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Discussion | Millennials under most financial strain
eNCA
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CAPE TOWN - There is a stark generational divide in how South Africans manage debt, use credit and build financial buffers. WATCH | Vatican report | Credit report focuses on bias against African nations This is according to Sanlam's Credit...
Thou shalt not shill: Fake ‘Vatican Chamber’ token presale exposed
Coin Telegraph
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July 11, 2025
The Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, has denied any connection to a fake cryptocurrency project claiming ties to it. The fake token, dubbed Vatican Chamber Token (VCT), was promoted on an online...
Exposed: Fake 'Vatican Chamber' Token Scam Unmasking The Presale Fraud!
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) The crypto community has recently been alerted to a fraudulent operation involving a non-existent token allegedly linked to the Vatican, illustrating the persistent risk scams pose in the burgeoning field of digital...
Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia, Ukraine
OSV News
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July 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations. “During the cordial conversation, the...
Vatican remains ready to host Ukraine, Russia peace talks
The Catholic Register
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July 9, 2025
Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations. "During the cordial conversation, the importance of dialogue as the...
Solving the development crisis with quality finance
The Jakarta Post
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ational delegations and practitioners gathering in Seville, Spain, for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development face a sobering reality: Much of the developing world is in the midst of a deepening, multifaceted crisis. Major...
Castel Gandolfo savors Pope’s return: It’s more than economics
Aleteia
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July 10, 2025
Residents of Castel Gandolfo have a special bond with the popes, whose presence in the summer — interrupted under Francis — means the world to them. With the announcement of Leo XIV’s summer vacation, which is currently taking place at Castel...
First ‘green mass’ celebrated, the Pope wants to build solar power plant for Vatican
The European Times
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July 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first ‘green mass’ at the Vatican on Wednesday, using new prayers dedicated to caring for God’s creation. The mass was held in the gardens of the new eco-education centre at the Vatican’s summer estate in Castel...
Vatican : une nouvelle caserne pour la garde suisse
FSSPX.NEWS
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8 juillet 2025 Source: FSSPX Actualités Les études préliminaires à la reconstruction de la caserne de la garde suisse sont achevées, ce qui a permis aux architectes du cabinet Dürisch & Nolli de préparer, en 2024, la présentation du projet final...
Pope Leo: Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
America Magazine
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July 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations. “During the cordial conversation, the...
A Palestinian Christian community is the latest target of settler violence in the West Bank
America Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Continuing violence in the occupied Palestinian territories on the West Bank has arguably been obscured by the larger conflict in Gaza. But attacks by Jewish settlers have been on the rise, and an unspoken policy of impunity for settler violence,...
Vatican Follies
The California Courier
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By Jirair Tutunjian In the past year or two Armenians and possibly odars have been baffled and repelled by the late Pope Francis’ inexplicable warm relations with the Azerbaijan dictatorship. There are fewer than 600 Catholics in Azerbaijan. Now...
Pope Leo XIV: Vatican Still Ready To Host Peace Talks Between Russia, Ukraine
The Tablet - New York
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July 9, 2025
Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wave from the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, during their meeting July 9, 2025. (Photo: CNS/Vatican Media) by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Meeting with Ukrainian President...
World News | Ukraine's Zelenskyy Meets with Pope Leo XIV; Both Propose Vatican as Site for Peace Talks
Latestly
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July 9, 2025
Castel Gandolfo (Italy), Jul 9 (AP) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican's efforts to help return children taken by Russia. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican could host peace...
Pope: Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia, Ukraine
Catholic Observer - Massachusetts
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July 9, 2025
Pope Leo XIV meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 9, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV...
Pope Leo XIV Adds Gaming Lore To Vatican History By Autographing A Reverse-Holo Popplio Pokémon Card For Pilgrim
Benzinga
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Pope Leo XIV added an unlikely footnote to papal history this month when he blessed a Pokémon card and autographed a second copy for a Danish pilgrim who produced the trading card during a July 5 audience at the Vatican. What Happened: Reddit user...
How to Put Development Finance Back on Track
Addis Fortune
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lobal growth this year is expected to slow to its lowest rate (outside of a crisis) since 2008. The outlook is especially problematic for developing countries that are already growing well below historical averages, and for those 35 countries,...
At the Vatican, experts challenge the rules of global debt and finance
Religion News Service
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July 2, 2025
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Some of the most provocative recent proposals challenging global inequality and international debt are not the work of Ivy League economics departments or Silicon Valley think tanks. They’re coming from inside the Vatican. “I...
American Peruvian Pope Souvenirs Stalled as Vatican Retailers Await Sacred License
LatinAmerican Post
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July 8, 2025
With pilgrims flooding Rome for the Jubilee Year, souvenir stands near St. Peter’s Square are stocked with every pope except the one currently leading the Catholic Church. Two months after his election, León XIV’s official image still hasn’t been...
Great power and great fragility: The mysterious weight of the Vatican
Aleteia
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July 7, 2025
In an interview, French journalist Loup Besmond de Senneville talks about the popes, and the Vatican's significant "soft power" combined with "fragility." Stationed in Rome from 2020 to 2024 for the French newspaper La Croix, journalist Loup...