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The Climate 100 List: Pope Leo wants his followers to help save the planet

THE CLIMATE 100 LIST: Ahead of the The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we are celebrating some of the leading lights being honoured for their work tackling the crisis. Pope Leo XIV is determined to fight for the environment – and is providing an important counterbalance to…

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV proclaims Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

The canonisation of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, and the son of the founder of the newspaper La Stampa, Pier Giorgio Frassati, was celebrated on Sunday morning. 'Today is a beautiful feast day,' said the pontiff.

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Voices: What teen influencer Carlo Acutis becoming a saint says about Pope Leo’s Catholic Church

COMMENT: As the British-born Italian teenager is canonised, following a campaign by his wealthy family, Catherine Pepinster asks how the Catholic Church can honour the deserving people whose supporters don’t have the means to lobby on their behalf

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Vatican Receives First LGBTQ Pilgrimage

In a first for the Vatican, more than a thousand LGBTQ Catholics and their supporters are this weekend holding a pilgrimage, in what they are promoting as an important sign of diversity in the Church.

International Business Times

Quick Facts about Carlo Acutis: Age, Cause of Death, What Was His Miracle and Why Is He Becoming a Saint?

Carlo Acutis, the computer-savvy Italian teenager who died in 2006, will be canonised as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint on 7 September alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati.

International Business Times UK

British-born teen to become first millennial Catholic saint

Carlo Acutis will be canonised as the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday

The Independent UK

Outrage from community after sale of famous ‘Burke and Hare' church

A community group which bid to buy the famous "Burke and Hare church" has said they are "disgusted" by the treatment they…

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New Jersey Town Drops Plan to Condemn a Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts

The mayor abandoned the plan after it aroused strong political resistance and threats of litigation.

Reason

Everything we know about the shooting in Minneapolis

Children are dead after the shooting inside a Catholic Church in the US

Evening Standard

John Smyth survivor tells of ‘physical reaction’ over redress scheme data breach

Nearly 200 abuse survivors’ details were mistakenly shared in an email.

Evening Standard

Church of England abuse victims’ details leaked in email, survivors say

The Church said it had been made aware of the ‘deeply regrettable data incident’

The Independent UK

Who Is Robert Sullivan? Priest Accused Of Grooming Stripper And Paying Her £215,000 In Hush Money

Robert Sullivan, a long-serving Alabama priest, is under Vatican investigation after being accused of grooming a 17-year-old stripper and paying her over £215,000 in hush money.

International Business Times UK

These are my 5 favourite books that can be read in less than a day

From Claire Keegan's ‘Small Things Like These’ to Vincenzo Latronico's ‘Perfection’, these novellas are less than 200 pages

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Proud Boys defy court order and keep using their name despite owing $3 million to Black church that owns it

Exclusive: A historic Black congregation in Washington, D.C., continues to outplay the Proud Boys, who owe the Metropolitan AME Church more than $3 million after losing the trademark to their name

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Up To A Million Young Catholics Expected For Grand Pope Leo Vigil

Up to a million young Catholic believers are expected Saturday for a night-time vigil led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage, a key event in the Jubilee holy year.

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Kerala bishops steer clear of naming BJP while condemning Chhattisgarh nuns’ arrest

In Thalassery, chants rang out in protest: “We don’t need your cake or ladoo. Do not come to visit Aramana.” The demonstrators, members of the Catholic Congress under the Syro-Malabar Church, were protesting the arrest of two nuns from Kerala — Sr Vandhana Francis and Sr Preethi Mary — in…

Evening Standard

New Archbishop of Wales announced following turbulent time in church

Cherry Vann is the 15th person to hold the role, and the first woman.

Evening Standard

Is Pat Allerton, the Hot Vicar of Notting Hill, the antidote to toxic masculinity?

The Church of England has a new, sexy look - and it’s making people take notice

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The Independent UK

Trump administration intervenes to help block law requiring priests to report child abuse revealed in confessions

The Department of Justice had lent its support to Catholic leaders who said the new law would force them to choose between prison and excommunication

The Texas Tribune

Canceled Baylor LGBTQ+ study stirs strong reactions in Waco

A grant to help churches better minister to LGBTQ+ people prompted fury. A decision to return the grant then spurred disappointment.

Al Jazeera

Israel kills three in Gaza Catholic church sheltering elderly, children

At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded, including a priest, in Israel’s attack on the church.

Evening Standard

Archbishop of Westminster condemns ‘appalling strike’ on Gaza church

Israel’s foreign ministry expressed its ‘deep sorrow’ over the incident.

The National (Scotland)

2 killed and priest among injured as air strikes hit Gaza’s only Catholic church

TWO people have been killed by an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, according to church officials

Al Jazeera

How were babies’ mass graves discovered in church-run home in Ireland?

A local historian’s research led the Irish government to find an unmarked mass grave with remains of about 800 children.

Evening Standard

Food distribution system for Palestinians ‘like hunger games’, says archbishop

Archbishop of Jerusalem Hosam Naoum was speaking at the Church of England’s General Synod.

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