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My first time on a big ship taught me a big lesson
The Age
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July 29, 2025
Some traces of the former incarnation remain – signs in the bathrooms still have Mandarin translations, for example. The overall vibe, though, has loosened a top button to reach a happy balance of reserved and relaxed. It never skims too close to...
Celebrate graduation in these European hot spots with Jet2CityBreaks
BirminghamWorld
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July 29, 2025
Toast your greatest academic achievement to date with a last-minute European escape As the class of 2025 prepares to don their caps and gowns this July, Jet2CityBreaks has unveiled some of the best destinations for Birmingham graduates looking to...
Why is the Vatican residence of Santa Marta called Santa Marta?
Rome Reports
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July 29, 2025
It is possible that before 2013 this place might have been unknown to you. However, once you hear that the name of this residence is Santa Marta, it might sound more familiar. It was the place Pope Francis chose to live during his pontificate;...
Global Mass-finding app surpasses 2 million downloads
Catholic News Agency
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August 3, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 3, 2025 / 07:00 am What if with a click you could find when the next Mass closest to your location will be? That’s what Argentine computer science graduate Pablo Licheri envisioned. Eleven years ago, he made it possible for...
World AFP Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' ends with mass for 1 million pilgrims
Yahoo News
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Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. "Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for...
Pope Leo XIV warns against undermining human dignity in AI and social media era
BGNES
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July 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV called on the world to protect human "dignity" on the internet, as it faces the "challenge" of artificial intelligence. His comments came during the first liturgy in the Vatican for Catholic influencers, AFP reported. He spoke to...
The Vatican embraces Catholic influencers: ‘We are the gateway to the faith’
El País
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July 29, 2025
Paula Vega went viral in 2023 when she decided to spend her honeymoon with her husband in Rome to visit Pope Francis. They arrived dressed as bride and groom and carried their marriage certificate. “We wanted his blessing. I told him I was a...
Pope warns against undermining human 'dignity' in AI, social media era
The Peninsula
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July 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV salutes faithful during the mass for the Jubilee of digital missionaries and Catholic influencers celebrated by Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle at St. Peters’ Basilica at the Vatican on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI /...
Cardinal Tagle leads Vatican's first Jubilee Mass for Catholic influencers
Philippine STAR
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July 29, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has urged Catholic influencers to be discerning about the power they wield online and to let Jesus' love become their "true fluid of influence," as he led the Mass that celebrates the Catholic...
TV’s best (and worst) historical epics: from Wolf Hall to I, Claudius
The Guardian
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July 29, 2025
Inflate thy balloons and unsheathe thy Party Rings, for here is Chief of War (Apple TV+) to remind us of the joy of the scowling historical epic. Here too, almost, is Battle of Hastings belter King & Conqueror (BBC, August). And Spartacus: House...
Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' closes with huge Rome mass
Eye Witness News
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ROME, ITALY - Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people Sunday, the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. The week-long event ending Sunday, a highlight of the...
Historic town pub owners 'humbled' to reach 'Best Pub 2025' final
News & Star
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Captain Nelson Tavern has been nominated by News & Star readers as one of the ten finalists in its 'Best Pub 2025' award. The pub, which is in Maryport, is owned by Philip and Avril Routledge, who took over the Tavern in November 2024 after it had...
How Pope Leo XIV can influence the Catholic Church’s new social media missionaries
Catholic News Agency
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July 28, 2025
Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 / 13:09 pm The Vatican welcomes more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to shape a new generation of Catholic missionaries — those sharing Christ on the internet. An active...
Vatican offers plan to implement synodality
Southern Cross - California
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July 26, 2025
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Local Churches and bishops worldwide will be instrumental in helping implement the proposals and foster the spirit of the 2024 final document of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the Vatican synod office said. (The...
Vatican turns to ‘hot priests’ to spread faith in the digital age
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 26, 2025
If it weren’t for the dog collar, the robes and occasional background of a church, one would be forgiven for thinking, judging by his Instagram profile, that Father Ambrogio Mazzai was a fitness influencer rather than a man of faith. Pictures of...
How Pope Leo XIV Can Influence Catholic Church’s New Social Media Missionaries
ACI Africa
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July 28, 2025
“Evangelization in the modern world,” he concluded, “must find the appropriate means for redirecting public attention away from spectacle and into mystery.” ‘Digital missionaries’ Almost 13 years later, the popularity of social media has...
2024 profits from Vatican investments, properties answer some of new pope’s prayers
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV is starting his pontificate with a complicated arithmetic problem. The Vatican has been running a 50 million to 60 million euro structural deficit for years and is facing a 1 billion euro pension fund shortfall, according to The...
Pope Leo XIV leads mass for 1 million at Jubilee of Youth finale
The Sun Daily
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August 3, 2025
ROME: Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass for more than one million young pilgrims on Sunday, marking the end of the week-long “Jubilee of Youth” in Rome. The event, a highlight of the Jubilee holy year, drew Catholics from 146 countries,...
Pope Leo XIV Working on His First Encyclical
FSSPX.NEWS
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Peace? Social doctrine? Unity? In an Italian peninsula stunned by the intense summer heat, Vaticanists are almost the only ones taking bets, especially since the press revealed that Pope Leo XIV was taking advantage of his stay at Castel...
"Dangerous sign": Vatican Secretary of State on Deadly Attack on Church in Democratic Republic of Congo
ACI Africa
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July 28, 2025
According to the BBC, members of the ADF stormed a church in the town of Komanda, where they shot dead Catholic worshippers and then looted and burned nearby businesses. Komanda is in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a...