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Vatican to host LGBTQ pilgrimage during 2025 Catholic Jubilee events
Weekly Blitz
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August 29, 2025
The Vatican’s decision to host an LGBTQ pilgrimage during the 2025 Catholic Jubilee has sparked global interest and renewed debate over the Church’s evolving relationship with sexual minorities. More than 1,000 participants from across 30...
Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity
Catholic News Agency
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August 29, 2025
Vatican City, Aug 29, 2025 / 11:51 am Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and American songwriter Pharrell Williams will direct a concert featuring musicians John Legend, Teddy Swims, Jelly Roll, Karol G, BamBam, and Angélique Kidjo in St. Peter’s Square...
Pope Leo XIV’s Advice for Political Life: The Speech Every Catholic Politician Should Read
Zenit
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August 29, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 29.08.2025) – On Thursday morning, August 28, Pope Leo XIV received in audience, in the Hall of the Consistory, some 40 French elected officials of various political parties from the Marne Valley. The Holy Father’s...
Leo XIV: Christian politicians must be coherent with faith
Aleteia
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August 29, 2025
Speaking to a group of French politicians, the pontiff highlighted the importance of acting in a way coherent with Christian principles in the public sphere. “The openly Christian commitment of a public official is not easy, particularly in...
Sistine Chapel Choir quintet brings taste of the Vatican to Plymouth on Thursday
The Detroit News - Michigan
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Metro Detroiters can get a taste of the Vatican next week when a contingent from the pope’s Sistine Chapel Choir performs at Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth. “The Voice of Beauty and the Hand of Grace” will feature a quintet from the historic...
President leaves for Vatican City
The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)
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August 29, 2025
IDBZ to appoint Willing Zirevo as acting chief executive officer Business Reporter The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) Board has recommended the appointment Mr Willing Zvirevo as its acting chief executive, subject to approval...
Fact Check: Is Vatican Hosting LGBTQ+ Rainbow Cross Event?
Tech ARP
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August 29, 2025
Is the Vatican hosting an LGBTQ+ event featuring an LGBTQ+ rainbow cross? Here is our fact check of the viral claims. Claim : Vatican Is Hosting LGBTQ+ Rainbow Cross Event Many people (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) are claiming or suggesting that the Vatican...
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...
Karol G to Perform in the Vatican – Here’s How to Watch
REMEZCLA
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August 28, 2025
Karol G is joining a star-studded line-up of artists that will put on a free concert in Vatican City. The Colombian superstar recently revealed that she will soon perform in St. Peter’s Square alongside names like Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell...
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...
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...
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...
Rep. Tom Suozzi meets with Pope Leo XIV at Vatican
Long Island Press - New York
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August 28, 2025
Rep. Tom Suozzi met with Pope Leo XIV during a gathering of the International Catholic Legislators Network. Provided by Tom Suozzi U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi joined an international delegation of Catholic lawmakers at the Vatican on Saturday, Aug. 23,...
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...
Live, act on faith; avoid 'split' personality, pope tells politicians
Detroit Catholic
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August 28, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – 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...
Julian Schnabel on Making ‘In the Hand of Dante’ and Casting Martin Scorsese as an Elderly Sage With a Line Likely to Make a Political Splash: ‘It’s a Great Honor’
Variety
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August 28, 2025
After making movies about artists from different eras, including “Basquiat” and Van Gogh biopic “At Eternity’s Gate,” Julian Schnabel criss-crosses between the 14th and 21st centuries in his wildly inventive new film “In the Hand of Dante.” The...
Vatican official warns of the hidden costs of AI
Catholic News
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August 27, 2025
Bishop Tighe said AI and the social issues that it gives rise to will be a priority for Pope Leo XIV (Bigstock) A top official at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education is urging caution on artificial intelligence, warning that its...
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...