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 VIENNA – As the ambitious Argentine head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi,  seeks to burnish his credentials as a candidate to be the next UN secretary general, diplom

  GENEVA– Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its “Summaries of Outcomes of Substantiated I

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 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV climaxed his inauguration as pontiff Sunday by calling for Christian unity, pledging never to act as an autocrat "lording it over those entrusted" to him and appealing

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world’s major powers for “no more war” in his first Sunday message to crowds in St Peter’s Square since his election as pontiff.

  VATICAN CITY – With 5000 journalists from around the world covering the Conclave in the Eternal City to elect a new pope and his subsequent inauguration, desk s

  VATICAN CITY -- American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV after a conclave of cardinals climaxed on the fo

  VATICAN CITY -- White smoke belched out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St Peter's Basilica rang out Thursday signalling that cardinals had elected a new pope on the fourth vote of

 ROME – World Food Programme employees held one of their most important all-staff meetings in the history of the UN agency this week without Executive Director Ci

  VATICAN CITY – Cardinals began Wednesday what is expected to be a lengthy conclave cloistered in the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope to lead the Roman Ca

 ROME -- Veronique Sainte-Luce, Chief of NGO Partnerships at the World Food Programme, and Stefanos Fotiou at the FAO office of Sustainable development goals, as

 VATICAN CITY -- The conclave of cardinals to elect a new pontiff to succeed the late Pope Francis on St Peter's throne will begin on Wednesday May 7, the Vatican said Monday.

 ROME -- In the heart of Italy's haute couture, designer Jamal Taslaq has carved out a space uniquely his own by masterfully fusing Palestinian heritage with Italian craftsmanship.

 VATICAN CITY -- As many as 250,000 people attended the solemn funeral of Pope Francis in St Peter's square and the via della Conciliazione avenue leading to the Vatican from the Tiber, police said

 VATICAN CITY – Tens of thousands of pilgrims and Roman Catholic faithful were paying their respects to Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica after the coffin

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis made a visit to the Regina Coeli prison Thursday and met with 70 inmates, saying that he wanted to visit a penitentiary even though t

ROME – The Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) hosted an exclusive line up of speakers at their headquarters on Via Gregoriana as well as via zoom to discuss the topic of Art and the Human Expe

ROME – For the final day of their Italy state visit King Charles and Queen Camilla joined the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella again at Palazzo Merlato, Ravenna Town Hall.

 VATICAN CITY – Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla had a private audience with Pope Francis and exchanged wishes for recovery from their respective recen