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NUNS SCAMMED OUT OF €124,502 A Barcelona man has been arrested in a jaw-dropping scam that allegedly drained more than 124,000 euros from nuns at a convent of the Order of Santa Clara, after he allegedly won their trust by posing as a supplier of raw … ift.tt/SmHr9Fw

Millions Gain Hour As Clocks Fall Back Millions of Americans get a bonus hour of sleep this weekend as the nation “falls back” and daylight saving time ends, but the tradeoff is immediate: darker evenings, earlier sunsets and a jolt to daily routines a… ift.tt/lts0AEW

POPE MOURNS SPAIN TRAIN HORROR Pope Leo XIV is mourning a deadly train collision in central Spain that has left at least 68 dead and dozens more fighting for their lives after two high-speed trains slammed together near Urda, Toledo, at 8:54 a.m. Wedne… ift.tt/evZJOxh

Bishop Ignored Priest Creeping Around Home A Worcester family begged Bishop Robert J. McManus for help months before the full horror came to light, with a father’s Aug. 22, 2021 letter accusing Rev. Alan J. Martineau of a “long series of spiritually, s… ift.tt/HzEUkMG

KC Priest Admits Theft, Pays Back $160K A former Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to theft and coughed up nearly $160,000 in restitution to the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kan., in a stunning fallout now rocking his former parish, Curé of Ars. Richar… ift.tt/hMYomqt

FAKE PRIEST SHOCKS GRIEVING FAMILY What was meant to be a solemn farewell for Dahina Loaiza in Mexico City turned into a jaw-dropping church scandal: when Rev. Jesús Romero showed up in December 2024, wearing a cardinal’s cap and Ferragamo shoes, her s… ift.tt/NmS8q3F

JUDGE SIDE WITH SOMALI SERIAL RAPIST A convicted Somali rapist who was allowed to fight off deportation has now won a court case over prison painkillers during Ramadan, with a UK judge ruling that Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust’s codeine pol… ift.tt/P4tlhkG

JOHN PAUL II’S SECRET POWER ENDURES Eighty years after Karol Wojtyla was ordained a priest in a private chapel in Kraków, the future St. John Paul II is still being held up as a blazing example of what priests should be: a man of deep prayer who never … ift.tt/CKByVYv

Purgatory Prayers Get Organized Two Sanford parishes are putting All Souls Day into overdrive, launching new ministries devoted to praying for the dead in purgatory year-round — a solemn Catholic practice now getting a fresh push from lay faithful like… ift.tt/dArLGbM

Halloween’s Catholic Comeback Ignites Debate Halloween is back — bigger, bolder, and nowhere near the modest little night it used to be — and now even Catholics are being pulled into the pumpkin-lit free-for-all. What was once a one-day blip has become… ift.tt/jdiQAhn

No Alternative Offered After Basilica Door Slam The decision to block the Ad Petri Sedem pilgrimage from entering St Peter’s Basilica has hit traditionalists like a slap in the face, sparking anger over what critics say looks less like shepherding and … ift.tt/Tfo8lQE

EARTHQUAKES WRECK LEO’S REIGN, VATICAN WARNED The Bible has long shown earthquakes as more than just ground-shaking chaos — they can be thunderous signs of God’s presence, mercy, and judgment. From Sinai trembling under the Lord’s descent, to the priso… ift.tt/Ak63Lfc

Bishop Barron Blasts Cardinal’s Anti-Conversion Bishop Robert Barron is blasting Cardinal Vesco after the cardinal publicly declared that the Church is not here to work for the conversion of sinners, a claim Barron called baffling and outrageous. In a … ift.tt/UdOcEtH

POPE LEO SHAKES UP CURIA RULES Pope Leo XIV has ripped up the rulebook on Vatican discipline, approving a sharp overhaul of the Roman Curia staff regulations that toughens the system for sanctions while beefing up protections for employees facing serio… ift.tt/dqRoTP8

Pope’s Inner Circle Snubs Argentina Trip Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the hard-hitting prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the closest men to the late Francis, has confirmed he will not be at Leo XIV’s side for the Po… ift.tt/iDao4wb

FIRST POPE VOTES IN U.S. ELECTION Pope Leo XIV has just made history — becoming the first pope ever to vote in a U.S. general election, with the Vatican confirming the Chicago-born pontiff cast a mail-in ballot ahead of November’s midterms. The Holy Se… ift.tt/aBAY9zO

MGR GUÉRARD THIS “FAITH” IS A CAGE In a blistering final salvo, Mgr Guérard des Lauriers says the Novus Ordo project is really a “faith in Man” imposed by force, with God and Christ kept only on sufferance and pushed beneath the human-centered religion… ift.tt/0cwaj7B

FEMALE ARCHBISHOP LEADS ASSISI PRAYER Sarah Mullally, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, made a striking appearance in Assisi, Italy, where she opened prayer at a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of John Paul II’s 1986 inter-religious World Da… ift.tt/SWFb83E

Gates Funds Assisi Scandal, Faithful Stunned A new storm is raging over the Assisi meeting after reports said the Gates Foundation was the primary sponsor of the event, which critics blasted as promoting religious indifferentism and a “scandalous” apos… ift.tt/PeoCzBg