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The initiative marks a new phase in the Holy See’s long-term effort to combine environmental responsibility, technological innovation, and practical stewardship of resources. More than a symbolic ecological gesture, the project seeks to make the Vatican fully self-sufficient in energy production while preserving agricultural activity and protecting the surrounding landscape

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The poll, commissioned by the organizers of the papal visit and conducted by GAD3 among registered participants and volunteers, provides a snapshot not of Spanish society as a whole, but of those who have already committed themselves to attending the events

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The proposal emerged in the aftermath of the Bétharram abuse scandal, which triggered hundreds of allegations linked to a Catholic school run by the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram.

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Its mission is particularly focused on those who suffer in body or spirit - the lonely, the elderly, the poor and prisoners - as well as couples and families seeking nourishment for their lives together.

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Five years ago, Pope Francis publicly lamented what he described as criticism coming from a major Catholic television network (EWTN). Today, under a different pontificate, a senior executive from that same organization has been entrusted with directing the Vatican’s own communications apparatus.

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Nearly 41 families have reportedly been denied employment opportunities under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). More than 100 families have allegedly been excluded from Tendu leaf procurement activities.

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From Vladivostok to Vilnius, priests are being reduced to the lay state. In a book published in Paris, where he has been reinstated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Father Aleksej Uminskij recounts receiving confused letters every week from former colleagues across the country. Many Orthodox priests find it impossible to pray for the war, but fear denunciations and ecclesiastical judgement.

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The controversy erupted after Johnson visited the Vatican on May 28 and met with the Pope. Photographs released afterward showed the Chicago-born pontiff and the mayor exchanging gifts.

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On May 29, the Pope and the Canadian leader spoke by telephone following the publication of Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas

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In total, 3,804 churches and related buildings have been approved since the creation of a committee to review churches in 2016, according to media reports and watchdog group Christian Solidarity Worldwide

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