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Estonia appoints new ambassador to Sweden
ERR
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August 25, 2025
Estonia's former ambassador to Moscow Margus Laidre will become the country's next representative in Sweden after being appointed to the role by President Alar Karis. Laidre is an experienced diplomat and a recognized historian. He has previously...
In new bestsellers, series fiction from Carissa Broadbent, Emily McIntire
The Virginian-Pilot
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August 25, 2025
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Aug. 9, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of...
From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries
The Conversation
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August 25, 2025
The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name. The Catholic sacrament of reconciliation,...
Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald Trump has previously vowed to abolish the Johnson...
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje to see the Blessed Mother Planned for November
The Catholic Miscellany - South Carolina
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August 25, 2025
In response to this miraculous sighting, an estimated 40 million people have since traveled to Medjugorje to experience the Virgin Mother’s presence. A group from the Diocese of Charleston will soon be among those who have made the journey to see...
Building futures, brick by brick and heart by heart
Hindustan Times
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August 25, 2025
The Chairperson & Trustee of M3M Foundation, Dr Payal Kanodia, exemplifies leadership at the intersection of corporate excellence and transformative philanthropy. She combines strategic foresight with compassion and a commitment to...
Pope’s tailor highlights dignity of work
The Beacon - New Jersey
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The election of a new pope this past spring has inspired numerous pieces of journalism about our Church. Looking beyond the pieces relating to politics and Church governance, one can find fascinating stories about people whose lives are uniquely...
Young Adults Returning to Faith in Record Numbers
Charisma News
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August 25, 2025
A surprising surge of young adults, particularly Gen Z and Millennials, is filling pews and baptismal fonts across the globe, defying decades of religious decline. According to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, the Catholic Church is...
Law graduate Leticia Paul dies at 22 after routine CT scan
New York Post
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August 25, 2025
A young, thriving Brazilian lawyer tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a routine CT scan. Leticia Paul, 22, suffered an anaphylactic shock on Wednesday while undergoing a contrast-enhanced CT scan at Alto Vale...
Pope Leo XIV backs UK-Mauritius deal returning Chagos Islands
Africanews
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August 25, 2025
Pope Leo XIV met with Chagos refugees in Rome on Saturday, praising a recent UK-Mauritius agreement that will return control of the disputed islands to Mauritius and allow thousands of displaced Chagossians to go home. The Pope congratulated the...
Former Vatican chef trades crosses for crosswalks with first NYC restaurant: ‘It doesn’t matter if I’m cooking for a pope, president or ordinary person’
New York Post
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August 18, 2025
Holy cannoli! In his storied career in the kitchen, chef Salvo Lo Castro has been a star around the world and at the Vatican, plating pasta for popes, world leaders and movie stars alike. These days, he’s traded a life of crosses in Rome for the...
“We are learning from Africa”: Vatican Official Lauds Church in Africa’s Conservation, Human Dignity Initiatives
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
The 50-year-old Italian member of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) also known as Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco acknowledged the Holy Father’s support for the project, saying, “Imagine Pope Leo XIV endorsing the project and even...
“We are learning from Africa”: Vatican Official Lauds Church in Africa Conservation, Human Dignity Initiatives
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
“I think you know that since he (Pope Francis) began his pontificate, he never made use of the Popes’ summer residence,” she said, recalling how the Holy Father instead decided to set aside part of the residence’s land to be opened to all as “a...
Pope Leo to meet with pro-LGBTQ+ catholic group at the Vatican
Premier Christianity News
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For the first time, the Vatican will host the pro-reform Catholic group We Are Church during Holy Year celebrations in October. Eight representatives will attend a Jubilee of synodal teams and participatory bodies from October 24–26, Vatican...
Vatican Publishes Regulations On the Awarding of Public Contracts
National Catholic Register
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The document involves collaboration between various Vatican departments to foster greater trust among Vatican internal offices and its external contractors. The Vatican issued an update to its public procurement regulations to streamline steps in...
Vatican Publishes Regulations on Awarding of Public Contracts
ACI Africa
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August 14, 2025
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, 15 August, 2025 / 2:27 am (ACI Africa). The Vatican issued an update to its public procurement regulations to streamline steps in the Holy See’s contracting processes while maintaining integrity and transparency. The new...
(VIDEO ONLY): Two children dressed in Vatican colors manage to get close to the Pope
Rome Reports
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August 18, 2025
These two children kept shouting "Papa Leone" during the Angelus in Castel Gandolfo on August 15. They were also dressed in the Vatican colors: white and yellow. They also carried flags. During the Pope's greeting after the Marian prayer, they...
Zelenskyy and Trump push for Vatican meeting with Putin, Moscow prefers Geneva - media
Interfax Ukraine
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August 18, 2025
European diplomats have been told by their US counterparts to be ready for a trilateral meeting between US and Ukrainian Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin later this week, but are divided over the venue for the...
Vatican pediatric hospital welcomes more Gaza patients
The Catholic Register
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August 14, 2025
As the Israeli-Hamas conflict continues, three more children arrived in Italy on a military transport plane late Aug. 13 for treatment at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital. A six-month-old baby boy, who already had undergone an...
Vatican Pediatric Hospital Welcomes More Patients From Gaza
The Tablet - New York
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August 14, 2025
An ambulance pulls up to an Italian military plane at Rome’s Ciampino airport late Aug. 13 to transfer children from Gaza to the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital for treatment. (Photo: CNS/courtesy Bambino Gesù hospital) by Cindy...