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Vatican Library Opens Muslim Prayer Room
The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library. Credit: Michal Osmenda / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Vatican Apostolic Library, located in Vatican City, has designated a prayer space for visiting Muslim scholars, marking a notable gesture of...
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Vatican approves auxiliary bishop for Shanghai
EWTN News, Oct 15, 2025 / 09:45 am The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV appointed Father Ignatius Wu Jianlin as auxiliary bishop of Shanghai on Aug. 11, with his episcopal ordination taking place today under the framework of the...
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Ceasefire Isn’t Peace: Inside the Vatican’s Quiet Work on Gaza + Claire Giangravè
Ceasefire Isn’t Peace: Inside the Vatican’s Quiet Work on Gaza + Claire Giangravè (RNS) — Host Amanda Henderson sits with RNS reporter Claire Giangravè to open the door on Vatican diplomacy during the Gaza ceasefire. When peacemaking is quiet,...
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His Holiness welcomed Prime Minister Pashinyan’s visit to the Vatican and his participation in the canonization ceremony of Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan and six other Blesseds
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Within the framework of his visit to the Holy See, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. His Holiness welcomed Prime Minister Pashinyan’s visit to the Vatican and his participation in the canonization ceremony...
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Pashinyan, Pope Leo XIV Meet at Vatican, Discuss Yerevan-Baku Peace Deal
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Pope Leo XIV met at the Vatican today and discussed the establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as various regional issues. Pashinyan travelled to the Vatican to attend Sunday’s canonization of...
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Armenian PM meets Pope Leon XIV at Vatican
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October 20, 2025 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As part of his official visit to the Holy See, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with His Holiness Pope Leon XIV. The Pope welcomed Pashinyan’s presence at the Vatican and his participation...
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Azerbaijani First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva’s official visit to Vatican in Italian media spotlight
Rome, October 20, AZERTAC Italy’s leading media outlets, including “Giornale Diplomatico”, “Notizie Geopolitiche”, “il Domani d`Italia”, “Gazzetta Diplomatica”, “Kmetro0”, “il Denaro”, “Radio Studio90 Italia”, “Tele Citta”, “MSN”, and “ZaZoom”...
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Azerbaijan Strengthens Ties with Vatican
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Azerbaijan is strengthening its relations with the Vatican and the Catholic world, supporting the restoration of historic catacombs in the Holy See and in parallel by building a new Catholic church in Azerbaijan. The historic Catacombs of...
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Pope Leo Canonizes Former Satanist as Catholic Saint, Marking Unprecedented Vatican Move
Pope Leo XIV just made an uncanny move in his decision to make an ex-Satanist a saint. Pope Leo decided to canonize prior Satanic priest Bartolo Longo, according to PhilSTAR Life. Longo was an Italian lawyer who had quite an unusual spiritual...
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Pashinyan meets Armenian Catholic Patriarch in Vatican
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October 20, 2025 - 11:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his working visit to the Vatican, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church, His Beatitude Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, at the Levonian...
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The canonization ceremony of the Blesseds took place in the Vatican
The canonization ceremony of Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan and six other Blesseds took place in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, presided over by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia...
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PM Pashinyan, Catholicos-Patriarch of House of Cilicia of Armenian Catholicosate meet in Vatican
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ArmInfo. During his working visit to the Holy See (Vatican), RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the Catholicos-Patriarch of the House of Cilicia, His Eminence and Betitude Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, and students from the Levonian...
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Vatican diplomat calls for action on poverty, conflict and climate change
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia (Vatican Media) The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has called for three key priorities in addressing the global crises of poverty, conflict and climate change. Source: OSV News. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the...
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King Charles’s visit to the Vatican
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Canonization Ceremony of Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan and Six Others at the Vatican
THE VATICAN — A solemn canonization ceremony for Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan, a victim of the Armenian Genocide, and six other Blessed took place at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, presided over by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. The ceremony was...
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The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo had an audience the ECA without saying what was discussed
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Key Biscayne, FL (33149) Today Sunshine and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 84F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Partly cloudy. Low 78F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: October 20, 2025 @ 11:32 am
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‘Vatican Unveiled’ coming to the Mall of America in January
Come January, visitors to the Mall of America will be able to hop off the roller coaster at Nickelodeon Universe or finish that meal at Rainforest Cafe and head to the second floor to check out a collection of Vatican treasures. In celebration of...
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Palace braces for more days of pain over Prince Andrew as King Charles' Vatican visit risks being overshadowed by Virginia Giuffre memoir
The Royal Family is bracing for more days of pain over the Prince Andrew scandal ahead of the publication of a posthumous memoir from his teenage sex accuser Virginia Giuffre. Andrew, 65, last week finally fell on his sword and announced he would...
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Pashinyan visits Armenian embassies in Italy, Vatican
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October 20, 2025 - 11:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Embassy of Armenia in Italy, where he toured the premises accompanied by Ambassador Vladimir Karapetyan and met with the diplomatic staff. Ambassador...
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El presidente de la USCCB insta a los fieles a rezar y apoyar a las víctimas del huracán Melissa
OSV News | OSV News Mientras el huracán Melissa continuaba su devastador recorrido por el Caribe, el arzobispo Timothy P. Broglio, presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB por sus siglas en inglés), instó a los...