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Trump says Putin may not want peace, may need to be ‘dealt with differently’
Published on 27/04/2025
» President Donald Trump said Saturday that Russia’s escalating bombardment of Ukraine had left him concerned that Russia did not want to end the war as he issued an unusually stern rebuke of President Vladimir Putin and threatened new sanctions on Moscow.
Continuity or rupture: what direction for the next pope?
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» PARIS - For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis's liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new direction.
All eyes turn to conclave after Pope Francis's funeral
News, AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.
Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis
Published on 26/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff’s legacy of caring for migrants, the downtrodden and the environment to be kept alive.
Trump and Zelensky meet at pope’s funeral
Published on 26/04/2025
» ROME - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he and US President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of an “unconditional ceasefire” with Russia during a meeting prior to the funeral for Pope Francis on Saturday morning.
Up at dawn for front-row seat to history at pope’s funeral
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Catholic faithful poured into St Peter’s Square from all corners of the globe on Saturday, determined to honour Pope Francis after waking up at dawn or spending the night in sleeping bags.
Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'pope of the poor'
AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Church's first Latin American leader, will be honoured Saturday with a funeral attended by world leaders and tens of thousands of Catholic faithful.
ThaiBev Pays Tribute to the Late Pope Francis
Published on 26/04/2025
» His Excellency Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of Thailand and Cambodia and Papal Representative to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, graciously received Mr Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, Chief Executive Officer of Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev), together with Professor Dr Apinan Poshyananda, Mr Dusit Khemasakchai, Mr Nitikorn Kraivixien, Mr Wirat Meksamphan, and Mr Patrick Horatanachai, who paid tribute to His Holiness Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature in Thailand.
A gift and a prayer
Postbag, Published on 26/04/2025
» Re: "Huge crowds expected as Pope Francis lies in state", (World, April 25).
Trump heads to Italy for pope’s funeral
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump headed to Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the unexpected first foreign trip of his second term in which he will face foreign leaders including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.