Remains of US missionaries killed by criminal gang members in Haiti returned to family
Jefferson City, Missouri, US AP The bodies of a young US missionary couple killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital were returned to their family in Missouri on Friday. The parents of Natalie Lloyd, 21, announced on Facebook the arrival of the remains of their daughter and son-in-law, 23-year-old Davy Lloyd, at the Kansas City airport. […]
Iran’s Raisi buried in Mashhad as mourners pack Iranian holy city
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters President Ebrahim Raisi was buried in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday as many thousands of mourners packed its streets for his funeral, four days after he died in a helicopter crash, footage broadcast by Iranian media showed. Raisi, 63, was widely seen as a candidate to succeed […]
Iran Supreme Leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral as election looms
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader led prayers in Tehran on Wednesday at the funeral of President Ebrahim Raisi as the clerical establishment hurried to organise the election of a successor, which could further erode its legitimacy amid growing public discontent. The 28th June vote to replace Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash […]
EU leads call for probe into Navalny’s death at UN human rights body
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters A group of more than 40 countries on Monday reiterated calls for Russia to allow an independent international investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison. The call was made by European Union Ambassador Lotte Knudsen at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on behalf of all […]
Navalny’s parents bury their son as thousands chant his name
Moscow, Russia Reuters Thousands of Russians chanted Alexei Navalny’s name and said they would not forgive the authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday. At a cemetery not far from where Navalny once lived, his mother Lyudmila and father Anatoly stooped over his open coffin to […]
Assassinated Ecuador candidate Villavicencio mourned by family, public
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Assassinated Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was honoured on Friday at a funeral mass and public memorial in Quito, as a legislative candidate reported an armed attack during which she was lightly injured. Villavicencio, a former lawmaker and crusading anti-corruption journalist, was gunned down as he left a campaign event on Wednesday […]
At Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis, Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev Al Sharpton among those praying and promising reform
United States RNS Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, was mourned on Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month, in a funeral that featured messages of faith from Vice President Kamala Harris and Rev Al Sharpton. Delayed more than two hours by […]
Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in new book
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis met on Monday with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI who was a key figure in his recent funeral but who has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir in which he settles old scores, reveals palace intrigues and casts Francis in a deeply unfavourable light. The Vatican provided no details […]
Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City AP The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St Peter’s Basilica. The pontiff was buried on 5th January immediately following a funeral in St Peter’s Square. Benedict’s tomb lies in the grottoes under the basilica’s main floor. Faithful visit the tomb of late Pope Emeritus […]
In pictures – Mosaic of mourners bids farewell to Benedict XVI
AP One Pope laid to rest another Thursday in an extraordinary ceremony at the Vatican as the Catholic faithful bade farewell to Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy a decade ago. Mourners crowded into St Peter’s Square starting in the early morning, when fog obscured the basilica’s dome. Clergy and lay people alike created a mosaic with […]