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A new Catholic bishop has been ordained in China, the latest episcopal ordination in the communist-ruled nation since Pope Leo XIV was elected supreme leader of the Catholic Church last May. https://t.co/BsJjuyqjVU

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Catholic climate advocates and energy experts warn that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is placing unprecedented demands on electricity and water supplies, driving up energy costs and pollution levels. https://t.co/y9RAWUEb38

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Slavery has been illegal in what is now Indonesia for more than 160 years, but it survives in Sumba's rigid caste system, particularly in the island's east https://t.co/4SeXQmoq42

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Lebanon's Cardinal Bechara Rai, the patriarch of the country's Maronite Catholic Church, has urged for prayer and guidance as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a critical visit to the White House July 21 https://t.co/myxYohDWAD

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Pope Leo XIV said the conscience of just one person can "be worth the entire world" when it comes to preventing a nuclear catastrophe, in a new book foreword that also quotes an unpublished Bob Dylan song about the atomic bomb https://t.co/SQiRrGMJOd

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U.S. Catholics can support Pope Leo XIV's recent call for peace, reconciliation and interreligious dialogue in Africa by giving to the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa, say U.S. bishops https://t.co/eDxWmozyvW

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Indonesia has further cut the budget of President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meal programme by more than $2 billion, officials said, in a move expected to reduce access to the scheme https://t.co/nl1jQaA7Tj

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Despite a constitutional ban on slavery, an ancient caste system still traps thousands on the Indonesian island of Sumba in brutal, lifelong, and inherited servitude.
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Inside Indonesia’s Hidden Caste System Where Slavery Still Survives
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Just as a wise monarch unifies a nation, the Roman papacy serves as a vital anchor that preserves Catholic unity, prevents theological extremes, and courageously speaks truth to power. https://t.co/TS3y6qOnsT

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India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been released after being detained outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence as part of education system protests that have pushed into July 22 https://t.co/07bZaaTV4A

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#DidYouKnow?
Established in 1965, the Archdiocese of Jaro is the fifth oldest diocese in the Philippines
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Church leaders and Dalit rights activists in India say they are hopeful caste-based discrimination against Dalit Christians will gradually decline after a landmark burial in the southern state of Tamil Nadu ended a decades-long struggle for equal rights. https://t.co/ozO1Akj0rm

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Sri Lankan environmentalists, joined by Catholic clergy and Buddhist monks, have urged authorities to immediately halt a cement grinding plant coming up near the Negombo Lagoon, one of the island nation’s largest and most sensitive coastal ecosystems. https://t.co/hiOfPQTKJQ

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The Catholic Church now completely rejects “just war” theory, declaring all armed conflict outdated in favor of disarmed diplomacy. https://t.co/z67hbPHCdZ

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Thousands of students continue protesting in #NewDelhi, demanding accountability and transparency from India's government, which many say could threaten the political future of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
#protest @BJP4Delhi @BJP4India

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Hue was Vietnam's former imperial capital
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Hundreds of protesters gathered at a 16th-century Portuguese heritage chapel in the western Indian state of Goa to demand that all construction work in its close vicinity be immediately stopped, fearing likely damage to the historical site. https://t.co/Ll6b2QZI4N

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A Catholic school in Macau has launched what is reportedly the city’s first artificial intelligence-powered exercise and health classroom to support students’ physical fitness and emotional well-being. https://t.co/6cZJMc7jPr