VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV will travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from Nov. 6 to 17, beginning his trip next week as planned after doctors cleared him to make the journey following his lung cancer surgery, the Holy See Press Office confirmed.
In a statement issued Monday, the Vatican said the pontiff was recovering well and that medical examinations showed no need for further cancer treatment.
ROME-- A Calabrian bishop has called for peace after mafia gunmen shot and killed Silvana Sibarelli, 60, the wife of Damiano Pepe, known as “Tripolino”. Investigators identify Pepe as a senior figure in the ’Ndrangheta mafia.
Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’lonio made an appeal to the attackers to repent following the killing of Sibarelli. He urged residents to reject fear and silence.
“Repent! Lay down your weapons and take responsibility for the evil you have done,” he said in a statement issued on Oct.24.
ROME – Following a militarily controlled chaos across Italian cities throughout the night before, on Sunday the sound of police helicopters was no longer heard over the eternal city.
ROME – Cultural quango ICCROM’s beleaguered director general, Aruna Francesca Gujral, has bewildered staff by ordering a rash of firings that will mean the UN agency no longer has a finance unit, unless the organisation’s Executive Board prevents the culling of employees, ICCROM sources say.
ROME-- Thousands are expected to gather in Assisi from Sunday to Tuesday for an International peace meeting bringing together religious leaders and representatives of culture and politics, the Community of Sant ’Egidio said.
The three-day event, entitled “Unarmed and Disarming Peace”, also marks the 40th anniversary of the historic prayer meeting convened by John Paul II in Assisi in 1986.
