Contrary to claims going viral on Twitter, images circulating of an "African migrant" assaulting a Catholic priest and stealing a Bible did not take place in France, nor did they take place recently. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
The rare full set of zodiac symbols was found in the Temple of Esna, hidden under two millennia of dust and dirt which kept them in an incredible state of preservation.
A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest Saturday after Ukraine's top security agency said he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense. Metropolitan Pavel is the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site. In a court hearing earlier in the day, the metropolitan said the claim by the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, that he condoned Russia’s invasion was politically driven.
The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 36 on Friday after rescuers discovered the body of the last person still missing, police told AFP. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday plunged into the stepwell –- a stair-lined communal water source -- on Thursday after the floor covering it collapsed in the central city of Indore.Thirty-six bodies have been recovered," senior police officer Manish Kapooria told AFP. Women, children and an 1
Religion is a “blind spot” compared to race, sex and disability in workplace discrimination, a peer has warned.
Monica Hingston was a nun from the time she was 21 but rarely followed the rules. One day, she met a fellow nun in South America and fell in love.
"Obviously, I'm a Christian, and there are standards that we like to uphold, but none of us do it perfectly," Boebert told Dave Rubin, a podcast host.
The Catholic Church took a fresh step Thursday in acknowledging abuse endured by Indigenous peoples with the Vatican formally rejecting 15th-century papal edicts that empowered Europeans to colonise non-Christian lands.In a joint statement on Thursday, two Vatican departments insisted that despite being based on papal bulls, the doctrine was "not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church".
The victim broke his hand in the attack in Birmingham after he was kicked to the ground.
He worked and resided on the Island for 36 years.
Pope Francis was set to leave hospital on Saturday after a three-night stay for treatment of bronchitis, and begin preparations for the most important week in the Christian calendar.The 86-year-old pontiff was admitted on Wednesday to Rome's Gemelli hospital after complaining of breathing issues, but his condition improved after he was given antibiotics.On Friday, the pope visited the children's cancer ward at the hospital, handing out chocolate Easter eggs and even baptising a weeks-old baby boy, according to a video published by the Vatican. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis had been working earlier on Friday in the hospital's private papal suite on the 10th floor and catching up on newspapers. On Thursday night, he ate pizza with some hospital staff.The Argentine pope was expected to be discharged on Saturday, Bruni said, and would preside over Palm Sunday mass in St Peter's Square. The ceremony marks the beginning of Holy Week, which culminates in Easter.Francis' hospitalisation was his second since 2021, when he underwent colon surgery, also at Gemelli.His increasing health issues over the past year have sparked widespread concern, including speculation that he might choose to retire rather than stay in the job for life.His predecessor, Benedict XVI, quit in 2013, in a radical step not seen since the Middle Ages.Visitors to St Peter's Square on Friday expressed relief over the pope's improvement. "I was afraid for the pope," said one 56-year-old Italian tourist who gave his name as Davide."But I'm happy he's better, that he's returning. For believers and the Catholic community, it's important," he added. - Presiding over mass -Francis marked 10 years as the head of the worldwide Catholic Church earlier this month. He has pushed through major governance reforms and sought to forge a more open, compassionate Church, although has faced internal opposition, particularly from conservatives.He has repeatedly said he would consider stepping down were his health to fail him -- but said last month that for now, he has no plans to quit.During Palm Sunday mass, Francis is expected to remain seated while another cleric -- probably a senior cardinal -- conducts the ceremony at the altar. The Vatican, citing medical staff, said on Thursday that Francis had been diagnosed with "infectious bronchitis" requiring antibiotics, and that the treatment had brought about a "marked improvement in his state of health".The Gemelli hospital is the favoured choice of pontiffs to the point of being dubbed "Vatican 3" by pope John Paul II, who was treated nine times at Gemelli and spent a total of 153 days there.A Jesuit who seems most happy being among his flock, Francis continues to travel internationally and keep a busy schedule.But he has been forced to use a wheelchair and walking stick in the past year because of knee pain, and admitted last summer that he had to slow down.He said on Thursday he was "touched by the many messages" he was receiving in hospital, thanking on Twitter those praying for his recovery.Francis' earlier stay at Gemelli in July 2021 lasted 10 days. He was admitted after suffering from a type of diverticulitis, an inflammation of pockets that develop in the lining of the intestine, that required surgery.In an interview in January, the pope said the diverticulitis had returned.ams/gil/mca
Worshipers had reportedly gathered at the temple for the Hindu festival of Ram Navami when a part of the floor covering the well collapsed, causing victims and debris to fall into the water below
With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked through the aisles with anticipation. The author was on a mission: See for herself that her children's book about a boy and his grandmother baking for an Islamic feast was actually carried by her local Target store in Toledo. Khalil giggled.
Popes wear white to represent Christlike purity and red to symbolise compassion.
A top Ukrainian cleric from a church with alleged Moscow ties was sentenced to house arrest on Saturday after a hearing into whether he glorified invading Russian forces and stoked religious divisions, the church said. Kyiv is cracking down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) on the grounds it is pro-Russian and collaborating with Moscow, a charge the church denies. In a statement, the UOC said a Kyiv court also ordered Metropolitan Pavlo to wear an electronic bracelet.
Officials at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes announced the creation of a study group Friday to decide what to do with one of the French sanctuary’s most famous but now controversial attractions: mosaics by a Jesuit artist who has been sanctioned by the Vatican and his religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women. The Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik designed the facade of one of the three basilicas at Lourdes with a series of mosaics in 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Marian apparitions that turned the shrine in southwest France into one of the world’s biggest pilgrimage sites, attracting around 3 million visitors a year. In December, the Jesuits revealed that Rupnik had been declared excommunicated by the Vatican in 2020 for committing one of the worst crimes in church law — using the confessional to absolve a woman with whom he had engaged in sexual activity — and had also been accused by nine women of related sexual, spiritual and psychological misconduct in the 1980s.
Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving an infusion of antibiotics for an infectious bronchitis, the Vatican said in an upbeat statement on Thursday. The pope was taken to hospital on Wednesday after complaining of breathing difficulties, raising fresh concerns over the health of the 86-year-old pontiff, who is suffering from a number of ailments.Quoting Francis's medical team, the Vatican said the pope had been diagnosed with an infectious bronchitis virus, a hi
One ship sinking, and one man surviving it created the brilliant, and life-changing idea of Stoicism. It all started when Zeno of Cyprus, the founder of Stoicism, lost all his wealth at sea and went from being one of the richest in the lands to having nothing to his name. Instead of moaning over his misfortunes he created Stoicism, after reading some of the greatest thinkers of his time like Socrates and started teaching values of virtue, tolerance, and self-control to his students. The main ide
A Pakistani Sikh businessman and a Christian cleaner were shot dead by unknown assailants in separate incidents in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Saturday. Gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on Sikh shop owner Dayal Singh when he was in his grocery store and fled the scene, said police officer Haroon Rasheed. Rasheed said police have found evidence from surveillance camera footage and will soon be able to identify the gunmen.
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Pope Francis left hospital on Saturday morning after spending three days recovering from bronchitis, according to the Vatican press office. The pope, standing on his feet, answered reporters' questions outside Rome' Gemelli hospital. Pope Francis also spoke to a couple, then got in the front passenger seat of a white Fiat 500.
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