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Pope Benedict XVI 16 April 1927- 31 December 2022 (Photo: Twitter) The Roman Catholic Church Mourns the death of the former Pope Benedict XVI at the age of 95.  Tributes poured in from all over the world after the Vatican confirmed the news on Saturday.  The German pope died in The Ecclesia Monastery after a bout of ill health.  Pope marks  New Year as Vatican prepares to mourn Benedict.   Pope Francis prays for Benedict XVI at New Year's mass as Vatican prepares to mourn the former pontiff. Pope Francis remembered his predecessor as a noble and kind person.  He also thanked him for his contributions to the church. "We are moved as we recall him as such a noble person, so kind and we feel such gratitude in our hearts.  Gratitude for God for giving him to the church into the world.  Gratitude to him for all the good he accomplished and above all for his witness of faith and prayer especially in these last years of his life.  Only God know...

A terrible find took place this week, worthy of any horror movie related to boarding schools, orphanages, and such places.  The remains of at least 215 indigenous children have been found in Kamloops Indian Residential School, a former boarding school located in British Columbia, where boys and girls from different indigenous communities were forcibly taken to be “integrated” into society. Kamloops Indian Residential School The macabre discovery was disclosed in a statement published by the Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc tribe, an indigenous group in the province of British Columbia, claiming that the bodies correspond to missing children, whose deaths were not documented. Rosanne Casimir, head of the tribe, confirmed that the indigenous group discovered the bodies using ground penetrating radar so as not to alter the remains and has indicated that the search will continue on the grounds of the Kamloops school residence. "We had a knowing in our community that we were able to verify. To o...

Pope Francis Arrival in Iraq   Francisco undertakes his visit in Iraq amid high security measures and in the midst of a pandemic, in order to comfort one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. The Supreme Pontiff's plane took off at dawn on Friday, March 5, 2021, from Fiumicino, Rome's main airport. The 84-year-old Francis assured that he will make this first visit of a Pope to Iraq as a "pilgrim of peace." He also said that he will reach out to Shia Muslims in a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest religious authority of this branch of Islam. During this three-day visit to several cities, the Pope will find few people to receive him, due to a total confinement decreed in the country, where the number of cases this week has broken a record since the start of the pandemic, with more than 5,000 infected daily. Journey marked by the pandemic The head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, who has said he feels "caged" in recent mo...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Even Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was not spared from the coronavirus disease. The Holy See Press Office announced on Friday that Cardinal Tagle tested positive for Covid-19 after a swab test was conducted upon his arrival in Manila on Thursday. "Cardinal Tagle actually tested positive for Covid-19 with a pharyngeal swab carried out yesterday on his arrival in Manila," said Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, the branch that publishes official activities of Pope and other departments of the Roman Curia. But Bruni said Tagle, the prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, "has no symptoms and will remain in mandatory self-quarantine in the Philippines." The Filipino cardinal was the first leader of the Holy See department to be hit by Covid-19, according to Bruni. "In the meantime," he added, "necessary checks are being carried out among those who have come into contact with His E...