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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...
Vatican Backs Upcoming International Symposium in South Africa, Urges Delegates to Advance Gospel Witnessing
ACI Africa
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June 20, 2025
The event also seeks to create “a just and accountable global debt architecture rooted in equity and the public good; and the development of a Universal School Meals Program as a global commitment to child nutrition and education.” The outcomes of...
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...
Vatican sets up global commission to tackle sovereign debt crisis
Business and Financial Times
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June 20, 2025
…Ghana, others in the Global South to benefit By Kizito CUDJOE The Vatican has announced the launch of a high-level Commission of Experts to address the mounting sovereign debt crisis affecting Ghana and numerous other countries across the...
Is Trump-Putin bromance on the verge of breakup? Here’s US president’s dramatic shift on Russia-Ukraine
The Indian Express
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July 16, 2025
Donald Trump is yet again on the verge of losing another ‘bestie’ as his bromance with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin appears to be rapidly escalating towards a breakup.The US president was recently seen publicly throwing his weight behind...
Vatican-backed report urges root and branch reform to tackle escalating debt crisis
New African Magazine
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June 20, 2025
A ground-breaking new report, authored by the Pope Francis’ Jubilee Commission calls for urgent action and systemic reforms to tackle the escalating debt and development crises affecting billions, including African in particular, worldwide. The...
Vatican-backed report seeks financial reform to avert decades of lost development
WKZO - Michigan
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June 20, 2025
By Libby George LONDON(Reuters) -A commission launched by the late Pope Francis has outlined financial reforms it says could help to avert decades of lost development in poor countries that face onerous repayments as global public debts reach...
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...
Finance experts launch report at Vatican on foreign debt relief
OSV News
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June 20, 2025
“Today, 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health, and 2.1 billion live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on education,” the report said. “Interest payments on public debt are...
Vatican scientists warn of global assault on scientific truth
Aleteia
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June 20, 2025
These challenges cannot be solved by scientists alone: “A global coalition of stakeholders is needed … to defend the right to seek and speak scientific truth.” In a recently published statement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) has sounded...
Vatican-backed report calls for global debt relief amid climate crisis
Mongabay
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June 20, 2025
A commission appointed by the late Pope Francis has released a new report highlighting the urgent need to address global debt, which has hindered sustainable development and climate action. The report was authored by the Jubilee Commission, which...
Vatican crisis: Pope Leo XIV asks faithful for financial contributions amid...
TUKO
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June 19, 2025
The Vatican, under the Catholic Church, faces a huge budget deficit, and Pope Leo XIV has now appealed for donations from the faithful Peter's Pence, a papal foundation that supports charitable endeavours and religious activities, collected €48.4...
Vatican plugs Peter’s Pence donations to help Leo XIV in his mission
Catholic News Agency
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June 18, 2025
Vatican City, Jun 18, 2025 / 15:53 pm “Take part in the steps of Leo XIV with your donation to Peter’s Pence.” With these words, the Vatican is encouraging Catholics to participate in the collection to support the Holy Father in his mission at the...
The Pope has ‘isolated’ breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican says
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Christians report Israeli settler violence to pope
ANSA
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July 15, 2025
Christians in the Holy Land have started to report Israeli settler violence to Pope Leo XIV. This time, the Christian community in the Holy Land, and beyond, has decided to raise its voice. Condemnations of the indiscriminate violence by settlers...
Target traffickers, not victims: Pope Leo condemns drug trade as ‘chain of death’
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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June 27, 2025
In a June 26 address to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Pope Leo XIV called the global drug trade a “chain of death” and urged governments to target traffickers, not their victims. Speaking from the Vatican,...
Global development summit seeks progress on climate finance despite Trump
Green Central Banking
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June 26, 2025
A major UN-hosted conference on development finance could help raise funds to support the green transition despite attempts by US president Donald Trump to scupper the process, activists say. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for...
Moment Pope Leo is hit on the head by object thrown from a worshipper before another man yanks his arm with the new pontiff left begging for calm at the Vatican
Daily Mail
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June 27, 2025
This is the tense moment an object is thrown at Pope Leo XIV from a huge crowd that tries to charge him on World Drugs Day. Swarms of worshippers were pressed against the railing, desperately trying to reach out to the Catholic leader. One...
Georgia Trend Daily – July 14, 2025
Georgia Trend
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July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025 WJBF Rakiyah Lenon reports, Club Car delivered two custom-built electric vehicles to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City this week. According to the company with its headquarters in Augusta, the Pope will use the cars for international...
Jesus actor visits Vatican
The Express Tribune
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June 25, 2025
VATICAN CITY: A US actor known for playing Jesus on a popular television show visited the Vatican on Monday. Jonathan Roumie, star of the streaming series The Chosen about the life of Jesus Christ, spoke at an event ahead of a special Vatican...