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The 10 best things to do in Rome
Lonely Planet
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One thing every Roman and visitor can agree on is that there is no shortage of things to do in Italy's charismatic capital. The biggest challenge on a trip to Rome will be discerning your must-see sights, while also accepting that it's impossible...
Cardinal Cupich celebrates Mass for his 50th anniversary of priesthood
Chicago Catholic - Illinois
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Surrounded by his brother bishops, priests and deacons, archdiocesan seminarians and family and friends, Cardinal Cupich celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with Mass at Holy Name Cathedral on Aug. 16. Members of...
Catholic Sister at G20 Interfaith Forum in South Africa Urges Inclusion of More Women in Leadership, Decision-Making
ACI Africa
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August 14, 2025
Representation of women in key positions at the Vatican, she however clarified, remains limited particularly when compared to other major institutions and even many other Christian denominations. The Kenyan Catholic Nun expressed optimism that the...
Cardinal Harvey Keeps Milwaukee Close
Catholic Herald
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August 22, 2025
Cardinal James M. Harvey performs a Baptism at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, New Berlin, while in Milwaukee, which he visits every year. (Submitted photo) Kopp’s and kringles. Those are two of the things Cardinal James M. Harvey mentioned he looks...
Social media, Catholicism and 'hot' priests | Terry Mattingly
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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With a nod to digital life, Merriam-Webster has expanded its "influencer" definition to include a "person who is able to generate interest in something (such as a consumer product) by posting about it on social media." Pope Leo XIV didn't use that...
From Melaka to the metaverse, Malaysia’s heritage finds a new home online
Malay Mail
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August 22, 2025
MELAKA, Aug 22 — Once rooted firmly in the soil, Malaysia’s cultural heritage is now finding a second home in the digital cloud. From ancient manuscripts revived through augmented reality to virtual journeys into the Japanese occupation,...
Rome hosts first-ever Catholic Music Awards
Florida Catholic
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MIAMI | Four singers and one choir from South Florida were among the winners of the first-ever Catholic Music Awards, held July 27, 2025, in Rome’s Auditorium Conciliazione. The event was celebrated a day before the beginning of the Jubilee of...
Carlo Acutis’ Mother: First Millennial Saint Shows ‘Holiness Is in the Ordinary’
National Catholic Register
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August 21, 2025
Antonia Acutis, the mother of soon-to-be-saint Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, spoke with the Register on Aug. 20 about her son’s holiness and vocational dream, plus other topics, such as his common witness (including their prayer lives,...
‘God is using all these different types of media’: Digital missionaries gather for jubilee in Rome
The Catholic Spirit - Minnesota
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August 14, 2025
Religious sisters attend a concert in Risorgimento Square in Rome July 29, during the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers. The evening celebration featured music and dancing following the day’s events at the Vatican. CNS PHOTO...
CNS interviews the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Chicago Catholic - Illinois
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VATICAN CITY — One of Pope Leo XIV’s early appointments was naming Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro to be the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. The 66-year-old monsignor is a bioethicist who earned a medical degree before entering the...
(On Religion) Social media, Catholicism and ‘hot’ priests
The Cullman Times - Alabama
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August 13, 2025
Published 9:27 pm Wednesday, August 13, 2025 With a nod to digital life, Merriam-Webster has expanded its “influencer” definition to include a “person who is able to generate interest in something (such as a consumer product) by posting about it...
What Makes the Man?
The Catholic Thing
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August 21, 2025
One sign of our improbably ludicrous times is that the question, “What is a woman?” has become a point of political contention in recent years. The obvious answer (obvious, that is, until just yesterday) has proven unsatisfactory to the keepers of...
Tourism Senate chair Warns of Jordan’s Seasonality Trap, Calls for Strategic Reforms
Amman Net
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Jordan’s tourism sector, which contributes 15% directly to the national economy and supports a wide range of other industries, is facing structural challenges that must be addressed to sustain growth, Senator Michael Nazzal told a joint meeting of...
Disgraced former MP Gareth Ward still posting online
Brisbane Times
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August 14, 2025
This is a particularly steep challenge for News Corp’s prestige national broadsheet The Australian, whose cantankerous columnists can’t seem to figure out why the under-25 set doesn’t share their enthusiasm for cool things such as negative...
Peace in Ukraine Is Not a Real-Estate Deal
The Atlantic
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August 21, 2025
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts President Donald Trump’s two most recent international summits—in Alaska last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and then at the White House this week with...
Pray before announcing prophecies – Cardinal Appiah Turkson to Prophets
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 14, 2025
His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Social Sciences at the Vatican, has advised the clergy and prophets to pray and intercede before making public any prophecy, particularly those...
Trump turns up the heat. Fed Chair Jerome Powell tries to keep his cool.
Mint
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August 21, 2025
The Federal Reserve chair later told an associate he felt locked in, prepared for questions about the central bank’s chief roles—keeping inflation low and Americans employed. Powell looked steeled for criticism, and he didn’t have to wait long. A...
Too little, too late: The church's inadequate response to AI-human evolution
Global Sisters Report
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August 12, 2025
While the Vatican acknowledges stages of technological development, it lacks a model of integrating science and religion that can adequately assess the influence of technology. The Vatican's approach, while ethically sophisticated, seems to...
From Mont Blanc to Rome: Heat waves are suffocating Europe
El País
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August 13, 2025
With a stubborn heat wave gripping much of the continent, Europe is sweltering. From the peaks of Mont Blanc in France to the scorched slopes of Vesuvius in southern Italy, extreme temperatures are causing deaths from heatstroke — such as that of...
Will the Global Plastics Treaty Safeguard Health?
New Security Beat - Washington DC
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August 13, 2025
Global plastic production is increasing almost exponentially. Not only has it grown 250-fold since the 1950s, but it is on track to double by 2040, and nearly triple by 2060. The waste associated with its creation has accumulated in parallel. An...