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Vatican cardinal calls Netanyahu ‘a tyrant pursuing a dark and bloody plan for power’
LifeSite
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July 30, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) — An Italian cardinal who has worked closely with Pope Leo XIV for several years candidly denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nation’s “unbridled, and illogical evil” being committed against the people of...
Former Vatican auditor seeks legal appeal and papal audience
The Pillar
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July 30, 2025
The former auditor general of the Vatican is requesting an audience with Pope Leo XIV to discuss his wrongful termination lawsuit and share his concerns about Vatican financial institutions. Libero Milone. Pillar file photo. In a series of press...
Pope Leo XIV graciously accepts, but doesn’t wear, Philadelphia Eagles hat as Philly archbishop visits Vatican
KEYT - California
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July 30, 2025
By Joe Brandt Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Pope Leo XIV graciously accepted a gifted Philadelphia Eagles hat as a delegation from the City of Brotherly Love met him at the Vatican on Wednesday morning....
Around 500,000 young pilgrims expected to flock to Rome and Vatican City for Youth Jubilee
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
By Euronews Published on 30/07/2025 - 9:09 GMT+2 Tens of thousands of young Catholics flocked to St Peter's Square on Tuesday to kick off the Youth Jubilee, for which Pope Leo XIV held a welcome mass. Between the 28th July and the 3rd of...
Over Half A Million Young Pilgrims Expected To Visit Rome, Vatican City To Attend 'Youth Jubilee'
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Vatican City, July 30 (IANS) Over half a million young Catholics are expected to participate in the Youth Jubilee, which began with a mass by the Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square late Tuesday evening. Thousands of young Catholics...
Vatican reports good profit as Leo tackles its finances
Inquirer
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July 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV —AP VATICAN CITY — The office that manages Vatican investments and real estate on Tuesday reported a profit last year of 62 million euros (around $63 million), up 16 million euros from 2023. It’s one of the best results in years and a...
Vatican Supports Recognition of Palestinian State
To Vima
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July 29, 2025
The Vatican is ready to recognize a Palestinian state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, told Italian television Rai TV during an interview. Parolin said the recognition of a state of Palestine was the “only solution,” in response to...
The Vatican’s Catholic influencer Jubilee is worth celebrating—and scrutinizing
America Magazine
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July 29, 2025
With smartphones and ring lights in hand, a new group of pilgrims arrived at the Vatican this week. The Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers, part of the church’s celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope, marks the growing...
New secular study finds Vatican II triggered a decline in Catholic Mass attendance worldwide
LifeSite
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July 29, 2025
News Economic research found that religious service attendance in Catholic nations significantly decreased compared with all other countries beginning in 1965, the final year of Vatican II. (LifeSiteNews) — A newly published secular study found...
Vatican reports good profit on investments and real estate
Hurriyet Daily News
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VATICAN CITY The office that manages Vatican investments and real estate reported a profit of 62 million euros (around $63 million) in 2024, up 16 million euros from 2023. It’s one of the best results in years and a bit of good news as Pope Leo...
As the global economy rebalances away from a historic Western core, SA must act strategically
Daily Maverick
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July 29, 2025
This is an edited version of Mcebisi Jonas’s address to the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s winter seminar on growth and transformation. The ground is shifting under us and South Africa, like every other modern economy, needs to be agile to deal...
Pell ordered investigation into ‘potentially illegal’ APSA banking system
The Pillar
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July 29, 2025
Cardinal George Pell instructed the Vatican’s auditor general to conduct an “urgent and immediate” investigation into “potentially illegal” banking transactions by APSA, the Holy See’s asset manager and paymaster, in a 2016 memo obtained by The...
Vatican's real estate investments turn a profit amid an ongoing financial crisis. Here's how…
Mint
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July 29, 2025
The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), which manages the Vatican's investments and real estate, on July 28 reported a profit of 62 million euros (around $63 million) in 2024, up 16 million euros from 2023, according to an...
Vatican reports 2024 asset management earnings of 62 million euros
Catholic News Agency
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July 28, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 / 17:33 pm The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) — the body responsible for managing the properties and investments of the small city state — presented on July 28 its financial statement for the...
Vatican Real Estate Profit Surges
News Central TV
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July 28, 2025
The Vatican announced a significant financial gain on Monday, reporting a €62.2 million ($72.2 million) profit from its financial assets and real estate in 2024. This represents a more than 35% increase from the previous year, a positive...
Pope Leo XIV mobbed by Catholic influencers at Vatican festival
The Independent
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July 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
The Vatican embraces Catholic influencers: ‘We are the gateway to the faith’
El País
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July 29, 2025
Paula Vega went viral in 2023 when she decided to spend her honeymoon with her husband in Rome to visit Pope Francis. They arrived dressed as bride and groom and carried their marriage certificate. “We wanted his blessing. I told him I was a...
Vatican reports good profit on investments and real estate as the pope tackles a financial crisis
Imperial Valley Press - California
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The office that manages Vatican investments and real estate on Tuesday reported a profit of 62 million euros (around $63 million) in 2024, up 16 million euros from 2023. It’s one of the best results in years and a bit of good...
Israeli settlers again commit terrorist attack against West Bank Christian village
LifeSite
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July 29, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) — A cohort of Israeli settlers again attacked the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank, setting cars ablaze, throwing stones at homes, and scrawling intimidating graffiti on walls in the latest episode of an ongoing siege...
2024 profits from Vatican investments, properties answer some of new pope’s prayers
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV is starting his pontificate with a complicated arithmetic problem. The Vatican has been running a 50 million to 60 million euro structural deficit for years and is facing a 1 billion euro pension fund shortfall, according to The...