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The most politically and historically resonant cause is perhaps that of Patriarch Elias Hoyek, the Maronite leader who guided Lebanon through famine, Ottoman collapse, and the birth of the modern Lebanese state.

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The Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene means that, for now, American bishops will have to continue defending themselves against accusations that donors were misled about how Peter’s Pence money was used.

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Although the language belongs to the world of canon law, the practical question behind the reform is straightforward: who has the authority to remove the superior of a monastery when the superior himself becomes the subject of disciplinary action?

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A CCP essay and a papal encyclical both warn about AI’s promise and peril, yet their moral universes could not be farther apart.

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The only Pope to have visited San Marino was Saint John Paul II. This occurred on August 29, 1982.

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The Pope's Address to the Members of the Dicastery for Evangelization

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What most surprised was not merely the size of the crowd — larger even than last year’s 19,000 pilgrims — but its demographic profile. According to an internal study conducted among 4,610 participants, the average age of the pilgrims was only 22 years old. By comparison, the average age of practicing Catholics in France today is approximately 57.

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The origin of the initiative come from an ordinary Caritas meeting. A lay volunteer reportedly asked a simple but uncomfortable question: why does the Church dedicate so much energy to material support while failing to offer migrants “the most precious thing we possess — faith and the Gospel”?

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On May 27, Pope Leo XIV signed a papal chirograph establishing a special commission with extraordinary powers to stabilize and relaunch Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, the renowned Catholic hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo founded by Padre Pio in the 1950s

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Pope's Address to the Italian Bishops

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