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Vatican Embassy in Kyiv damaged during Russian attack
Ukrinform
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July 10, 2025
The Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv sustained damage during Russia’s massive air assault on the Ukrainian capital on the night of 10 July. As reported by Ukrinform, Titular Archbishop of Martana Visvaldas Kulbokas, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine,...
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...
Let’s Pursue “paths that lead to peace”: Vatican-based Cardinal to Ghanaians
ACI Africa
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July 9, 2025
“If Jeremiah tells us that we are at the crossroads and we should find which path leads to peace, then it means right now we may be travelling on a path which does not lead to peace,” the Vatican-based Cardinal said. He said, “To be talking about...
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 ends pontifical delegate’s mission in Indian archdiocese
OSV News
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July 9, 2025
ERNAKULAM, India (OSV News) — The Vatican has ended its direct pontifical oversight of an Indian archdiocese after settling the long-standing liturgy dispute that risked dividing the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The Vatican informed the church’s...
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...
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,...
Alleged apparitions in Slovakia: What’s the Vatican saying?
The Pillar
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July 9, 2025
The Vatican’s doctrinal office gave the green light Wednesday to devotion associated with alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Slovakia. The pilgrimage site on Mount Zvir, Slovakia, in 2017. Palickap/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0. The Dicastery for...
Vatican provides guidelines to help bishops and local churches implement synodality
America Magazine
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July 8, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Local churches and bishops worldwide will be instrumental in helping implement the proposals and foster the spirit of the 2024 final document of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the Vatican synod office said. To more...
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...
POWER, POLITICS and an AMERICAN Pope | For Pete's Sake: A Vatican Podcast by Rome Reports
Rome Reports
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July 9, 2025
"For Pete’s Sake: A Vatican Podcast,” returns with special guest Fr. John Wauck, professor of communications and Vatican specialist. Fr. Wauck dives into his experience shifting from U.S. politics to papal coverage, understanding the Second...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Iranian Ambassador to the Vatican asks Pope Leo XIV in letter to defend Khamenei against USA and Israel
Zenit
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July 7, 2025
(ZENIT News / Rome, 07.07.2025).- In a striking appeal that merges geopolitical tension with interreligious diplomacy, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ambassador to the Holy See, Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari, has written directly to Pope Leo...
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...
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...
Leo High School’s Choir Wowed The ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judges — And They’re Just Getting Started
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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July 8, 2025
AUBURN GRESHAM — When most singers perform in front of Simon Cowell, they’re filled with trepidation. But Kristol Bell, a junior at Leo High School in Auburn Gresham, walked onto the “America’s Got Talent” stage with confidence. “It wasn’t really...