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☆ Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum to protect his health, the Vatican said, making a last-minute decision that added to concerns about his frail condition during a particularly busy period. But just as the event was about to begin, the Vatican announced that Francis was following the event from his home at the Vatican. Brian Hopp, a visitor from Chicago, noted that Francis has had his health challenges this year. I think a lot was taken into it and I think he probably prioritized his health for Easter, which I think is a very responsible thing to do," Hopp said. On Thursday, he left the Vatican to preside over the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual at a Rome women's prison.

Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, Marlene Steuber, Brian Hopp, Hopp, Peter's Organizations: Vatican, Casa Santa Locations: Costa Rica, Rome, Chicago, St, Peter's

☆ Colombia: US warns about dating apps following suspicious deaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Colombia was playing Mexico and we decided to watch the second half at mine,” the single father recalls. “Numerous US citizens in Colombia have been drugged, robbed, and even killed by their Colombian dates,” it added. US officers have also seen an increase in reports of robbery cases involving online dating apps in the last 12 months, the alert notes. While he hasn’t been on any dating apps since then, Carlos does not blame the apps for his experience. “Unfortunately, people around me essentially said it was my fault for doing this (going on a dating app).

Persons: Carlos, ” Carlos –, —, scopolamine, ‘, ” Carlos, Federico Gutierrez, Gutierrez, ” Gutierrez, ”, hasn’t Organizations: Bogota CNN —, US State Department, US, Colombian, Embassy, US Overseas Security Advisory Council, CNN, US Embassy, Medellin, Police Department Locations: Bogota, American, Colombia, Mexico, Medellin, Caribbean, Santa Marta, Bogotá, Colombian, Cartagena, Colombian Caribbean

☆ Pope urges world religions to unite against environmental devastation
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pope Francis records a video message to be broadcasted during the inauguration of the "Faith Pavilion" during COP28 in Dubai, at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican in this handout image released on December 3, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that it was essential for all world religions to unite in opposing the "rapacious" devastation of the environment. "A world poor in contemplation will be a world polluted in soul, a world that will continue to discard people and produce waste," he said. In his main address to the conference on Saturday, Francis repeated his call for the elimination of fossil fuels. In his address to faith leaders, Francis also said peace and stewardship of the planet were interdependent.

Persons: Pope Francis, State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Francis, Philip Pullella, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Casa Santa Marta, Vatican, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, State, Catholic, Thomson Locations: COP28, Dubai, Casa, Vatican, United States

☆ Pope says he has acute, infectious bronchitis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from Santa Marta chapel at the Vatican, November 26, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsVATICAN CITY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday said he was suffering from a highly infectious and acute form of bronchitis that has prevented him from making the trip to Dubai this weekend for the COP28 climate summit. It is a very acute, infectious bronchitis," he said. During another audience on Thursday with theologians, the pope said: "Pray for me. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin told reporters on Wednesday he expected to lead the Vatican's delegation at the climate talks in Dubai.

Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, didn't, Vatican, Pietro Parolin, Alvise Armellini, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Vatican, Handout, REUTERS, CITY, Thomson Locations: Santa Marta, Dubai

☆ Liverpool's Diaz meets father first time since latter's kidnapping
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Luis Manuel Diaz, father of Liverpool player Luis Diaz, arrives to attend a thanksgiving mass at Santa Marta church, after he was freed by Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN), in Barrancas, Colombia November 12, 2023. NO ARCHIVES Acquire Licensing RightsNov 14 (Reuters) - Liverpool and Colombia winger Luis Diaz has reunited with his father for the first time since the latter's kidnapping ordeal, the Colombian football federation said on Tuesday. Luis Manuel Diaz, 58, was released on Thursday by the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) 12 days after he was taken hostage on Oct. 28 in Barrancas, a rural municipality where he lives in the northern province of La Guajira. The Colombian FA shared pictures of the father and son's emotional reunion on X, formerly known as Twitter, with the caption "we are family." Diaz's father has said he would remain in Colombia despite his difficult kidnapping experience.

