Canonisation of first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, postponed after Pope death
The teenager, who died from leukaemia in 2006, was due to be canonised in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican next Sunday.
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Plane passenger sparks emergency landing after convincing himself SNAKES were slithering on easyJet flight from Gatwick
A PASSENGER “went berserk” at 30,000ft and sparked an emergency landing convinced there were snakes running loose on his easyJet plane.
He was wearing a t-shirt with a snake pattern on it, and suddenly feared the reptiles were slithering a…
Pope Francis spent busy final day celebrating Easter and meeting JD Vance
The pontiff has a busy final day greeting crowds, blessing people and meeting US vice president JD Vance.
RedGolf Hackers Linked to Fortinet Zero-Day Exploits and Cyber Attack Tools
Security researchers have linked the notorious RedGolf hacking group to a wave of exploits targeting Fortinet firewall zero-days and the deployment of custom cyber attack tools. The exposure of a misconfigured server tied to the KeyPlug malware—a hallm…
Easter celebrated across Ukraine despite ongoing war
Hundreds gathered at the Church of St. John the Theologian in Kharkiv for Easter services, a symbol of faith and resilience during Ukraine’s ongoing war.
‘Full-blown meltdown’ at Pentagon after Hegseth’s second Signal chat revealed
Existence of group chat including Hegseth, his wife and others prompt calls for defense secretary to step downUS politics live – latest updatesA former top Pentagon spokesperson has slammed Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the department of defense, as pre…
Hegseth Had a Second Signal Chat Where He Shared Details of Yemen Strike, New York Times Reports
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump admini…
What are the church’s rites for the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning them to produce either the white or black smoke to…
A brief history of Trump’s feud with Pope Francis
Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis’s papacy, in 2013. But relations soured during the 2016 election, when Francis criticized Trump’s proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Canada border.