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Desire: the wound that keeps us alive

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Catholic families in crisis: the Vatican recommends compost and a rain gauge

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27/04/2026

Leo XIV receives the Archbishop of Canterbury: "It would be a scandal not to work towards overcoming our divisions"

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Pizzaballa writes to his Church: “War has become the object of an idolatrous cult”

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When the Church will not let itself be healed, it wounds

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Libya: in just two months, Leo XIV completes the changeover - Zaluski the new nuncio

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24/04/2026

Gay blessings: what did Leo XIV say?

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Desire: the wound that keeps us alive

Between need, lack and wonder, desire remains one of the most profound words in human experience. Consumer culture reduces it to a hunger to be sat...

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Diocese of Jerusalem
© Patriarchate of Jerusalem
27/04/2026

Pizzaballa writes to his Church: “War has become the object of an idolatrous cult”

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22/04/2026

Young priests, old labels: how the Church is mortifying its new vocations

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Love the truth;
show yourself as you are, without deceit, without fear, and without favoritism.
And if the truth costs you persecution, accept it;
and if it means torment, endure it.
And if for the truth you must sacrifice yourself and your life, be strong in your sacrifice.

Giuseppe Moscati

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Masters of ceremonies: the altar is not a catwalk

Cassocks worn to manufacture an identity, eternal altar servers, masters of ceremonies chasing the spotlight: when liturgical service ceases to saf...

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Trump is attacking Leo XIV because he fears him

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04/04/2026

Franca Giansoldati in the Vatican circus: a joke mistaken for a scoop

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How a Pope is turned into a media figure

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29/04/2026

Catholic families in crisis: the Vatican recommends compost and a rain gauge

Czerny and Farrell publish a manual on integral ecology in family life: eighty pages on sustainability, advocacy and green lifestyles, while faith,...

Read more
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Leo XIV receives the Archbishop of Canterbury: "It would be a scandal not to work towards overcoming our divisions"

Leo XIV receives the Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally. Sixty years on from the historic meeting between Paul VI and Ramsey, the Pope renews ...

25/04/2026

Libya: in just two months, Leo XIV completes the changeover - Zaluski the new nuncio

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Gay blessings: what did Leo XIV say?

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