Pope Francis (File photo) Pope Francis on Thursday fell and hurt his arm just weeks after he sustained a bad bruise on his chin from an apparent fall, reported news agency AFP citing the Vatican. Francis didn’t break his arm but a sling was put on as a precaution, the Vatican spokesman said in a…
Joe Biden and Georgia Meloni US President Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled his trip to Rome, Italy, and Vatican City to address the devastating wildfires in California. He had been scheduled to depart Thursday afternoon after attending a memorial service for former US President Jimmy Carter.Wildfires in Los Angeles have claimed at least five lives…
Inah Canabarro (Picture credit: Guinness World Records) Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun, has become the world’s oldest living person at almost 117 years old. LongeviQuest, a group tracking supercentenarians, declared her the oldest person with validated records on Saturday. Tomiko Itooka of Japan, the previous oldest person, died in December.Who is Inah Canabarro?Inah Canabarro was…
Keralite priest George Jacob Koovakad and Pope Francis In a grand consistory held in the Vatican Saturday, 51-year-old Keralite priest George Jacob Koovakad was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis. Koovakad will be remembered in history as the first priest to be directly elevated as a cardinal from India. The other cardinals…
Pope Francis talks with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during a private audience at the Vatican. (Reuters) VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has offered to give refuge on Vatican territory to Myanmar‘s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Italian media said on Tuesday. “I asked for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared a warm embrace with Pope Francis at the G7 Summit‘s outreach session held in Apulia, southern Italy and said that he also invited the 87-year-old head of the worldwide Catholic Church to India.Admiring his commitment to serve people, PM Modi wrote on X, “Met Pope Francis…
NEW DELHI: Pope Francis addressed leaders of wealthy democracies on Friday, urging them to prioritise human dignity when developing and utilising artificial intelligence (AI). He expressed concern that AI‘s power could reduce human relationships to mere algorithms.Speaking at a special session at the G7 summit in Italy, Francis underscored the moral implications of AI.It was…
NEW DELHI: Among the several high-level bilateral talks in the agenda for Prime Minister Modi during his visit to Italy for the G7 summit, is a rare meeting with Pope Francis.According to the Vatican, the Pope will meet PM Modi on the sidelines of the summit in Italy’s Borgo Egnazia.Francis, who in January warned against…
