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Life's a beach: Britons cast work aside to flock to the coast and make the most of the sweltering 34C heat - as 'killer' heatwave leads to hottest start to Wimbledon ever
Daily Mail
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June 30, 2025
Britain has been hit by record-breaking temperatures as a fierce 'heat dome' scorches Europe, with forecasters warning today could be one of the hottest June days ever recorded. Sunseekers have been snapped descending on beaches across the UK to...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its €50-60 million deficit
The Malta Independent
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57 million-$68 million deficit
Washington Examiner
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June 30, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary...
Travel chaos as wildfires tear through holiday hotspot and grounds flights leaving 100s of passengers stranded as Europe scorches... and Britain is set to hit record-breaking temperatures
Daily Mail
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June 29, 2025
Wildfires have torn through a Turkish holiday destination - causing chaos for tourists as hundreds of passengers were left stranded. A huge fire ripped through the popular resort of Foça, İzmir, before strong winds fanned the flames and sent it...
Pope Leo XIV launches Vatican deficit campaign, scores with collectible card
Straight Arrow News
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June 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV led the solemn celebration of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of Rome and its Diocese, at St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, June 29. During the Mass, he blessed and bestowed the pallium upon 54 newly appointed Metropolitan archbishops,...
Travel chaos as wildfires tear through holiday hotspot and grounds flights leaving 100s of passengers stranded as Europe scorches... and Britain is set to hit record-breaking temperatures
Daily Mail
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June 29, 2025
Wildfires have torn through a Turkish holiday destination - causing chaos for tourists as hundreds of passengers were left stranded. A huge fire ripped through the popular resort of Foça, İzmir, before strong winds fanned the flames and sent it...
When Mozart proved himself a child prodigy at the Vatican
Aleteia
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June 29, 2025
In 1770, young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aged 14, transcribed from memory Allegri's “Miserere,” a sacred work then jealously guarded by the Sistine Chapel choir. In 18th-century Rome, there was a liturgy that drew royalty to the Vatican: Holy Week....
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Pope Leo XIV marks feast day with appeal to help erase Vatican’s budget shortfall
Firstpost
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June 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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In churches around the world, Masses on the July 29 feast day often include a special collection for Peter's Pence, a fund which both underwrites the operations of the central government of the Catholic Church and pays for the pope's personal acts...
Pope’s message of hope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics
Catholic News
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June 30, 2025
Pope Leo XIV greets Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the Vatican in May (CNS/Vatican Media) Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the faith of Ukrainians is being “sorely tested,” but God “will have the last word, and life will conquer death,” Pope...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit
Yahoo News
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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary...
Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit
Associated Press
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June 29, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary...
Vatican Scam Alert: Fake Pope Leo Profiles on Facebook Asking for Money
Rome Reports
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June 28, 2025
Pope Leo does not have a Facebook account nor is he requesting donations. This is what the Vatican has come forward to clarify: a digital scam in which fake profiles are used to ask for money using the Pope’s name. The fraud emerged especially...
Vatican publishes the note ‘Jubilee 2025: remission of the ecological debt’
Zenit
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June 28, 2025
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 06.27.2025).- The thematic note ‘Jubilee 2025: remission of the ecological debt’, signed by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was published on Tuesday 23 June and can be downloaded in 5 languages....
Experts: Catholic media witness to truth, Gospel and are at ‘kairos moment’ in church
OSV News
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June 29, 2025
PHOENIX (OSV News) — Catholic media play a vital role in bearing truth and witnessing to the Gospel, especially amid the digital age and a crucial moment for the church, said experts during a panel discussion at the 2025 Catholic Media Conference....
Southern Europe Hit by First Heatwave of the Year
Tempo.co
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June 28, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Southern Europeans on Saturday experienced the first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushed thermometers in the world's warmest continent further into the red. Temperatures were forecast to rise to...
Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave as continent warms with 42 deg C expected in some areas
The Straits Times
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June 28, 2025
A tourist holding an umbrella to protect herself from the sun during her visit to the Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece, on June 27.PHOTO: REUTERS MARSEILLE – Southern Europeans braced on June 28 for the first heatwave of the northern hemisphere...
‘Hey Daddy’: How different world leaders massage Trump’s ego
Al Jazeera
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June 28, 2025
Describing Israel and Iran fighting each other at his NATO pre-summit news conference in The Hague this week, US President Donald Trump drew an analogy with children fighting in a schoolyard, who eventually had to be separated. “Daddy has to...
Southern Europe roasts as first heatwave of the summer scorches continent
Al Jazeera
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June 28, 2025
Southern Europe struggles with soaring heat as temperatures hit 40C, sparking fears of wildfires and health risks. Europeans are braced for the first heatwave of the Northern Hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermometers on the world’s...
Europe bakes in summer’s first heatwave
Bangkok Post
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June 28, 2025
Temperatures above 40C no longer that rare in many areas PUBLISHED : 28 Jun 2025 at 18:45 MARSEILLE - Southern Europeans braced on Saturday for the first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermometers on the...