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The Vatican is not producing a new list of saints by administrative decree. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery, stressed that the Church does not simply “create” saints. Canonization is a formal ecclesial judgment subject to specific requirements, while the catalogue has a wider purpose

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The Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, owned by the Holy See, has risen to fourth place worldwide in the 2027 Newsweek–Statista ranking of specialized pediatric hospitals, moving up two positions from the previous edition and retaining its position as the leading pediatric hospital in Europe

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Leo XIV Heads to France as a Quiet Religious Revival Meets a Country in Search of Common Ground

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The collection also shows a future Pope addressing a world already marked by the tensions that would later become familiar features of his pontificate: the consequences of September 11, political ideologies, poverty, conflict and questions surrounding human rights. The publisher presents these writings as an opportunity to see the reasoning behind some of Prevost's contemplative responses to those challenges

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Msgr. Francisco José Prieto presented the main outlines of the program and encouraged the business community to participate in a project he defined as a shared heritage and an opportunity for Galicia.

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The membership of the task force has not yet been determined, but the group will focus on promoting policies and practices that protect human dignity, religious liberty, democratic institutions, workers, families, and vulnerable populations

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Macron had requested a private moment with Leo XIV inside the cathedral so that he could personally show him the reconstruction undertaken after the 2019 fire. The request was transmitted through diplomatic channels and the answer from the Holy See was no

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The change affects seven priests, five incardinated in Getafe and two temporarily incorporated under arrangements with their respective bishops, as well as two deacons and about 20 seminarians. Until now, they had lived together in a canonically established formation house. That house is now being dissolved.

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According to the fourth annual report of the Independent Commission for the Investigation of Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Paderborn, Grün became involved in the case of a priest from that archdiocese during the early 1990s. The priest had sexually abused a 16-year-old and admitted his guilt during criminal proceedings.

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The initiative emerged from conversations among bishops after some requested more guidance for clergy on how to address the subject with their congregations.

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