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'Death is cheaper': Fleeing Gaza City now costs more than life itself, Palestinians say
GAZA CITY: Huge numbers of Palestinians were fleeing Gaza City by any means on Wednesday as the Israeli military pressed…
Pope declares Carlo Acutis, 'God's influencer', first millennial saint
VATICAN CITY: Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Catholic…
Italian teen made first millennial Catholic saint at youthful Vatican event
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 became thefirst Catholic saint of the millennial generation on…
Vatican receives first LGBTQ pilgrimage
VATICAN CITY: In a first for the Vatican, more than a thousand LGBTQ Catholics and their supporters are this weekend…
Pope Leo raises ‘tragic situation in Gaza’ in meeting with Israeli president
Pope Leo reiterated to Israel’s president Isaac Herzog the Vatican’s support for a two-state solution to the decades-long Israel-Palestinian conflict.…
Italian teen to become first millennial Catholic saint on Sunday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A British-born Italian boy who died of leukaemia in 2006 will become the first Catholic saint of…
Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800, flattens villages
Some of the worst-hit villages remained inaccessible due to road blockages, amid a bleak funding outlook for humanitarian aid. (EPA…
Pope Leo meets James Martin, US priest known for LGBT ministry
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent U.S. priest who ministers to LGBT Catholics…
Pope Leo pleads for end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota shooting
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo, the first U.S.-born leader of the global Catholic Church, prayed on Sunday that God would…
"Semua ada baik": Sybil Kathigasu's courage, legacy and why her story matters now
THE lit lamp placed in the top left window of the lone double-storey shophouse at 74 Main Street, Papan, southwest…
How a Ukrainian designer helped Zelenskiy dress for Trump diplomacy
KYIV (Reuters) -When Ukrainian designer Viktor Anisimov showed Volodymyr Zelenskiy a new black suit last Friday, it included a small…
Zelenskiy dons more formal attire for high-stakes meeting with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The last time Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the White House, his olive green military-style outfit drew scorn…
Madonna urges Pope Leo to visit Gaza: 'There's no more time'
NEW YORK: Pop icon Madonna has made an appeal to Pope Leo XIV, urging him to visit the blockaded Gaza…
England face searching Ashes questions after India series thriller
LONDON: England suffered an agonising six-run loss to India at the Oval on Monday as one of the most dramatic…
Pope Leo XIV leads mass for 1 million at Jubilee of Youth finale
ROME: Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass for more than one million young pilgrims on Sunday, marking the…
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Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' closes with huge Rome mass
ROME: Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the…
Young Catholics welcome Pope Leo XIV with rock star fervour at Rome vigil
ROME: Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics gave Pope Leo XIV a rock star reception at an open-air prayer vigil…
Pope Leo tells hundreds of thousands of young Catholics to build a better world
ROME (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of young people filled a vast field on the outskirts of Rome on Saturday to…
'There is still hope': Pilgrims from war zones gather in Rome
KHADER Qassis travelled 32 hours from the West Bank, passing military checkpoints across three countries, to join hundreds of thousands…
The Swede and sour of Isak to Anfield
“This is one of the biggest clubs in the world. We want to make sure that we are behaving like…
Vatican hardens tone on Israel after Gaza parish strike
Israel blamed a ‘stray missile’ for the strike that killed three at Gaza’s Holy Family Church and promised an investigation.…
Pope Leo Calls For Urgent Aid To Gaza, Protection Of Civilians In Call With Abbas
GENEVA, July 21 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Pope Leo XIV held a telephone conversation on Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to…
‘Everybody is tired’ of war in Ukraine, UN migration chief says
ROME (Reuters) -Fatigue over the war in Ukraine and U.S.-led foreign aid cuts are jeopardising efforts to support people fleeing…
Deep strikes as India hammer England in second Test
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Akash Deep took 10 wickets in a Test match for the first time as India thrashed England…
Still starving in Gaza | The Star
FOR Abdelhalim Awad, who runs a bakery in the central Gaza Strip, the hope of food arriving for hungry Palestinians…
Milei meets Pope Leo, confirms visit to Argentina
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Javier Milei held his first official audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Saturday where…
Milei meets Pope Leo, confirms visit to Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's President Javier Milei held his first official audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Saturday…
At his former US university, the new pope is just 'Bob'
THE idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of…