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Above Food and Palm Global Execute Definitive Agreement

Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum of the Dubai Royal Family Appointed to Board Of Directors Article content Merger Adds Billions of Dollars in Gold-Based Assets to Above Food’s Balance...

Pope aims to restore 'body and spirit' during vacation that brings a pontiff back to Castel Gandolfo

Pope aims to restore 'body and spirit' during vacation that brings a pontiff back to Castel Gandolfo

The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of the relatively cooler climes of the Alban Hills, south of Rome. The area has been a favorite getaway for Roman rulers since...

Pope names leader of protection panel

Pope names leader of protection panel

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault Verny to head the Vatican's child protection advisory commission on Saturday. Verny, 59, replaces American Cardinal...

Cardinal Tolentino appointed to Zayed Award judging committee

Cardinal Tolentino appointed to Zayed Award judging committee

The Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education will be among the judges of the 2026 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity. "I look forward to reviewing nominations," he says, "and to becoming familiar with so many people who are making a...

Voices: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday will reignite China’s religion problem – and put Tibet back in Xi’s firing line

Voices: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday will reignite China’s religion problem – and put Tibet back in Xi’s firing line

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Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he’s got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he’s got plenty of homework

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must “make oneself small,” so that only Christ remains. In word and deed since, Leo...

How Canada’s clergy navigate the pastoral challenges of assisted suicide

How Canada’s clergy navigate the pastoral challenges of assisted suicide

Nine years ago, the Canadian government legalized a Medical Assistance in Dying program, making physician assisted suicide widely accessible across Canada for those who qualified for the program. To date, roughly 75,000 people have died from MAiD,...

Behind the scenes of '14 Days on the Run': A Q&A with reporter Stephanie Kuzydym

Behind the scenes of '14 Days on the Run': A Q&A with reporter Stephanie Kuzydym

In 2015, Dalton Hayes and Cheyenne Phillips made national headlines for a multistate crime spree in an attempt to see the ocean. Hayes served 10 years in prison. Phillips' charges were never released because she was a minor at the time. Their...

Best of Glasgow: 25 favourite Glasgow buildings that represent the city

Best of Glasgow: 25 favourite Glasgow buildings that represent the city

There are fixed points within Glasgow, buildings that stand in place to define the city and tell the story of its people. Our built heritage deserves more care and attention. Glasgow is in danger of succumbing to the featureless onslaught of...

Pope Leo XIV moves to confront priest abuse scandals

Pope Leo XIV moves to confront priest abuse scandals

ALBAWABA - Pope Leo XIV has made French Archbishop Thibault Verny the new head of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. This is the first big thing he has done to deal with the problem of priest abuse around the world....

Roman busts now lining the Vasari Corridor

Roman busts now lining the Vasari Corridor

The Vasari Corridor, one of Florence’s most iconic spaces, has entered the next phase of its modern revival with a new installation: over fifty ancient Roman busts lining the passageway’s section over the Ponte Vecchio. All photos by Valeria...

Celebrate new year’s eve in Rome: Unforgettable events to welcome 2026

Celebrate new year’s eve in Rome: Unforgettable events to welcome 2026

Rome, a city steeped in history and culture, offers an extraordinary setting for celebrating New Year’s Eve. As the clock ticks toward midnight, the Italian capital transforms into a vibrant hub of festivities, featuring dazzling fireworks, live...

Pope enjoys first day of R&R at Castel Gandolfo

Pope enjoys first day of R&R at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV on Monday enjoyed his first day of rest and relaxation at Caste Gandolo, the hill town south of Rome that is the traditional papal summer cool getaway from the Roman heat but which was closed and turned into a museum by his...

Transforming Saint Peter’s Basilica Into a ‘Zero-Impact Home’

Transforming Saint Peter’s Basilica Into a ‘Zero-Impact Home’

Reducing emissions, monitoring air quality, and cultivating care for our common home are the principles at the foundation of the environmental sustainability project of the Fabric of St Peter’s, the institution responsible for the conservation and...

Camp Mystic ‘grieving the loss' of campers and counselors following catastrophic Texas floods

Camp Mystic ‘grieving the loss' of campers and counselors following catastrophic Texas floods

Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” of campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Twenty-seven campers and counselors remain missing or are among...

Geoffrey Proud

Geoffrey Proud

Geoffrey Proud passed on to his eternal reward Friday, July 4, 2025. He was 92 years old. Born Oct. 17, 1932 as Kenneth Richard Proud in Rochester, N.Y., he was the first child of Kenneth R. Proud of Oswego, N.Y., and Martha Jane Wilber of...

Texas summer camp ‘grieving the loss’ of 27 campers and counsellors following catastrophic floods

Texas summer camp ‘grieving the loss’ of 27 campers and counsellors following catastrophic floods

KERRVILLE, Texas -- Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The statement adds another layer of...

Long after the fuss over Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton will still be here

Long after the fuss over Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton will still be here

The village of Dolton, which is where you may find yourself if you’re traveling south through Chicago and run out of Chicago to travel through, which we have heard more about in the past 30 days or so than since it was established 130-odd years...

‘Life is Only Better with Jesus In It’

‘Life is Only Better with Jesus In It’

By Grace Lathrop Jonathan Roumie, along with other members of the team of “The Chosen,” presented Pope Leo XIV with a wooden box on Wednesday morning, 25 June. Having just attended his weekly General Audience, the cast and production team of the...

Texas flood death toll nears 90 with girl campers still missing

Texas flood death toll nears 90 with girl campers still missing

Crews picked through mountains of debris and waded into swollen rivers overnight in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding that killed nearly 90 people over the weekend in Texas, including more than two dozen campers and counsellors from...

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