StrangeSights: When a prince takes a restaurant booking; promoting Italy using Slovenia; and, alone atop Mexico’s highest peak
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Ukraine vows never to forget or forgive on Bucha anniversary
Bucha, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine would never forgive Russian troops responsible for alleged atrocities in Bucha as the town near Kyiv marked the anniversary of its recapture after 33 days of occupation. Ukrainian forces took back control of the small towns of Bucha and Irpin to the north-west of Kyiv […]
Ukraine vows never to forget or forgive on Bucha anniversary
Bucha, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine would never forgive Russian troops responsible for alleged atrocities in Bucha as the town near Kyiv marked the anniversary of its recapture after 33 days of occupation. Ukrainian forces took back control of the small towns of Bucha and Irpin to the north-west of Kyiv […]
Jesuits say abuse accusations against priest highly credible, restrictions tightened
Rome, ItalyReuters The Jesuit Roman Catholic religious order said on Tuesday that accusations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against a prominent member were highly credible and that restrictions against him have been tightened. The order said in a statement on its website it intended to start what it called an “internal procedure” against the […]
Slovenian Jesuits ask for forgiveness in major abuse case
Rome, Italy Reuters Slovenia’s Jesuits say they believe sexual abuse allegations against a prominent member of their order are true and have asked for forgiveness. It is the latest development in the case of Father Marko Ivan Rupnik that has rattled the religious order and the Vatican. It was only after Italian media reports in […]
“Despicable”: Slovene Catholic bishops condemn Jesuit artist’s abuse
Vatican CityAP Slovenia’s Catholic bishops on Thursday condemned as “despicable” the emotional, sexual, and spiritual violence committed against women by a famous Slovenian priest at the heart of an abuse and cover-up scandal roiling the Vatican and the Jesuit order of Pope Francis. The Slovene bishops’ conference broke three weeks of silence with a statement […]
Vatican investigator says claims of Jesuit abuse true
Rome, ItalyAP A Vatican-appointed investigator who helped bring to light decades-old allegations of sexual and spiritual abuse against a famous Jesuit priest is calling for the hierarchs who hid his crimes to “humbly ask the world to forgive the scandal”. In correspondence obtained Monday, Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the claims of the women about […]
Europe’s heatwave reaches Poland, Greece as it moves eastwards, brings wildfires
Athens, Greece/Milan, Italy Reuters The vast heatwave covering swathes of Europe moved steadily eastwards on Thursday, forcing countries including Italy, Poland and Slovenia to issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battled wildfires across the continent. Since temperatures in southern Europe began to soar earlier this month, the heatwave has caused hundreds of deaths and […]
Slovenia’s populist PM loses election to environmentalist party-election commission
Ljubljana, Slovenia Reuters Slovenia’s populist Prime Minister Janez Jansa lost a national election on Sunday as the environmentalist Freedom Movement party won more votes than his SDS party, according to preliminary figures from election authorities. Jansa, who had hoped to win a fourth term in office, conceded that he had been defeated in the vote, […]
Ukraine leader hints at compromise as Russian forces pummel capital
Lviv/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian air strikes and artillery fire smashed into buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday as invading forces tightened their grip, while a convoy of civilians headed out of the besieged port city of Mariupol for safer parts. At least five people were killed in the bombardments on Kyiv on the […]