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The religious parties
want to move up the vote to 15 September before Yom Kippur (and distance
themselves from Netanyahu). The Bennett-Lapid alliance is failing in
the polls, giving former General Eisenkot a chance to emerge as the top
opposition leader. But no one seems to have the numbers to form a
majority without the support Arab parties that Jewish parties reportedly
want to keep at bay.
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Commissioned by Catholics
in Fundraising (CiF), and prepared by Astarita Aldrich Ward, the report
sets out, for the first time, an evidence-based picture of the Catholic
charitable and philanthropic landscape across the country.
Enrique Villegas
Argentine President
Javier Milei stated on May 26 that, “unless a tragedy occurs,” it is
“highly probable” that the Pope will visit the country later this year.
He credited the progress largely to the efforts of Foreign Minister
Pablo Quirno, describing the negotiations as having successfully aligned
the necessary positions.
Valentina di Giorgio
The approximately
45-minute private audience between Sánchez and the Pope unfolded against
a turbulent domestic backdrop. On the same day, Spanish political
debate was dominated by developments involving investigations linked to
the Socialist Party and the legal scrutiny surrounding former Prime
Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
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The Pope’s General Audience, May 27, 2026, on Tradition and Reform in the Liturgy
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This is the twenty-third
such report since 2002 when the U.S. bishops established and adopted the
Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, a
comprehensive framework of procedures to address allegations of sexual
abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and establish protocols to protect
children and young people.
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Pope’s Address to the Italian Bishops
Valentina di Giorgio
On May 27, Pope Leo XIV
signed a papal chirograph establishing a special commission with
extraordinary powers to stabilize and relaunch Casa Sollievo della
Sofferenza, the renowned Catholic hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo
founded by Padre Pio in the 1950s
Covadonga Asturias
The origin of the
initiative come from an ordinary Caritas meeting. A lay volunteer
reportedly asked a simple but uncomfortable question: why does the
Church dedicate so much energy to material support while failing to
offer migrants “the most precious thing we possess — faith and the
Gospel”?
Covadonga Asturias
What most surprised was
not merely the size of the crowd — larger even than last year’s 19,000
pilgrims — but its demographic profile. According to an internal study
conducted among 4,610 participants, the average age of the pilgrims was
only 22 years old. By comparison, the average age of practicing
Catholics in France today is approximately 57.
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The Pope’s Address to the Members of the Dicastery for Evangelization
