Pope Francis ordered the cardinals to cut the salary of 10 percent and cut the salaries of most of the other clergy who work in the Vatican to save the jobs of …
Read More »An artist preserves COVID memories of Wuhan
WUHAN, China (AP) – Scribbled instructions for admitting patients taped to the window of the reception desk of a quiet hospital. A lone worker in a hazmat suit constantly spraying disinfectant in …
Read More »Exit polls do not indicate a clear winner in Israeli elections
JERUSALEM (AP) – Exit polls indicate there is no clear winner in Tuesday’s Israeli elections, leaving the fate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uncertain and signaling an ongoing political stalemate. Polls on …
Read More »Netanyahu’s fate hinges on Tuesday’s election
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israelis began voting Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years, a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Opinion polls predict …
Read More »Officials from China and Russia meet in a show of unity against the EU and the US.
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese and Russian foreign ministers affirmed their countries’ close ties at a meeting Tuesday amid intense criticism and new Western human rights sanctions against them. Wang Yi and Sergei …
Read More »Netanyahu’s fate hinges on Tuesday’s election
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israelis began voting Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years, a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Opinion polls predict …
Read More »Israeli elections seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race comes down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has …
Read More »LGBTQ Catholics Feel Conflicted and Abandoned After Vatican Condemns Gay Marriage
TThe statement of disapproval came directly from the Vatican. Earlier this week, we learned that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The formal response, issued …
Read More »Vatican pressed on decree limiting Latin mass at St. Peter’s
ROME (AP) – A second Catholic cardinal has questioned the legitimacy of a recent Vatican decree to restrict the celebration of the ancient Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and ban private …
Read More »After Covid-Denying President Death, Tanzania May Turn Pandemic Politics Around
KAMPALA Uganda: The death of John Magufuli, the Tanzanian strongman who urged citizens to gather in churches and mosques to defeat Covid-19, has shaken East Africa but raised hopes that a government …
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