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India Catholic school threatened by Hindu nationalist group

Police in Madhya Pradesh – a central state in India –registered a complaint against a religious principal of Vandana Convent School in Guna on July 22.

Vatican athletes urge call for ‘Olympic Truce’ as Paris games start

As this year’s summer Olympic games open in Paris, the Vatican’s athletic department is calling for a cessation of all global conflicts and wars for the duration of the event and is urging participants to promote inclusion and fraternity.

Joe Biden addresses United States first time since withdrawal

From the Oval Office, US President Joe Biden addresses the American people for the first time since his announcement to bow out of the presidential election in November.

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Cardinal Tagle: Eucharistic Congress was a ‘blessed experience’

In this interview with Vatican Radio, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle reflects on his experience at the Tenth National Eucharistic Congress in the United States, and shares the message Pope Francis had for participants.

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Athletica Vaticana reminds Olympic athletes of their great responsibility

Ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Athletica Vaticana encourages the athletes in fraternal friendship and reiterates Pope Francis' appeal for an Olympic Truce.

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Cameroon archbishop challenges Catholic teachers to work for peace

In Cameroon's North West region where conflict has been raging for about eight years now, a leading Catholic prelate has called on Catholic teachers to be “vectors of peace.”

Major Archbishop says all Ukrainians should remember the Holodomor genocide

Speaking at Ukraine’s National Museum of the Holodomor, the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said, "honoring the victims of the genocide is not only a matter for the state but also for every Ukrainian."

Philippines archdiocese to hold prayer rally to oppose legalizing divorce

Catholics in one city of the Philippines are holding a prayer rally to oppose the legalization of divorce in the country.

Pope appoints Concetta Brescia Morra member of the ASIF Council

Pope Francis has appointed Dr. Concetta Brescia Morra, a leading economics expert, as a Council member of the Vatican’s Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (ASIF), replacing Dr. Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi, who has been appointed as a judge of the Italian Constitutional Court.

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Holy See banning the Latin Mass?: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr.

Holy See banning the Latin Mass? Biden's withdrawal parallels Benedict XVI. Popes & assassins: historic close calls. Eucharistic revival for Americans?