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Thou shalt not shill: Fake ‘Vatican Chamber’ token presale exposed
Coin Telegraph
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July 11, 2025
The Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, has denied any connection to a fake cryptocurrency project claiming ties to it. The fake token, dubbed Vatican Chamber Token (VCT), was promoted on an online...
Vatican Calls Seafarers and Fishers “Pilgrims of Hope, Prophets of Peace”
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 9, 2025
Seafarers and fishers are in the heart of the Church and serve as “pilgrims of hope” and “prophets of peace”, the Vatican has said in a message released ahead of Sea Sunday, which will be marked on 13 July this year. In a powerful statement,...
POPE’S MESSAGE | Pray for conversion of those resisting climate action
St.Louis Review - Missouri
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July 10, 2025
Cristian Gennari | pool Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Care of Creation on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 9. In his homily, the pope called for ecological conversion while drawing from the...
Pope Leo XIV calls on Catholics to see the urgency of protecting the environment
WBAA Public Radio - Indiana
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July 10, 2025
The Vatican has released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church's responsibility to protect the Earth. Copyright 2025 NPR
First ‘green mass’ celebrated, the Pope wants to build solar power plant for Vatican
The European Times
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July 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first ‘green mass’ at the Vatican on Wednesday, using new prayers dedicated to caring for God’s creation. The mass was held in the gardens of the new eco-education centre at the Vatican’s summer estate in Castel...
Vatican : une nouvelle caserne pour la garde suisse
FSSPX.NEWS
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8 juillet 2025 Source: FSSPX Actualités Les études préliminaires à la reconstruction de la caserne de la garde suisse sont achevées, ce qui a permis aux architectes du cabinet Dürisch & Nolli de préparer, en 2024, la présentation du projet final...
Pope praises beautiful ‘cathedral,’ calls us to conversion on environment
Aleteia
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July 9, 2025
The Holy Father partially improvised his homily, making a joke about the "baptismal waters" in the Gardens. “We must pray for the conversion of so many people, both inside and outside the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring...
Alleged apparitions in Slovakia: What’s the Vatican saying?
The Pillar
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July 9, 2025
The Vatican’s doctrinal office gave the green light Wednesday to devotion associated with alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Slovakia. The pilgrimage site on Mount Zvir, Slovakia, in 2017. Palickap/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0. The Dicastery for...
Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis
Naharnet
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Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and "hear the cry of the poor," as he celebrated the first papal Mass using a new set of prayers and readings inspired by Pope Francis' environmental...
Pope Leo prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
America Magazine
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July 9, 2025
ROME (CNS) -- “We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home,” Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass “for the care...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV; both propose Vatican as site for peace talks
CNBC-TV18
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July 9, 2025
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, July 9, and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican could host peace talks to end the war....
Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass' using new rite
Imperial Valley Press - California
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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor,” as he celebrated the first papal Mass using a new set of prayers and readings inspired by Pope Francis'...
Pope prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
Southern Cross - California
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July 9, 2025
By Justin McLellan ROME — “We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home,” Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass...
The pope, hope, and environmental leadership
Detroit Catholic
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July 9, 2025
I have great hope in the election of Pope Leo XIV. During his inaugural mass on May 18 he described his desire for a Church of “unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.” He named what needs reconciling: “In our time, we...
Pope Leo interrupts vacation to appeal for action on climate change
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Joshua McElwee CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) -Pope Leo interrupted a two-week vacation on Wednesday to celebrate a special Mass exhorting Catholics to exercise care for creation, in the Vatican's second major appeal in a week for the world...
VATICAN - Climate crisis and ecological debt, the Bishops of Asia, Africa and Latin America: the “green Economy” risks being reduced to “modernization of capitalism”
Fides
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July 1, 2025
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 Wolfgang Hasselmann. Pixabay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saying “enough” to “false solutions” and calling on rich countries to settle “with urgent action” the ecological debt owed to the poorest nations. This is the meaning...
"Pope Leo XIV Approves New Mass Centered On Care For The Environment"
The Environmental Magazine
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July 7, 2025
"Vatican steps up battle against climate change, especially since it can dramatically harm the “most vulnerable” people." "VATICAN CITY -- As record‑breaking heat scorches much of Europe — with triple‑digit temperatures, wildfires and deaths...
Vatican Hopes New Mass Prayers Will Renew Care for God’s Creation
National Catholic Register
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Cardinal Czerny said Pope Leo XIV will celebrate a private Mass using the new prayer formulas in Castel Gandolfo on July 9. The Vatican on Thursday presented new Mass prayers and biblical readings to be used to support the Church’s appreciation...
Guam archbishop discusses climate challenge with Pope Leo
RNZ
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July 6, 2025
A new archbishop receives the pallium from Pope Leo XIV during a mass on the day of Saints Peter and Paul feast at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on June 29, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Photo: TIZIANA FABI/AFP The head of the...
Vatican leak undermines Pope Francis and inflames debate over Latin Mass
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
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