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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...

Friends, LA priests remember late Bishop Sartoris: ‘He found joy in ministry’
On a Saturday morning in October 1978, Mike Molina was working in the rectory office at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church in Lomita when the doorbell rang. He answered it to find a tall, smiling priest with an outstretched hand. “Hi,” said Father...

Holy, Independent: Meet 12 of the Many Americans on the Path to Sainthood
Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics hope that Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, will soon beatify or canonize some new American saints — perhaps even the...

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....

New ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Tom Llamas brings national broadcast to Chicago
When former Chicago anchor Lester Holt ended his run as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” on May 30 after 10 years in that role, he left some pretty big shoes to fill. His successor, Tom Llamas, who last month became just the fourth anchor of the...

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...

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
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...

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...

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...

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...

Gilles Gressani
Paris Power 40 : Notre classement 2025 Cofondateur de la revue Le Grand Continent Six ans après son lancement, Le Grand Continent et son cofondateur-directeur sont sur toutes les lèvres dans les cercles de réflexion parisiens et européens. Gilles...

Advancing Francis’ synodality under Pope Leo XIV
ACCUSATIONS of Vatican, if not papal, deception have erupted over a leaked 2021 report compiled — but not disclosed — by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), the highest body advising the Supreme Pontiff on faith and Church matters....

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’
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 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...

Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework
People who know and work with Leo expect he will use these weeks away from the public eye and the daily grind of Vatican audiences to get his head around the most pressing problems facing the church. He's a methodical, hard-working and...

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...

10 New Albums to Bring Sanity to a Mad World
By Mat Ward Do you think there’s no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it. Every month, I listen to it all, then select the best that relates to that month’s political news. Here’s the round-up for May 2025. 1....

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...