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New website about new Mass and World Day of Prayer for Creation

The website features the liturgical texts and various pastoral ideas to enrich the eucharistic celebrations, while also providing formation resources to understand the importance of this ecumenical observance and the practicalities about how to celebrate the new Mass.

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Cardinal Zuppi’s New Visit to Ukraine: The Pope’s Special Envoy Visits Russian Prisoners, Many of Whom Are Catholic

On July 14, Zuppi, the Archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops' Conference, began a four-day visit to Ukraine by travelling to Zakhid-1, a detention facility in the Lviv region, accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio, Visvaldas Kulbokas, and Ukraine's ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash

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A young Kenyan diocese faces a test of authority as its bishop suspends nearly one in six priests

The underlying dispute also touches on a perennial problem in Church governance: reform can be necessary and still generate resistance. A bishop seeking to impose greater transparency may encounter suspicion from those who fear excessive centralization

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Federal court allows Michigan pro-life orgs to hire, insure employees according to beliefs

Right to Life of Michigan and Pregnancy Resource Center Grand Rapids are suing Michigan after it amended its employment law to redefine “sex” discrimination to include “the termination of a pregnancy,” forcing the pro-life organizations to hire employees who don’t agree with their mission.

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Male athletes dismiss lawsuit against NH women’s sports law, Trump executive orders protecting female athletes

Two male students are suing the state of New Hampshire over its law that protects women’s sports. The ACLU has added two executive orders protecting girls and children from gender ideology, signed by President Donald Trump, to the lawsuit, making it the first legal challenge against the executive orders.

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Gay Couple Sues Woman for Not Aborting Their Baby: They Hired Her to Have a Child

Canadian Lawsuit Raises New Questions About Parenthood and Prenatal Life

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Becoming a monk and living in a monastery increases life expectancy, according to a scientific study published in Austria

The German-Austrian Monastery Study began with a modest academic thesis in the late 1990s. Nearly three decades later, it has become one of the most significant contributions to the scientific understanding of aging

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Lefebvrians challenge excommunications and make Canon Law their new battleground

One aspect of the current case has attracted particular attention among canonists and commentators. By relying extensively on the procedures established by the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the Society is making use of the very legal framework that it has historically criticized

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Here Is What the Vatican Summit of Nobel Laureates, World Leaders, and AI Experts Will Look Like

The Summit will take place at "Borgo Laudato Si'" (a Vatican extraterritorial zone) with the aim of producing the “Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace.” Participants include 30 Nobel laureates, representatives from 30 countries, former Heads of State and Government, 20 leading artificial intelligence experts (including representatives from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, AARU, and Anthropic), and 30 of the world's top universities and research institutions. The event runs from July 14 to 16, 2026, at Castel Gandolfo and the Campidoglio in Rome.

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Report Confirms That Fulani Militias Are Responsible for Most of the Deaths in Nigeria: 36 Per Day

The report shows that terror-related violence killed 79,323 people from 2019 to September 2025. This equates to 36 people a day. More than 42,000 of those killed were civilians. Islamic Fulani accounted for 44% of the deaths — far more than the 12% that Boko Haram and ISWAP killed together

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