Persons: Luis Manuel Diaz, Liverpool, Luis Diaz, Chiranjit, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Colombia's National Liberation Army, REUTERS, Colombian, National Liberation Army, Liverpool, Sunday's Premier League, Brentford, Brazil, Colombian FA, Thomson Locations: Santa Marta, Barrancas, Colombia, Liverpool, La Guajira, Bengaluru

☆ Beach Escape and Birding Bonanza: Find Both on Colombia’s Caribbean Coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Adam H. Graham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WHOEVER SAID a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush hasn’t been to the cloud forests of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains. As the 7 a.m. light breaks through the canopy near the town of Minca, I spy a keel-billed toucan croaking from a mossy pine tree. A flowerpecker darts around a giant fern, and a pair of military macaws fly in formation overhead. About a dozen species of amethyst, emerald and sapphire hummingbirds hover like bejeweled drones over a marmalade bush. In just 30 minutes, we’ve already seen more than 20 species, most of them “lifers” to me—i.e., birds spotted for the first time.

Persons: Cristian, we’ve Locations: Colombia’s Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Minca

☆ I've worked remotely abroad since 2016. I'm never going back to Canada because life overseas is so much more affordable.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I first started working remotely in 2016 as a freelancer. I've been working remotely full-time as a project manager for eight months or so. I would say if you were to make $3,000 a month and live in Colombia, you'd be able to live like royalty. Because I'm able to afford my living expenses and my food, it makes everything else so enjoyable. I'm able to just be comfortable.

☆ Pope Francis to gather cardinals to mark his 10th anniversary as pontiff
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VATICAN CITY, March 13 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will mark his 10 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday celebrating Mass with cardinals in the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel where he has lived since his election. The Argentina-born Francis, 86, became the first Latin American pontiff on March 13, 2013, succeeding Benedict XVI who had become the first pope in six centuries to resign. Francis has said he would be ready to step down if severe health problems prohibited from running the 1.38-billion-member Church. With his 10 years as pontiff, Francis has now reigned longer than the 7.5 years average length of the previous 265 pontificates. The shortest is believed to be that of Urban VII, which lasted 13 days in 1590.

☆ Pope Francis marks 10th anniversary with Mass and podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VATICAN CITY, March 13 (Reuters) - Pope Francis marks 10 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday celebrating Mass with cardinals in the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel where he has lived since his election. The Argentina-born Francis, 86, became the first Latin American pontiff on March 13, 2013, succeeding Benedict XVI who had become the first pope in six centuries to resign. With his 10 years as pontiff, Francis has now reigned longer than the 7.5 years average length of the previous 265 pontificates. After that comes the papacy of John Paul II, who reigned for more than 26 years between 1978 and 2005. The shortest is believed to be that of Urban VII, which lasted 13 days in 1590.

☆ Cardinal Pell lies in state, funeral plans overshadowed by memo revelation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VATICAN CITY, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Australian Cardinal George Pell was lying in state on Friday, with funeral preparations overshadowed by revelations that he was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis' pontificate a catastrophe. Early on Friday, a reporter saw about 20 people kneeling in prayer in the church when it opened for 10 hours of lying in state. The small church, which is normally used for baptisms and weddings, is one of the oldest in the Vatican. Last year, respected Italian journalist Sandro Magister, who has a long track record of receiving leaked Vatican documents, published an anonymous memo circulating in the Vatican condemning Pope Francis' papacy as a "catastrophe". Pell will be buried in the crypt at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, where he served as archbishop, the Australian Church has announced.

☆ Papa va dona ventilatoare pentru Venezuela cu ocazia împlinirii vârstei de 84 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Pontiful argentinian, care s-a născut la 17 decembrie 1936 la Buenos Aires, va trimite patru ventilatoare în Venezuela, "special pentru copiii cu afecţiuni pulmonare", a transmis purtătorul de cuvânt al Vaticanului, Matteo Bruni.Persoanele nevoiaşe, susţinute de Biroul pentru opere caritabile al Sfântului Scaun, au trimis suveranului pontif floarea-soarelui pentru decorarea capelei Sfânta Marta, reşedinţa sa de la Vatican.În rest, papa va avea o zi de lucru normală, rugându-se, privind diverse persoane la Santa Marta şi având mai multe întâlniri oficiale, a precizat Bruni, scrie agerpres.ro.

Persons: Matteo Bruni.Persoanele nevoiaşe Organizations: Sfântului Scaun Locations: Buenos Aires, Venezuela, Vaticanului, Marta, Santa Marta

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