Messages show Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi has a personal interest in the outcome that should preclude him from heading the prosecution, the defense lawyers said.
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Wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint on Sunday
In recent years, Carlo Acutis has shot to near rock star-like fame among many young Catholics, generating a global following the likes of which the Catholic Church hasn’t seen in ages.
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Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says
The Mediterranean nation of around 6 million, including more than 1 million Syrian and Palestinian refugees, has the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East and is the only Arab country with a Christian head of state.
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for local homeless people, invites them to lunch at summer villa
Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless and poor people and the church volunteers who help them.
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Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state
Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm.
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The biggest event of the Jubilee Year: a gathering of half a million young Catholics
Rome is organizing security, hydration stations, portable bathrooms, and giant water cannons to prepare for the influx of young pilgrims coming to celebrate the Jubilee.
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Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition, arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate.
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Pope Leo speaks about early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with young campers
It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the children.
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Latin Mass debate grows after apparent leak of Vatican liturgy report
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents but hesaid they “presumably” were part of one of the documents forming the basis of Francis’ decision to restrict the Latin Mass.
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Catholic bishops from Global South demand climate justice in first-ever joint ecological appeal
Bishops from the conferences of Africa, Asia, and Latin America produced a joint document calling for climate justice ahead of the U.N. climate conference in November.