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Almost a third of all conceptions in England and Wales now end in abortion, official figures have revealed. In 2022, 29.69 per cent of all conceptions in England and Wales ended in abortion, up from 26.54 per cent a year earlier, , according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics. The figures represent a

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Third of all pregnancies in England and Wales end in abortion, figures reveal ↗

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Humanity is at a crossroads and facing the immense potential generated by the digital revolution driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to a message from Pope Leo XIV. In a letter sent to experts on the pontiff’s behalf by the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin Secretary of State, Leo said the impact of

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Artificial Intelligence challenges ‘tranquility of order’, says Pope ↗

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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 vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, said it was a “privilege” to serve the Vatican as

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Pope hands two Vatican roles to Birmingham archbishop ↗

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A US Catholic diocese has suspended the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for immigrants who fear immigration raids. Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino, California issued the decree dispensing from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass on Monday, 8 July, “in light of the pastoral needs of our diocese and the concerns

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US diocese suspends Sunday Mass obligation for those in fear of ICE raids ↗

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The Camino de Santiago is set to see a record-breaking number of pilgrims this year, according to the pilgrimage office Oficina de Acogida al Peregrino. The number of pilgrims expected to complete the pilgrimage in 2025 is estimated at 570,000, a 14 per cent increase on the 499,242 who completed it in 2024. The 2024

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Camino de Santiago on track for record year amid global pilgrimage surge ↗

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Blessed are the biohackers, for they shall inherit the cloud Christian transhumanism sounds like a contradiction – and maybe it is. For decades, transhumanism has belonged to atheists and techno-futurists. It is a gospel of wires and willpower, where man becomes God, silicon replaces spirit, and immortality is engineered rather than earned. This is Prometheus

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The Gospel according to Silicon Valley ↗

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The ancestry of Pope Leo XIV has been traced across more than 15 generations and four continents, encompassing African American, French, Spanish, Sicilian and Cuban roots. According to a report published by The New York Times Magazine on 11 June 2025, his maternal grandparents from New Orleans’ Seventh Ward were described in early 20th-century records

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Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry includes African American roots and ties to Justin Bieber ↗

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Speaking at the Latin Mass UK conference, Cardinal Raymond Burke said that he has petitioned Pope Leo XIV to remove the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass. “It is my hope that he [Pope Leo] will put an end to the persecution of the faithful in the Church who desire to worship God according to

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Cardinal Burke appeals to Pope Leo for restoration of Traditional Latin Mass ↗

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