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BOB BROWN: “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones”
Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, raise the glad strain, Alleluia! Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O higher than the...
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All you need to know about Pope Leo’s first official document to the faithful
The apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”) is the first doctrinal document issued by Pope Leo the XIV. The letter is organized in six parts, one introduction and five chapters. This is what you need to know. The letter was sent to...
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Pope Leo’s first official document calls out poverty and ecclesial division: ‘Would like that our first great desire be for a united church’
Five months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has promulgated his first official document, making as his own the draft of a text unfinished by his predecessor. Described as an exercise in “continuity” with Pope Francis, the apostolic exhortation...
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The seizing of Europe’s bells
Bell cemetery in Hamburg after the Second World War. [Bundesarchive] The bells that rang out across allied nations after the First World War ended what for many had been a four-year silence enforced by regulation in some places and imposed by...
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Clarification: Mideast-Wars-Gaza story
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Santa Maria Times - California
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CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. The talks, which went on for several hours, unfolded...
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Israel and Hamas begin pivotal talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
CAIRO — Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by...
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You Can See St. Francis Of Assisi's Remains In 2026 (And It Only Took 800 Years)
Catholics around the world will soon have the chance to see something that has been kept from the eyes of believers for hundreds of years: the remains of St. Francis of Assisi, the venerated figure who died in 1226 and after whom the recently...
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Bishop Robert Brennan: Pope’s First Exhortation Connects Faith and Love for the Poor
by Tablet Staff and Catholic News Service PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Bishop Robert Brennan is encouraging Catholics to read Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation, which “encourages us and challenges us to be attentive, to see the needs of the poor...
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Jerusalem Churches Face Mounting Tax Pressures Under Israel’s ‘Arnona’ Property Levy
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National Catholic Register
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The issue also carries an international legal dimension. In Jerusalem, the property tax, known as the “Arnona” tax, has become one of the most contentious issues between the city’s municipality and the churches. Under Israeli law, this is a...
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Pivotal talks between Israel, Hamas begin in Egypt
CAIRO (AP) -- Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by...
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Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump's immigration crackdown
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CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV, bringing him a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as...
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Lebanon overjoyed by Leo XIV's visit 60 years after 'Nostra Aetate'
Choosing a country that wants to return to being a model of pluralism is a “significant” step said Marwan Sehnaoui, president of the Order of Malta in Lebanon, speaking to AsiaNews. The visit will also include a meeting on Muslim-Christian...
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Israel, Hamas hold Egypt talks on Trump-backed Gaza peace plan
Cairo: Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a US-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. The talks, which went on for several hours, unfolded amid many...
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Andorre : l’Eglise face à un projet de loi sur l’avortement
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FSSPX.NEWS
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Andorre, avec ses 80 000 habitants, est une principauté unique en son genre. Elle est dirigée par deux chefs d’Etat qui portent le titre de « co-prince » : le président de la République française, actuellement Emmanuel Macron, et l’évêque...
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Pope Leo XIV Makes First Public Comments on Climate Change, Urges Public To Take Action
Building on the beliefs of his predecessor, Pope Leo XIV made a clear statement on climate change, asking citizens to put pressure on politicians to help preserve our planet. The remarks were made in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, and were the Pope’s...
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What could ‘a new direction’ in Catholic-Jewish relations look like?
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told the AP Monday that the Catholic Church is seeking “a new direction” in Catholic-Jewish relations. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa speaks to members of the Holy Land Coordination at the Latin Patriarchate’s...
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Kyle Chapman Named Barry-Wehmiller CEO, Bob Chapman Continues to Serve as Chairman of the Board
This content was written and submitted by the supplier. It has only been modified to comply with this publication’s space and style. Barry-Wehmiller (BW), the 140-year-old, $3.6 billion-plus global platform of industrial and packaging automation,...
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Kenya newspapers review: Over 300 evicted from Ruto’s 1,000-acre farm in Taita Taveta despite court order
On Thursday, October 9, local newspapers reported growing political realignments across the country as campaigns for upcoming by-elections gained momentum following candidates’ clearance by the IEBC. The top stories in Kenyan newspapers on...
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Church leaders mark two years since Hamas attacks that sparked war in Gaza
THE Archbishop of York marked the second anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks on southern Israel with a prayer for healing, for the release of the remaining hostages, and for peace in the region. And, at a mass in St Peter’s Square on...
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Israel, Hamas begin indirect talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
CAIRO — Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. The talks, which went on for several hours, unfolded amid...
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