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Pope ‘ 2025 Stations of the Cross meditations (full text)
This year, Pope Francis again wrote the meditations for the Via Crucis to be held on Good Friday evening at the Colosseum.Lenten Campaign 2025
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Shell Output at New Lower Saxony Factory Will Almost Double Corporate Plan
Artillery shell output at a state-of-the-art Rheinmetall factory will be almost twice initial corporate targets and, thanks to near-bottomless demand for munitions driven by the Russo-Ukraine War, production and profits for Germany’s…
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US lawmakers signal bipartisan support for Taiwan despite Trump’s tariffs, criticism
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is in in Taiwan aiming to reassure Taipei that American support for the island’s security remains firm despite President Donald Trump’s recent sharp criticism and steep trade tariffs.
The delegation, comprising Republican Senators Pete Ricketts and…
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Pope’s Via Crucis meditations: Embrace God’s economy in a world of algorithms
In his meditations written for the Good Friday Way of the Cross at the Colosseum—presided over this evening, 18 April, by Cardinal Baldo Reina on behalf of Pope Francis—the Holy Father explains that, faced with inhuman economies built on…
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White House floats US-Europe meeting as JD Vance meets Giorgia Meloni in Rome
US Vice President JD Vance has met with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome for a second day of talks on tariffs, with the White House suggesting a broader US-Europe summit is under consideration when President Donald Trump visits.
“I’ve been missing you,” Meloni jokingly…
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US could abandon Ukraine ceasefire talks in ‘days’ if progress stalls, Rubio warns – POLITICO
Rubio’s remarks are another sign of growing impatience in the U.S. administration. During his election campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump promised to bring Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine to a swift end, but talks between…
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Video. Bulgarians prepare for Orthodox Easter with ancient traditions
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Preparations for Orthodox Easter are underway at the Bachkovo Monastery in southern Bulgaria, the second largest and one of the oldest in the country.
Easter is the most important holiday in the Orthodox calendar…
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