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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...
Match made in heaven: couple on Cloud 9 after Pope blessing
Winnipeg Free Press
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August 25, 2025
A Winnipeg bride realized a dream of a lifetime when she and her husband received a personal blessing from Pope Leo in Rome. Bénédicte LeMaître, 31, and Stéphan Kosowski, 38, who were married on July 25, got tickets from the Vatican to sit in the...
At least 20 killed in Gaza hospital strike, following global day of prayer for peace
Detroit Catholic
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August 25, 2025
(OSV News) -- Days after the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem expressed hope that "hearts can change even in the Holy Land," at least 20 people -- including five journalists -- have been reported killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, located...
YGBKM: Denver Catholics Mourn Loss of 'Psychological Safety' After Priest Mentions Hell
Hot Air
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August 25, 2025
Golly! Just imagine how shocked the parishioners of the Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Denver will be when they read books by a few obscure writers named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (James, Peter, and Paul will have entered the chat at...
“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...
Swiss priest: Here’s the fatal flaw of ‘synodality’ in the Catholic Church
LifeSite
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August 25, 2025
Opinion Synodal events at the global, national, diocesan, and parish levels are the catwalk for self-promoters, careerists, and ideologues within the Catholic Church. (LifeSiteNews) — The political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588‒1679) was a realist....
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...
Pope commemorates 400th anniversary of first Lithuanian priest in India
Vatican News
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August 25, 2025
Pope Leo XIV commemorates the anniversary and witness of Fr. Andrius Rudamina, a Lithuanian-born Jesuit who traveled more than 5,000 miles to India in 1625 to preach the Gospel. By Vatican News Marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival in India...
Pope Leo XIV to inaugurate Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo
Vatican News
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August 25, 2025
Marking the tenth anniversary of the papal encyclical Laudato si’, Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to open Castel Gandolfo’s Laudato Si’ Village, a place where spirituality, education, and care for creation come together. By Vatican News On Friday,...
(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...
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...
New Shrine to Our Lady of Kibeho Dedicated at Basilica of the Miraculous Medal
Catholic Philly
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August 25, 2025
By Jay Sorgi • Posted August 25, 2025 “Can you feel the presence of our mother, Mary?” asked Vincentian Father Patrick Obot to a spirited audience that packed the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Philadelphia’s East...
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...
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...
'Bodh Gaya should be Vatican of East': Author blasts govt for letting Indian tourism rot
Business Today
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August 18, 2025
India's 1.4 billion people attract fewer foreign tourists than a single European city, said author and scientist Dr Anand Ranganathan, who blasted the Indian government for failing to act on "low-hanging fruit" like tourism during an event...
Heterodox priests condone immoral sexual behavior at annual retreat: leaked audio
LifeSite
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August 25, 2025
Editor’s note: This report includes descriptions of illicit sexual behavior. Viewer discretion advised. (LifeSiteNews) — Leaked audio recording of a heretical clergy group’s annual meeting reveals that its retreat leader, a theology professor,...
Vatican puts St. Jude the Apostle merger on hold
Niagara Gazette - New York
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The merger of St. Jude the Apostle parish in North Tonawanda has been put on hold, with the possibility of reopening still on the table. Parishioner Victoria Vanill, who has been leading the fight to keep the church open, received letters from the...