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Vatican Envoy Urges Religious-Civil Partnership to Quell Bawku Conflict
News Ghana
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August 7, 2025
Ghana’s Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Julien Kabore, has called for unified action between religious and civil authorities to restore lasting peace to the conflict-torn Bawku area. During a meeting with Upper East Regional Minister Donatus Akamugri...
Pope Leo invites local homeless people to lunch at summer villa
The Independent
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August 18, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Opinion | Government Support For Religion Doesn’t Necessarily Make People More Religious
Mississippi Free Press
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August 18, 2025
The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald Trump has previously vowed to abolish the Johnson...
Vatican to become first carbon-neutral state after striking deal with Italy
Catholic News
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August 4, 2025
Pope Leo XIV at the field at Santa Maria di Galeria outside of Rome, where the Vatican plans to set up a solar farm (CNS/Vatican Media) Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare field north of Rome into a vast solar farm that the...
Climate: Electric Vehicle Charging Networks Are Growing Fast–For Now
Forbes
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Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. MediaNews Group via Getty Images Much of news around renewables and climate has grown downbeat as the Trump...
Vatican signs agreement with Italy in €100-million project to become carbon-neutral
Church Times
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August 4, 2025
THE Vatican seeks to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state, in a €100-million project to make it fully reliant on solar energy. The Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, signed an agreement on Thursday with the...
EBU, World Rowing extend media rights deal
Advanced Television
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August 17, 2025
Audiences across Europe can look forward to continued access to world-class Rowing coverage, as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and World Rowing, the international governing body of the sport of Rowing, have announced the renewal of their...
The Catholic Church, the Mafia and the Limits of Infallibility
New Lines Magazine
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August 18, 2025
Catholics believe that the pope has the privilege of infallibility, meaning that his doctrine on matters of faith or morals cannot be challenged. Yet there is one point on which the line dictated by Pope Francis, who died on April 21, has not been...
20 Inspiring Climate Change Books To Read in 2025
Earth.Org
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August 7, 2025
In Earth.Org’s best climate change books to read this year, we see a world that is ambitious about humanity’s prospects but humble about our place in nature. Extremely hopeful for our future, while realistic about what we might have to endure. —...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for homeless people
Korea Herald
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August 18, 2025
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — 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, celebrating a special Mass for them and inviting them into the...
Wu welcomes mayor of Italian town to Boston, talks climate policy
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu welcomed the mayor of Coreno Ausonio, Italy to Boston Wednesday, the last stop of his visit to the US and Canada. Mayor Simone Costanzo and Wu exchanged gifts during a brief ceremony in her City Hall office....
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become world’s first carbon-neutral state
The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania
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ROME – 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 that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its...
From charity to change: Unlocking strategic and faith-aligned philanthropy for climate and sustainable development
The Week
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Faith can move mountains, perhaps even close the climate financing gap. A recent Global Landscape of Climate Finance Report by Climate Policy Initiative states that an estimated $7.4 trillion is required annually until 2030 to meet global climate...
Vatican strikes a solar deal that aims to make it the world’s 1st carbon-neutral state
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 31, 2025
ROME — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 1,000-acre field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City and turn it...
Vatican strikes solar deal that aims to make it world’s first carbon-neutral state
ABC News - New York
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July 31, 2025
ROME -- 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 that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City...
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state
Newsday - New York
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ROME — 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 that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its...
Vatican's Jubilee of Youth draws tens of thousands of Catholics
Inquirer
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July 30, 2025
This handout photo taken on July 29, 2025 and released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media, shows Pope Leo XIV waving as he unexpectedly arrives in the Pope Mobile to greet pilgrims waiting in St. Peter’s Square, for the launching of the...
Obispos católicos de Asia, África y América Latina exigen justicia climática
Los Angeles Times
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August 4, 2025
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Obispos católicos de Asia, África y América Latina exigieron justicia climática para las partes del mundo más afectadas por el aumento de las temperaturas y rechazaron lo que calificaron como las “falsas soluciones”...
WATCH Marc Morano: Trump’s EPA chief is torching the climate cult and shutting down the green agenda
WorldNetDaily
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August 4, 2025
Marc Morano, bestselling author of “The Great Reset,” joins Elizabeth Farah for a fearless takedown of the climate cult, exposing how global elites, unelected bureaucrats, and even religious leaders have turned “climate change” into a tool for...
Critics question Vatican-Azerbaijan interfaith pact
The Pillar
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August 4, 2025
The Vatican signed last month a memorandum of understanding on interreligious dialogue with Azerbaijan, alarming critics who accuse the Azeri government of ethnic cleansing and practicing “caviar diplomacy” by exerting cultural and economic...