Vatican in crowdfunding campaign to send thermal underwear to Ukraine
Vatican CityReuters The Vatican on Thursday launched a crowdfunding campaign on Thursday to send thermal underwear to Ukraine to help residents survive the winter as they face power shortages amid the war with Russia. The Vatican’s charity office said in a statement that it had linked up with the Italian crowdfunding site eppela.com to raise […]
Pope says it is “madness” to think of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis, speaking as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West he was not bluffing about possibly using nuclear weapons, said on Wednesday that thinking of such an act was “madness”. Francis also said Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling them a “noble” people being martyred. Pope Francis addresses […]
Prisoners got 15,000 gelati from Pope during what EU scientists say was Europe’s warmest summer
Vatican CityReuters They were not “Get out of jail free” cards but they were possibly one of the next best things. An ice cream shop sells ice cream dedicated to Pope Francis, a mascarpone and strawberry flavoured creation, in Cassano allo Jonio, southern Italy, on 20th June, 2014. PICTURE: Reuters/Giampiero Sposito/File photo. EUROPE HAD WARMEST […]