Pope marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase $57M-$68M deficit
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June 30, 2025

Pope marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase $57M-$68M deficit

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help bail out the deficit-ridden Holy See.

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Elizabeth Township Planning Commission OKs gas well request
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
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