VATICAN CITY – The first class action lawsuit filed against the Vatican by a group of custodians working in the Vatican Museums alleging “dissatisfaction, frustration and stress”, has had its first hearing in the Vatican courts on Thursday morning, Il Messaggero has reported.

  Reportedly, the first hearing of the case occurred on Thursday morning, although the Vatican has not yet commented. The civil case, which is seen as the first of its kind in the Vatican, allegedly denounces the treatment and working conditions of custodial staff in the Vatican Museums. 

  ROME – Pope Leo XIV visited to the FAO headquarters in Rome on World Food Day, Oct. 16, where he spoke out against world hunger and criticised the use of food “as a weapon of war.”

  Addressing those gathered at the FAO headquarters, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the pontiff called food insecurity and scarcity “a sign of prevailing insensitivity, of a soulless economy, of a questionable development model and of an unfair system of distribution of resources.”

  ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that six of its most critical humanitarian operations are facing severe pipeline breaks by year end, putting more lives at risk, as global humanitarian funding dries up. Without additional resources, millions of vulnerable people could be left without lifesaving food assistance at a time when global hunger has soared to record highs.