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Full list of EU countries that will start taking your fingerprint from today
From Sunday, October 12, European countries using the Entry/Exit System (EES) will begin new operations at their respective borders. The end of the week will mark the gradual introduction of changes that could see more data from travellers being...
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Nostra Aetate at 60: Vatican Conference Looks to the Future of Interfaith Dialogue
As the world prepares to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate—the groundbreaking Vatican II declaration that transformed the Catholic Church’s relationship with other religions—the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome will host a...
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Mary expecting at the Vatican this Christmas
The Vatican’s choice to start the story with a pregnant Mary lets the season breathe. Advent is not only countdown; it is gestation — of faith, of reconciliation, of the courage to welcome. This Advent, the Vatican will welcome a Nativity that...
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New EU Entry/Exit system starts tomorrow - everything you need to know
The new European Entry/Exit System (EES) is set to launch on Sunday, 12 October. This new system, which will impact millions of travellers globally, will be operational in 25 EU countries and four non-EU countries. The EES aims to eliminate the...
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West Bank’s Palestinian Christian communities struggle
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TAYBEH, West Bank — Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one in the occupied West Bank. Proudly...
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New EU Entry/Exit system bombshell starts tomorrow - everything you need to know
The EES is designed to do away with the need to stamp passports The new EES starts on Sunday October 12. (Image: Getty) The new European Entry/Exit System (EES) launches on Sunday October 12. The new system, which will affect millions of people...
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Balancing rights: Why the ‘McKnight plan’ is in line with Leo’s priorities
Since Pope Leo’s May 8 election, attentive Catholics have been waiting eagerly for the pope to reveal his mind on some of the most important issues facing the Church today. Pope Leo XIV talks with Archbishop Shawn McKnight of Kansas City. Credit:...
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Two more generations before Jews and Arabs can live in peace, says Vatican’s top man in Jerusalem
Open this photo in gallery:Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks during Sunday morning mass at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 20, 2025.OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP/Getty Images Cardinal...
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Vatican Secretary of State to preside Mass for the first feast of St. Carlo Acutis
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, will preside over the Mass for the first celebration of the feast of Saint Carlo Acutis at the Church of the Renunciation in Assisi, Italy. The feast of St. Carlo Acutis, the first...
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West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian communities continue to struggle amid violence
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Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one in the occupied West Bank. Proudly Palestinian, Taybeh’s...
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A Prayer Room in the Pope’s Library: Vatican’s Gesture Toward Muslim Scholars Sparks Quiet Storm
(ZENIT News / Rome, 10.10.2025).- What began as a gesture of hospitality toward visiting scholars has become a lightning rod for controversy within the Vatican walls. The revelation that Muslim researchers have been granted a dedicated room with a...
Andy Burnham: at the heart of politics we need trust, community, faith, belief and connection
By Rosie Dawson Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, used the annual Theos lecture last night to call for a new way of doing politics “with trust, community, faith, belief, connection at his heart”. His message to his former colleagues...
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U.S. Bishops meet with Pope Leo XIV amid ongoing Baltimore bankruptcy case
Today, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Archbishop William E. Lori, Vice President, met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. They were joined by Rev. Michael Fuller, General Secretary,...
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Réforme financière : Léon XIV tourne délicatement la page François
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Par ce texte, le Pape abandonne la logique du contrôle absolu et introduit un nouvel équilibre où la Curie retrouve le rôle qu’elle avait en partie perdu ces dernières années. Si le règne du pape François s’est souvent construit en rupture avec le...
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The Reception of Vatican II Behind the Iron Curtain: The Polish Case
For Polish bishops and laity alike, the final months of Vatican II were a busy time. In addition to the work of adopting and circulating the final versions of the conciliar documents, the Poles were preparing to celebrate a millennium of Polish...
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The West Bank’s Dwindling Palestinian Christian Communities Continue to Struggle
TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one in the occupied West Bank. Proudly...
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Allegations of sex abuse, misused church dollars against WA priest divide parish
Emily Chapman could feel a pressure rising inside her. In the gym at Our Lady of Fatima, the Catholic church where she works, the Spokane Diocese was recapping how a leader of the parish, Father Miguel Mejía, had allegedly abused his powers as a...
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‘We are so tired of this life’: The West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian community struggles amid settler violence
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The West Bank's dwindling Palestinian Christian communities continue to struggle amid...
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But that hope feels increasingly remote as they struggle with the threats of violence from Jewish settlers and the intensifying restrictions on movement imposed by Israel. Many also say they fear Islamist radicalization will grow in the area as...
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The West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian communities continue to struggle amid violence
TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one in the occupied West Bank. Proudly...
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