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Exposed: Fake 'Vatican Chamber' Token Scam Unmasking The Presale Fraud!
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) The crypto community has recently been alerted to a fraudulent operation involving a non-existent token allegedly linked to the Vatican, illustrating the persistent risk scams pose in the burgeoning field of digital...
Thou shalt not shill: Fake ‘Vatican Chamber’ token presale exposed
Coin Telegraph
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July 11, 2025
The Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, has denied any connection to a fake cryptocurrency project claiming ties to it. The fake token, dubbed Vatican Chamber Token (VCT), was promoted on an online...
Club Car goes to the Vatican
JAMES Magazine Online
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Newly-elected Pope Leo XIV will be riding in style – in a pair of custom-built electric vehicles made by Augusta-based Club Car. The carts will be primarily used by the Pope on international trips, and were designed to be easily stored on...
Pope hands two Vatican roles to Birmingham archbishop
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 11, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has appointed a British archbishop to two Vatican dicasteries. Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham will join both the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Archbishop Longley, the...
Zelensky government hails Trump’s resumption of weapons deliveries
World Socialist Web Site
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July 11, 2025
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. [AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson]In a complete about-face from the position his administration declared last week, United States...
Vatican embassy in Ukraine’s capital damaged by Russian airstrikes
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's embassy in Kyiv was slightly damaged during Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital early on the morning of July 10, the embassy said in a statement. “During yet another attack on the city of Kyiv… this Apostolic...
Vatican Embassy in Kyiv damaged during Russian attack
Ukrinform
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July 10, 2025
The Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv sustained damage during Russia’s massive air assault on the Ukrainian capital on the night of 10 July. As reported by Ukrinform, Titular Archbishop of Martana Visvaldas Kulbokas, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine,...
Top Vatican official says gay blessings are here to stay
QNews
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July 11, 2025
The Catholic Church’s approval for blessings of people in same-sex relationships “will remain” under Pope Leo, according to the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office in comments made earlier this week. Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández made the...
Vatican embassy in Kyiv damaged by Russian airstrikes
The Gazette - Colorado
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican's embassy in Kyiv was slightly damaged during Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital early on Thursday morning, the embassy said in a statement. "During yet another attack on the city of Kyiv … this Apostolic...
Church leaders appeal to international community as Jewish settlers attack Taybeh residents
Detroit Catholic
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July 10, 2025
(OSV News) ─ In the West Bank, Christian leaders in Taybeh -- the region’s only entirely Christian Palestinian village -- are sounding the alarm over escalating settler violence. On July 8, the Latin, Greek Orthodox and Melkite parish priests...
First ‘green mass’ celebrated, the Pope wants to build solar power plant for Vatican
The European Times
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July 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first ‘green mass’ at the Vatican on Wednesday, using new prayers dedicated to caring for God’s creation. The mass was held in the gardens of the new eco-education centre at the Vatican’s summer estate in Castel...
Take action against Christianophobia, Vatican diplomat urges UN Security Council Headlines
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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Catholic World News July 09, 2025 » Continue to this story on Holy See Mission CWN Editor's Note: During a recent UN Security Council discussion of children in armed conflict, a Vatican diplomat strayed from the topic at hand to plead for...
Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia, Ukraine
OSV News
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July 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations. “During the cordial conversation, the...
Vatican ends pontifical delegate’s mission in Indian archdiocese
OSV News
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July 9, 2025
ERNAKULAM, India (OSV News) — The Vatican has ended its direct pontifical oversight of an Indian archdiocese after settling the long-standing liturgy dispute that risked dividing the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The Vatican informed the church’s...
Let’s Pursue “paths that lead to peace”: Vatican-based Cardinal to Ghanaians
ACI Africa
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July 9, 2025
“If Jeremiah tells us that we are at the crossroads and we should find which path leads to peace, then it means right now we may be travelling on a path which does not lead to peace,” the Vatican-based Cardinal said. He said, “To be talking about...
Vatican remains ready to host Ukraine, Russia peace talks
The Catholic Register
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July 9, 2025
Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations. "During the cordial conversation, the importance of dialogue as the...
Pope Leo: Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
America Magazine
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July 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations. “During the cordial conversation, the...
Church and state? What canon law says about backing candidates
The Pillar
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July 9, 2025
The Internal Revenue Service this week conceded in a court filing that a rule blocking churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates was neither neutral nor generally applicable. American flag flying outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New...
Vatican provides guidelines to help bishops and local churches implement synodality
America Magazine
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July 8, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Local churches and bishops worldwide will be instrumental in helping implement the proposals and foster the spirit of the 2024 final document of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the Vatican synod office said. To more...
Alleged apparitions in Slovakia: What’s the Vatican saying?
The Pillar
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July 9, 2025
The Vatican’s doctrinal office gave the green light Wednesday to devotion associated with alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Slovakia. The pilgrimage site on Mount Zvir, Slovakia, in 2017. Palickap/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0. The Dicastery for...