Sam Jones

3 days ago | aol.co.uk | Sam Jones

Not long before what would turn out to be his final public appearance, a blessing of the crowds who had gathered for Easter Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square and an unexpected popemobile tour of the piazza, Pope Francis received a devout if perhaps unlikely visitor. Among the last people to see and speak to the pontiff in the hours before his death early on Monday morning was the US vice-president, JD Vance, a zealous, albeit comparatively recent, convert to Roman Catholicism.

3 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sam Jones

Pope Francis, pictured in 2013, died on Monday at the age of 88. Pope Francis, pictured in 2013, died on Monday at the age of 88. Photograph: Ettore Ferrari/EPAPolitical and religious leaders around the world have paid tribute to the life and legacy of Pope Francis, whose 12-year papacy came to an end with his death in Rome early on Monday morning. Many recalled Francis’s unfailing defence of the poorest and most marginalised, and his profound commitment to peace and the environment.

4 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sam Jones

Pope Francis and JD Vance, who have disagreed very publicly over the Trump administration’s attitude to immigration and its migrant deportation plans, met briefly in Rome on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings. The meeting came a day after the US vice-president, who converted to Roman Catholicism in 2019, sat down with senior Vatican officials and had “an exchange of opinions” over international conflicts and immigration.

4 days ago | msn.com | Sam Jones

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4 days ago | yahoo.com | Sam Jones

Almost 200 years ago, the pioneering British travel writer Richard Ford offered an observation that has been happily ignored by the legions of authors who have traipsed in his dusty footsteps across Spain, toting notebooks, the odd violin or Bible, and, of course, their own particular prejudices.