Vatican says Pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital, the Vatican announced. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a stenosis, or narrowing, of the sigmoid portion of the large intestine. He […]
Scottish Holocaust heroine’s life to be celebrated in new heritage centre
Jane Haining A new heritage centre celebrating the life of Holocaust heroine Jane Haining will be opened in a Scottish church, the Church of Scotland has announced. Haining’s extraordinary story – in which she gave her life at the age of 47 to help protect Jewish schoolgirls during World War II – will be told […]