yorkers with his new Italian restaurant in downtown Manhattan. The 52-year-old chef has been more than a bit busy since...
USCCB synod tackles the dignity of work and the role of unions
OSV News
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August 28, 2025
“Participants committed to strengthening intersectoral North-South cooperation and collaborating with the agenda of Pope Leo XIV and the Episcopal Conferences,” a post-meeting statement reported, “contributing proposals to consolidate the role of...
Financial tool tells Catholics if they are investing in abortion, LGBTQ+ causes and porn
Religion News Service
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August 21, 2025
(RNS) — Chris McMahon found success with his Pittsburgh investment firm, MFA Wealth. But he said he regrets not being upfront about his Catholic faith earlier in his career, and is trying to make amends the best way he knows: by helping Catholics...
Live, act on faith; avoid ‘split’ personality, Pope Leo XIV tells politicians
Dialog - Delaware
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August 28, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Even in countries with the strictest separation of church and state, being a Christian means living and acting like one, Pope Leo XIV told a group of politicians and civic leaders from France. “Christianity cannot be reduced to a...