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Vatican Receives 400+ Page Report Detailing Christian Persecution in Nicaragua
Pope Leo XIV recently received a copy of the latest edition of “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church,” an extensive report detailing thousands of acts of Christian persecution committed by the communist regime of dictatorial couple Daniel Ortega and...
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Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2w
Pope Leo XIV’s first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, the Vatican press office announced. The trip was built around Pope Francis’s promise to join Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in...
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King Charles III’s visit to Vatican marks a historic step in path of unity between two churches
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Vatican Approves Beatification Cause of Priest Who Pioneered Monastic Life in Korea
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Auxiliary Bishop Job Koo Yoo-bi of Seoul said that in this first phase, testimonies will be gathered about Father Bang Yu-ryong’s heroic virtues. The Archdiocese of Seoul announced that it has received authorization from the Vatican, or nihil...
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What’s in the Vatican’s 2nd global child protection report?
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors released its second annual global child protection report Thursday, underlining the need for reparations, sanctions for abusers, and clear communication when bishops resign after mishandling...
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Vatican condemns “ongoing massacre” in Gaza
The Vatican’s top diplomat says the Israeli army is carrying out an “ongoing massacre” in Gaza in one of the Catholic Church’s strongest condemnations to date of the Israel-Hamas war. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State,...
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Save Our Buffalo Churches seeing more Vatican rulings in its favor
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Following a ruling from the Vatican that prevented funds from All Saints parish in Lockport from going toward the Diocese of Buffalo’s $150 million sexual abuse settlement, the organization helping Catholic churches remain open is reporting...
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First VP Mehriban Aliyeva meets with Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Vatican
During her official visit to the Holy See on October 16, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Cardinal James Harvey, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Recalling that this was...
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How Pope Leo XIV Is Reaffirming the Church’s Jewish Roots
At his recent General Audience, Pope Leo XIV offered a message that deserves far more attention than a single day in the news cycle. His clear rejection of antisemitism — “the Church does not tolerate antisemitism and fights against it” — did not...
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Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2
7 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV’s first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, the Vatican press office announced. The trip was built around Pope Francis’ promise to join Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of...
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Vatican announces Pope Leo XIV’s visits to Turkey and Lebanon
The Holy See Press Office announced Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon at the end of November 2025. According to a statement, the Pope accepted invitations from both countries’ civil and ecclesiastical authorities. He will...
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Vatican: Israel targeting defenseless Gazans as world fails to stop ‘massacre’
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The Vatican's top diplomat says the Israeli regime has, over the past two years, targeted the defenseless Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip amid the international community's failure to put a halt to the occupying regime’s “ongoing...
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Bishop Eleganti Strongly Criticizes Vatican II and the New Liturgy
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He attacks the Second Vatican Council and the liturgical reform in an article published on his blog, under the evocative title: "Vatican II: The predicted spring did not come." With his customary simplicity, Bishop Eleganti recounts that he served...
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Catholic Church too slow helping abuse victims, Vatican panel says
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican’s child protection commission criticized senior Catholic leaders in an annual report on Thursday for not moving quickly enough to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and to implement new...
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China consecrates bishop approved by Pope Leo XIV under Vatican-China deal
News The consecration highlights Pope Leo’s continued approval of the Vatican-China deal by which the Chinese Communist Party oversees episcopal appointments rubber-stamped by the Vatican. (LifeSiteNews) — China today consecrated a bishop of...
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Libero Milone Takes His Case to Vatican City’s Supreme Court
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The former auditor general says his 2017 ouster was unjust and part of a wider effort to block financial reform inside the Vatican. Libero Milone, the Vatican’s ex-auditor general, doesn’t give up easily. Having had his lawsuit against the Vatican...
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Vatican announces date of its second report on protection against abuse
(ZENIT News / Roma, 10.07.2025).- The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors closed its Autumn Plenary Assembly in Krakow on October 3, following five days of deliberation on how to strengthen child safeguarding across the global...
Vatican attacks Israel over Gaza war: 'Inhumane and indefensible attacks'
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin sharply condemned Israel on Monday, accusing it of carrying out a “massacre” in Gaza. The statement marks one of the harshest criticisms to date from the Holy See regarding Israel’s war in Gaza —...
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VATICAN - An academic event at the Urbaniana University on the "Concilium Sinense" and the present of the Church in China
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "One Hundred Years since the Council of China: Between History and Present." This is the title of the academic event that will mark the beginning of the academic year of the Pontifical Urbaniana University on Friday, October...
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Vatican Secretary of State marks Oct. 7 anniversary, decries ‘spiral of hatred and violence’ in Gaza
The Holy See’s official news outlet marked the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and the beginning of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza with an interview in which Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin decried the terrorist...
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