Category: 4. World

The pontificate of Pope Francis, which began with much promise in March 2013, has now come to an end. In one of his first acts, he had washed the feet of incarcerated youth at a detention center ahead of Easter.

Millions attended the World Youth…

The pontificate of Pope Francis, which began with much promise in March 2013, has now come to an end. In one of his first acts, he had washed the feet of incarcerated youth at a detention center ahead of Easter.

Millions attended the World Youth…

The Vatican has named 167 people who died in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka as “heroes of faith”.

The country’s cardinal, Malcolm Ranjith, made the announcement at an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the suicide attacks which…

He was the first pope from Latin America, and the first Jesuit to head the Catholic Church. And never before had a church leader chosen this name: Francis, recalling Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology and of animals.

The choice…

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, the See of Rome is vacant. The College of Cardinals are now making their way to Rome from around the world, where they will, in due course, meet in conclave to elect the next successor of St. Peter.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has described an Israeli military report into a deadly attack on its paramedics as “full of lies”.

The Israeli military said in its report that “professional failures” led to the killing of the 15…

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade agreement at the core of US economic policy on Africa, is soon set to expire.

The US Congress enacted the AGOA Trade Act in May 2000. The pact has been renewed several times, most recently…