UK army investigating ‘fake priest’ breach near Queen’s castle
London, UKReuters The British army said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation after reports that a man who was pretending to be a priest spent a night at a barracks with soldiers tasked with protecting Queen Elizabeth II near her Windsor Castle home. The Sun newspaper reported that the imposter was allowed onto the […]
UN chief backs Nigeria’s integration of insurgents, calls it key to peace
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he fully supported moves to expand facilities to reintegrate surrendering Islamist insurgents in north-eastern Nigeria because it was a key step to achieving peace in Africa’s most populous nation. Nigeria has been fighting Islamist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) […]
Russia shells Mariupol plant with civilians still reported trapped
Zaporizhzhia, UkraineReuters Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a UN-brokered evacuation. Scores of evacuees who did manage to leave under United Nations and Red Cross auspices over […]
Pope says he wants to go to Moscow to meet Putin over Ukraine – paper
Updated: 11.30pmVatican City Reuters Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to stop the war in Ukraine but had not received a reply. The Pope also told Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper that Patriarch Kirill of the Russian […]
British Virgin Islands activists protest plan for direct UK rule
Reuters Activists in the British Virgin Islands on Monday protested against a proposal to put the overseas British territory under control of the United Kingdom, days after the BVI premier was jailed in Miami on charges of conspiring to traffic drugs. A report released on Friday that was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth II’s representative to […]
Significant Sights: Revived pilgrim routes draw the faithful in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna
ANGELA YOUNGMAN looks at how newly revived pilgrim routes in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region are attracting a new generation of pilgrims…
Ugandan Anglican priest whose consecration as bishop was blocked resigns, joins rival sect
Kampala, Uganda An Anglican priest who has been battling the church in court for the last two-and-a-half years for blocking his consecration as bishop of a diocese in eastern Uganda has resigned his office and joined a breakaway group. In his resignation letter addressed to the Bishop of Kumi Diocese, dated 4th April, 2022, Rev […]
Argentine nuns accuse archbishop, others of gender violence
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAP Several feminist groups are calling for protests Tuesday in support of a community of cloistered nuns who have caused shockwaves by accusing the archbishop of a northern Argentine province and other church officials of gender-based psychological and physical violence. The pairing of feminists and Carmelite nuns is unusual in a country at […]
Haitian families flee homes as violence flares in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitians in the capital Port-au-Prince fled their homes on Monday as gun battles broke out between rival gangs, according to a Reuters witness, following clashes between armed groups that killed at least 20 last week. The country’s civil protection authority said on Wednesday that battles between the rival Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo […]
Anxiety
How are you? It seems with pandemics, global climate, political divisions, and social media we are living in the era of anxiety. Anxious? PICTURE: Joice Kelly/Unsplash By most measures we are living at perhaps the best time in history. Yet the uncertainty that is amplified through global media sure does pull the rug from under […]