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The Holy See and the Italian Republic have signed an agreement to build an agrivoltaic plant in the Vatican’s Santa Maria di Galeria area just outside of Rome, aiming to supply Vatican City State with renewable energy. Read all   source https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-07/holy-see-italy-agrivoltaic-plant-agreement-renewable-energy.html

Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., as Director of the Vatican Observatory. The astronomist succeeds Br Guy Consolmagno, S.J, whose 10-year mandate expires in September. Read all   source https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-07/pope-leo-xiv-appointment-new-director-observatory-d-souza.html

Pope Leo paves the way for St John Henry Newman to be formally declared a “Doctor of the Church”. Read all   source https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/st-john-henry-newman-set-to-become-newest-doctor-of-the-church.html

During a three-day conference, UN member states debate how to establish peace between Israel and Palestine, with the Holy See Permanent Observer arguing that lasting peace can be found only in the two-state solution. Read all   source https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-07/archbishop-caccia-two-state-solution-is-only-viable-just-path.html

The head of the Commission for Youth of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is in Rome with thousands of young people celebrating their Jubilee. He speaks of the power of witness in particular of young Ukrainians from warfront regions. Read all   source https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-07/ukraine-young-people-jubilee-interview-bishop-bryan-bayda.html

The bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) are following with concern the wave of vandalism in the Angolan capital, which has already resulted in five deaths and more than 1,000 arrests. Read all   source https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-07/angola-sao-tome-bishops-conference-appeal-restraint-vandalism.html