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Once regarded as one of the most influential voices in the Russian Orthodox Church and widely viewed as a possible successor to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the 59-year-old prelate now finds himself transferred to two small parishes in southern Brazil amid a growing cloud of scandals and an ongoing criminal investigation.

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What has generated controversy is not who remains on the list, but who has disappeared from it. A wide range of smaller religious and philosophical communities—including atheists, humanists, Unitarians, deists, Wiccans, Druids, followers of Asatru, spiritualists, and various New Age movements—are no longer individually identified.

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Homily by the Holy Father on the occasion of Corpus Christi in Madrid

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Approximately 400 million people followed the celebration on television, through the official broadcast distributed by TVE (Spanish Television) to networks worldwide.

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Leo XIV met with approximately 200 Augustinian Religious from various communities in Spain

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Real Madrid or Barcelona? That was the question posed to the Holy Father on the flight from Rome to Madrid on the morning of Saturday, June 6. The Holy Father was clear: as Pope, he supports all teams, but Robert Prevost roots for Real Madrid

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On April 24, 2007, Mexico City became the first state constitution to decriminalize abortion up to 12 weeks. This decision was followed by 23 of the country's 32 states, after the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling that declared the criminalization of the euphemism "right to choose" unconstitutional and ordered the Federal Congress to remove the crime of abortion from the Penal Code.

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Pope's answers to young people during the massive Prayer Vigil in Madrid

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Many projects are in the southeast of the country, an area home to sizable religious minorities. This is the case of the G25 Solar Power Plant near the Chaldean village of Aynwardo. For the Turkish government, the project is of "public interest" and must be backed. Christian MP George Aryo has already raised the issue (in vain) in parliament.

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The agenda itself is revealing. While speculation in some circles had focused on possible discussions concerning liturgical questions or curial reform, the Consistory will instead concentrate on issues that Leo XIV appears to regard as more urgent

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