VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, former Secretary of State, who was presiding over the conclave as the oldest cardinal bishop elector appointed and a bookie favourite to become the next pope, was being falsely reported to have fainted at the end of the General congregation by an American agency, which has been firmly denied by the Vatican.
Ophelia Gregory
3 May 2025
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME -- A planned all employee virtual meeting of Word Food Programme staff and consultants to hear how up to 6,000 'roles' will be slashed at the UN agency due to U.S. funding cuts has been postponed by eight days due to a 'cock-up' by WFP President Cindy McCain's top management team, WFP sources say.
3 May 2025
Ophelia Gregory
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis had many admirers throughout his pontifical reign but in the process, he alienated some conservative prelates such Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, 77, the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and editor of the Opera Omnia of Benedict XVI, was quoted as saying by Fatto Quotidiano newspaper that he does not wish to see “another Francis” as the enxt pontiff.
2 May 2025
Ophelia Gregory
ROME - A ship that transports humanitarian aid and on-the-ground activists to Gaza was hit by drones, while it was in international waters off Malta in the early hours of Friday, said the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the NGO that manages the boat.
2 May 2025
Ophelia Gregory
VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of fraud and embezzlement in Vatican court in 2023 has officially announced he will not enter Conclave on May 7, after initially contesting his removal from the list of eligible cardinals.
29 Apr 2025
INSIDER NEWSDESK
1 May 2025
Ophelia Gregory
30 Apr 2025
Ophelia Gregory
30 Apr 2025
Ophelia Gregory
30 Apr 2025
INSIDER NEWSDESK
30 Apr 2025