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From Trump to Prince Andrew: All the famous names embroiled in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial

Maxwell’s accusers testified they found her famous connections both alluring and intimidating

The Independent UK

Remembering when Glasgow welcomed Pope John Paul II to Bellahouston Park with crowds of 300,000 people

Forty years ago this week, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit Scotland and was welcomed by crowds of 300,000 people at Bellahouston Park.

Glasgow Live

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power broker for decades under two popes, dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano — a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex abusers — dies at the age of 94.

ABC News

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The day Edinburgh turned out in force to welcome Pope John Paul II in 1982

History was made 40 years ago this month, as Edinburgh witnessed the first ever visit of a reigning pope.

Edinburgh Live

70 facts for 70 years of the Queen’s reign

The list has been released to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

The Independent UK

The Queen’s 70-year reign in numbers

The longest-serving monarch in the nation’s history has set a number of landmarks.

The Independent UK

Lord Plumb obituary

Farmer and politician who was the only Briton to be elected president of the European parliament

The Guardian - UK

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Pope Francis apologized for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a pope’s apology mean?

Pope Francis apologized on April 1, 2022, to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, acknowledging the harm done by residential schools in Canada and marking a crucial step in the church admitting its role in the abuse of Indigenous communities and children. Yet this apology, as important as it is,…

The Conversation

Pope Francis to Visit Crisis-Hit Lebanon in June

Pope Francis is set to visit Lebanon in June, the country's presidency said on Tuesday, in a long-awaited trip that comes amid spiraling financial and political crises. Lebanon, home to one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East, has been gripped by an unprecedented economic downturn since 2019,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Francis' visit to Malta highlights the role of St. George Preca, an advocate for teaching the gospel

Pope Francis’ two-day visit to the tiny European country of Malta, a strongly Catholic island just south of Sicily, in April, 2022 put a spotlight on Malta’s complicated history and important contemporary concerns. Chief among these is the sharp increase in the number of asylum-seekers from Africa and the Middle…

The Conversation

Benedict denies he knew about Legionaries of Christ abuse when cardinal

Former Pope Benedict XVI denied that he was given information about child abuse in the Legionaries of Christ religious order when he was a top Vatican official, in a case that has tarnished the reputation of his predecessor, John Paul II.

Reuters

The Vatican's finances

This venerable institution, its bureaucracy swollen and its image hurt by scandal, is strapped for cash. Pope John Paul II is pressing his cardinals to find a solution.

Fortune

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