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Thank you Pope Leo
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10h
It's revealing the importance being placed on Hamas returning the bodies of Israeli captives.

And yet no one cared about Israel's decades-long refusal to hand back many hundreds of bodies of Palestinians it was holding.

Did their families not need a grave to grieve over?
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"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society, if we can only set ourselves free of our self-centeredness and open our ears to their cry (7)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor
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Bishop Seitz: “What has happened to our heart? What has happened to the word compassion? Can it, where can it be found? Today, in this country and in this world, sometimes I wonder if I can even recognize our country.” www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
'What has happened to our heart?': Bishop Seitz calls for care of poor, migrants in address
Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso addressed El Paso churches, non-profits and universities during Sunday's Re-imagine El Paso meeting.
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Gospel in Art: Saint Teresa of Avila, Virgin, Doctor | ICN
Gospel of 15 October 2025Luke 11:42-46At that time: Jesus said, 'But woe to you P...
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Merseyside school demonstrate faith in action at harvest assembly | ICN
To celebrate the end of the harvest season, St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey, has donated hundreds of food and toiletry it...
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Jerusalem Church leaders statement on Gaza ceasefire | ICN
"[The Almighty] makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire. He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among...
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Gaza parish priest calls for forgiveness, hopes ceasefire will hold | ICN
A parish priest who defied evacuation demands to leave Gaza City a few weeks ago, has called on his flock to "forgive all those who have failed", as he hopes the ceasefire will bring an end to this "...
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Gaza parish priest calls for forgiveness, hopes ceasefire will hold | ICN
A parish priest who defied evacuation demands to leave Gaza City a few weeks ago, has called on his flock to "forgive all those who have failed", as he hopes the ceasefire will bring an end to this "...
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d
He speaks like a poet.
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
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Independent Catholic News @indcatholicnews.bsky.social · 18h
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Podcast Special Guest: Sister Marie-Kolbe Zamora | ICN
The title of Episode 72 of the All Kinds of Catholic podcast is: 'I am a daughter of the Most High God.' The words are taken from this week's guest, Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, Sr Marie-Ko...
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Independent Catholic News @indcatholicnews.bsky.social · 18h
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Health checks for all at Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden | ICN
At the end of September, the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden hosted a community health check day in their parish hall, in partnership with the Brent Health Matters programme, a Brent Council and NHS i...
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Independent Catholic News @indcatholicnews.bsky.social · 18h
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Health checks for all at Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden | ICN
At the end of September, the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden hosted a community health check day in their parish hall, in partnership with the Brent Health Matters programme, a Brent Council and NHS i...
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 23h
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu A 1-year delay of the EU Deforestation Law #EUDR means 31,536,000 more trees lost- harming forests, people, and the climate, damaging investments and innovation and destroying the EU’s credibility.

#StopVonDelaying. Keep your promises: fully implement the law as planned.
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WCC welcomes release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners | ICN
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay welcomed the news on Monday 13 October, of the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners."We join their families ...
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Gospel in Art: Memorial of Saint Calistus, Pope Martyr | ICN
Gospel of 14 October 2025Luke 11:37-41At that time: While Jesus was speaking, a P...
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Gaza peace marchers: 'the conscience our country needs' | ICN
Neha Shah, vice-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, hailed the 'largest protest movement in British History', as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of central London on Sa...
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Prayers before the 32nd National March for Palestine | ICN
More than half a million people took part in Saturday's march for Gaza - the 32nd National March since 7 October. The Christian bloc gathered for prayers before the march at Bloomsbury Central Baptist...
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Iraq: 'I have found my home' says young refugee on his graduation day | ICN
Despite being driven from his home by jihadists as a child and living a rudderless life as a refugee, a young man thanked a Catholic charity in front of hundreds of people for giving him direction - b...
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Interfaith Peace Award for Ann Farr | ICN
Sunday, 12 October, marked the start of the World Week of Prayer for Peace, originally a Christian event started in 1974 and now open to all faith traditions. Resources are produced each year to help ...
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What hope is there when your country is invaded? What hope is there when you and your family are thrown out of their home by the invading army? What hope is there when you are sent to a forced labour ...
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Cardinal calls faithful to pray for peace in the Holy Land | ICN
Catholics from around the world have taken up Pope Leo's call to come together to pray the Rosary for peace in the world's conflict zones with a particular focus on an end to the war in Gaza.In the Ch...
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Cardinal calls faithful to pray for peace in the Holy Land | ICN
Catholics from around the world have taken up Pope Leo's call to come together to pray the Rosary for peace in the world's conflict zones with a particular focus on an end to the war in Gaza.In the Ch...
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Independent Catholic News @indcatholicnews.bsky.social · 2d
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Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Edward the Confessor, King | ICN
Gospel of 13 October 2025Matthew 5:1-12aAt that time: Seeing the crowds, Jesus we...
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Survey: Neurodiversity and the Catholic Faith | ICN
The Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) and Birmingham University are conducting research into Neurodiversity and our Faith. If you're an adult neurodivergent Catholic or a Caregi...
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