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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday (Oct 6) — one of the Catholic Church's strongest condemnations of Israel's war against the militant group Hamas. In an...
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‘The church cannot be silent,’ Pope Leo XIV tells El Pasoans in Vatican meeting on mass deportation fears
News that matters to El Paso, delivered to you. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. Editor’s Note: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8: This story has been updated with additional comments from Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday...
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Can the Vatican Claim Moral Authority in Gaza Without Legal Accuracy?
In the wake of the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, the Vatican is using its platform to criticize Israel, expressing selective moral outrage while ignoring the real perpetrators, and consequently doing little...
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10 US bishops stand for election as the conference’s next president, vice president
A bishop uses an electronic voting device during a Nov. 14, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. The bishops will elect a new conference president and vice president at their Nov....
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World Reuters Top Vatican cardinal says Israel carrying out massacre in Gaza
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday - one of the Catholic Church's strongest condemnations of Israel's war against the militant...
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Pope Leo XIV to visit war zone in first trip outside Vatican City
09:11 ET, 07 Oct 2025 For his first foreign trip as pope, Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon — a pilgrimage that will be symbolic to both Christians and Muslims(Image: Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Pope Leo XIV...
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U.S. Priests Report High Confidence in Pope Leo XIV, Less Trust in Bishops
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The survey showed strong confidence in the first-ever American Pope. A 2025 survey of more than 1,100 American priests found high rates of self-reported personal flourishing, strong confidence in Pope Leo XIV, and a mixed level of trust in U.S....
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Top Vatican diplomat condemns Gaza 'carnage'
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The Vatican’s top diplomat Cardinal Pietro Parolin has issued one of the Church’s strongest rebukes of Israel’s war in Gaza, denouncing what he called an “ongoing massacre” in comments published on Monday. The Vatican's secretary of state,...
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Two years after October 7: interview with the Vatican Secretary of State on Hamas terrorism and the massacre in Gaza
(ZENIT News – L´Osservatore Romano / Vatican City, 10.06.2025).- Two years have passed since Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel and the beginning of what has become a full-blown war that has razed the Gaza Strip to the ground. We look back at...
Top Vatican cardinal says Israel carrying out massacre in Gaza
Audio By Carbonatix By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican’s top diplomat sharply criticised Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza in comments published on Monday – one of the Catholic Church’s strongest condemnations of Israel’s war...
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Book details Redemptorist priest risking everything to reveal hidden dramas of Vatican II
When the Second Vatican Council opened in 1962, its proceedings were shrouded in secrecy. Bishops were sworn to silence and journalists were barred from covering internal debates that would reshape the Catholic Church for generations. For the...
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Book details Redemptorist priest risking everything to reveal hidden dramas of Vatican II
When the Second Vatican Council opened in 1962, its proceedings were shrouded in secrecy. Bishops were sworn to silence and journalists were barred from covering internal debates that would reshape the Catholic Church for generations. For the...
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Vatican definitively approves statutes of international association of exorcists
(ZENIT News / Rome, 10.01.2025).- A ministry often surrounded by mystery has taken a decisive institutional step. The Holy See has formally approved the definitive Statutes of the International Association of Exorcists (IAE), moving the group...
Pomp, pageantry as Pope Leo crosses Rome on first trip abroad
Italian President Sergio Mattarella (right) sees off Pope Leo XIV and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin (left) as they leave the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome on October 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XVI did not go...
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Pope Leo XIV Sends Antibiotics to Children in Gaza
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National Catholic Register
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Caritas Jerusalem has become one of the first humanitarian organizations to respond to the ceasefire in Gaza, quickly mobilizing to address the urgent needs of families and children throughout the Gaza Strip. Pope Leo XIV has sent 5,000 doses of...
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New saints highlight power of faith amid spiritual, personal challenges
(OSV News) — When Pope Leo XIV raises three women and four men to the altar Oct. 19, he will canonize a diverse group of religious and lay men and women, all bound by the virtue of holding on to their faith amid personal, spiritual, and external...
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“Deeply abhorrent”: Cardinal Brislin Denounces Denial of Health, Education Access to Non-South Africans
In his message, the Cardinal also reflects on the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching, which he says insists that “human dignity, and all human rights, arise from our being created in the image and likeness of God, and not by legal status.” “All...
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We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library
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Deep within a particle accelerator, theoretical physicist Giorgio Angelotti is hard at work. He sets a black cylinder on a mount, bolts it down, then runs through some safety checks before retreating from the chamber, known as “the hatch”. “You...
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‘San Damiano’: Vatican screens documentary on Roman rough sleeper
The Vatican screens the documentary ‘San Damiano’, which tells the story of a young Polish man who, with fifty euros in his pocket, flees his past and arrives in Rome, living among the homeless near the central train station. By Eugenio Murrali...
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Health Ranger Report: Robert Scott Bell on spirituality, consciousness and humanity’s future
Health Ranger Report: Robert Scott Bell on spirituality, consciousness and humanity’s future Mike Adams and Robert Scott Bell have dedicated over 20 years to exploring health, spirituality and the forces that seek to control them, fostering hope...
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