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Damage after the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut explosion. / Credit: Mehr News Agency, CC BY SA 4.0 ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 17:31 pm (CNA). With a silent march, moving testimonies, and the symbolic planting of 75 trees in honor of the victims, Lebanon commemorated on Aug. 4 the fifth anniversary of the…

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during his general audience on July 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2025 / 18:02 pm (CNA). In a new gesture of closeness to the victims of irregular migration, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “profound sorrow” for the…

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney told a packed basilica of young jubilee pilgrims in Rome on Aug. 4, 2025, that holy relics are “not just a quirky Catholic thing — they are a quirky God thing.” / Credit: Ivanka Ranic/Archdiocese of Sydney Vatican City, Aug 4, 2025 / 16:29 pm (CNA). Standing before the casket…