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Workers injured in partial collapse of tower near Rome’s Colosseum
ROME (Reuters) -A worker was hospitalised with serious injuries following the partial collapse on Monday of a medieval tower under…
World’s oldest person, a Brazilian nun, dies aged 116
BRASÍLIA: The world’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, died Wednesday at the age of 116, having barely survived…
Pope Francis interview with Scorsese featured in new documentary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A new documentary from Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will feature a conversation with the late Pope Francis…
Filipino Cardinal Tagle, the 'Asian Francis', is papal contender
Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines, is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian…
Cardinals hope for swift papal vote as conclave nears
VATICAN CITY: A week before the conclave to choose a new pope opens, preparatory talks intensified Wednesday as cardinals sounded…
New pope will likely move slowly to enact any change
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Unlike U.S. President Donald Trump, who has lost no opportunity to demolish his predecessor's policies, the…
Trump celebrates tumultuous 100 days in office
WARREN: Donald Trump celebrated Tuesday the first 100 days of what is already one of the most radical and far-reaching…
Will Catholic cardinals pick another outsider like Francis to be pope?
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total…
Crowds bid farewell to Pope Francis in first day of lying in state
VATICAN CITY: Tens of thousands of mourners paid last respects to Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica Wednesday, on the…
Cardinals To Gather For Papal Conclave On May 7, Says Vatican
LONDON, April 28 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Vatican on Monday announced that cardinals from around the world will meet next month…
OK to say ‘RIP’? Here’s what preachers advise Muslims to use instead to express respect and sympathy
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Former Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s recent gesture in raising his hands during the funeral of…
Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope
POPE FRANCIS smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the…
Conclave to elect new pope to start on May 7, cardinals meet
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church…
Putin announces surprise Ukraine truce for May 8-10
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a surprise three-day ceasefire from May 8-10, coinciding with Moscow’s World War II…
Rubio says Russia-Ukraine Peace deal needs to happen soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine needs…
Malaysian ministers attend Pope Francis’ funeral alongside world leaders
KOTA KINABALU, April 27 — Malaysia's Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman…
Meet the Malaysian who will help elect the next pope
Cardinal Sebastian Francis is set to be the first Malaysian to take part in a papal election. KUALA LUMPUR: As…
Argentina soccer team pays tribute to their holiest fan, Pope Francis
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - From flags to a life-size statue, images and homages to Pope Francis were visible all around…
Trump raises Putin doubts after Zelensky talks at pope’s funeral
President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky engage in deep discussion during Pope Francis’s funeral at the Vatican. (AP…
Trump, Zelenskyy meet on sidelines of pope's funeral
ROME: Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met briefly in the hush of St Peter's basilica on the sidelines of Pope…
Pope buried in Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore basilica
ROME: Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican…
Pope Francis was a reformist, environmentalist and peace advocate
BY the time you read this, Jorge Bergoglio, the first pope to choose the name Francis, would have been buried.…
‘Ciao Francesco’, Romans wave goodbye to the pope they adopted
ROME (Reuters) - Romans cheered, clapped and cried on Saturday as they watched the simple, open-topped, white "pope-mobile" carry Francis'…
Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis with ‘symbolic embrace’ at open-air mass in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday, holding a massive open-air mass in front of…
Church in Hong Kong expected to remain bridge between Vatican and Beijing
The Hong Kong Catholic Church has said it will continue to serve as a bridge between mainland China and the…
The faithful fill Rome streets to witness historic funeral
VATICAN CITY: Catholic faithful and admirers of Pope Francis flooded St Peter's Square and the streets of Rome on Saturday…
Trump and EU’s von der Leyen agree to meet, says European Commission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed on Saturday during a…
More than 250,000 people at Pope Francis’s funeral: Vatican
VATICAN CITY: More than 250,000 people assembled at St Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis, the Vatican said…
Zelensky and Trump to hold second meeting
ROME: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump will hold a second meeting on Saturday on the sidelines…