Vatican cityThe Vatican stressed Thursday that the movement to combat climate change is unstoppable and worldwide, although it said it would welcome a U.S. return to the Paris agreement.The Holy See’s foreign minister, Monsignor Paul Gallagher, at a news conference marking five years since Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’” decrying human damage to the environment, insisted that “humanity will not be blown off course” by any one player’s decision.Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration formally began the process to exit the climate deal, in which nearly 200 nations...…Vatican cityThe Vatican stressed Thursday that the movement to combat climate change is unstoppable and worldwide, although it said it would welcome a U.S. return to the Paris agreement.The Holy See’s foreign minister, Monsignor Paul Gallagher, at a news conference marking five years since Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’” decrying human damage to the environment, insisted that “humanity will not be blown off course” by any one player’s decision.Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration formally began the process to exit the climate deal, in which nearly 200 nations...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/africa-europe-religion-migration-9b1e8c9bd5581f058e5d313660fdff40Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/africa-europe-religion-migration-9b1e8c9bd5581f058e5d313660fdff40Click to copyRelated topicsVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days for help for their overcrowded, foundering rubber dinghy in the sea off Libya but potential rescuers choose “to look the other way.” Francis called the sea tragedy last week “a moment of shame.” The migrants had made a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/africa-europe-religion-migration-9b1e8c9bd5581f058e5d313660fdff40Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/africa-europe-religion-migration-9b1e8c9bd5581f058e5d313660fdff40Click to copyRelated topicsVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days for help for their overcrowded, foundering rubber dinghy in the sea off Libya but potential rescuers choose “to look the other way.” Francis called the sea tragedy last week “a moment of shame.” The migrants had made a...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/seniors-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-rome-a2f405d8dcc0a55bc5a4d2a6da67c251Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/seniors-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-rome-a2f405d8dcc0a55bc5a4d2a6da67c251Click to copyRelated topicsROME (AP) — Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. Even some of their adult children jumped ahead of them.By one estimate, the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/seniors-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-rome-a2f405d8dcc0a55bc5a4d2a6da67c251Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/seniors-europe-italy-coronavirus-pandemic-rome-a2f405d8dcc0a55bc5a4d2a6da67c251Click to copyRelated topicsROME (AP) — Octogenarians in Tuscany watched in disbelief and indignation as lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them, despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. Even some of their adult children jumped ahead of them.By one estimate, the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/world-news-sicily-italy-oceans-coronavirus-pandemic-adb9f53457476a7ffdb9d89b411896d2Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/world-news-sicily-italy-oceans-coronavirus-pandemic-adb9f53457476a7ffdb9d89b411896d2Click to copyRelated topicsROME (AP) — A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small number of whom tested positive for COVID-19, was headed to a port in Sicily on Sunday.SOS Mediterranee, the humanitarian group which operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking, told The Associated Press that Italy had granted the vessel permission to enter the port of...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/world-news-sicily-italy-oceans-coronavirus-pandemic-adb9f53457476a7ffdb9d89b411896d2Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/world-news-sicily-italy-oceans-coronavirus-pandemic-adb9f53457476a7ffdb9d89b411896d2Click to copyRelated topicsROME (AP) — A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small number of whom tested positive for COVID-19, was headed to a port in Sicily on Sunday.SOS Mediterranee, the humanitarian group which operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking, told The Associated Press that Italy had granted the vessel permission to enter the port of...WW…