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With Festivities and Papal Prayer, the Vatican Aims to Attract the Young

At a gathering that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage the youth.

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Pope Leo XIV arriving at the festival in a Roman suburb on Saturday evening, the culmination of the Vatican’s six-day celebration of youth in the church.
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Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three

As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.

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Transporting a person who was injured in the strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.
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Excavation of Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers

Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, including bodies disposed of in septic tanks.

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The site of the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home, a home for unmarried mothers and their children run by the Bon Secours order in Tuam, Ireland, in 2022.
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