Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
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A swimmer is missing following an extremely rare shark attack off the coast of northern Israel on Monday.
It happened in the sea at Hadera, about 40km (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv.
The incident was witnessed by people on Olga Beach, who can be…
Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent heart failure, the Vatican has said in a statement, revealing that the pontiff had requested to be buried in a simple, unadorned tomb.
The 88-year-old pope, revered by millions of Catholics around the…
Ever since the toppling of Bashar Assad in Syria in December, Russia has been unsure whether its armed forces will be able to maintain their naval base at the Mediterranean port of Tartus and the Hmeimim airbase further north.
This uncertainty…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final…
China has executed a man for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, the Japanese embassy in China has told the BBC.
Zhong Changchun was sentenced to death in January for attacking the boy, who had been walking to a Japanese…
DW spoke with William Shomali, a Palestinian Catholic prelate who serves as auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, following Francis’ death. Shomali described Francis as a “great man.”
“He was supporting the poorest, the…