Jo Whiley has said she ‘could not be happier’ as her disabled sister Francis is set to receive her first Covid-19 vaccination, a month after the virus left her ‘fighting for her life’. The radio 2 presenter, 55, revealed her excitement at the news that her younger sibling Francis, 53, will get her first dose … Read more
Jo Whiley has said she ‘could not be happier’ as her disabled sister Francis is set to receive her first Covid-19 vaccination, a month after the virus left her ‘fighting for her life’. The radio 2 presenter, 55, revealed her excitement at the news that her younger sibling Francis, 53, will get her first dose … Read more
Pope Francis leaves Iraq after successful first-ever papal visit to the country Francis and his entourage were waved off by Iraq’s president at Baghdad airport He will fly back to Rome after covering more than 900 miles on his four-day trip The 84-year-old pontiff urged Iraqis to embrace diversity and reject extremism By Tim Stickings … Read more
Pope Francis leaves Iraq after successful first-ever papal visit to the country Francis and his entourage were waved off by Iraq’s president at Baghdad airport He will fly back to Rome after covering more than 900 miles on his four-day trip The 84-year-old pontiff urged Iraqis to embrace diversity and reject extremism By Tim Stickings … Read more
Pope Francis today held a historic meeting with the top Shia Islam cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on day two of his landmark visit to Iraq. The 84-year-old, who defied security fears and the pandemic to become the first pontiff to travel to the Gulf, met with the Grand Ayatollah in Najaf as his four-day trip … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island? Author Francis Spufford is reading Hermione Lee’s biography of Tom Stoppard He says that he would take The Book of Psalms from the Bible to a desert island Reading Tolkien’s The Hobbit when he was six gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail … Read more
The Pope appoints two women to Vatican posts previously only ever held by men in Francis’s latest show of support for equality Pope Francis has appointed two women to posts previously held only by men One of them now has the right to vote in the all-male assemblies of bishops In 2020, Francis assigned six … Read more
Pope Francis will receive Covid-19 jab this week and declares ‘without a vaccine you are playing with life’ Vatican City is preparing to vaccinate its 450 residents this week with Pfizer jab Pope Francis said it is an ‘ethical duty’ for everyone to get inoculated He has been in favour of vaccines despite misgivings among … Read more
Pope Francis reveals he will get Covid vaccine as early as next week and says opposition to jab is ‘suicidal denial’ Pope Francis, 84, will receive Covid vaccine as early as next week, he confirmed Pontiff had part of one lung removed as a younger man in his native Argentina Described people not getting the vaccination … Read more
Pope Francis reveals he will get Covid vaccine as early as next week and says opposition to jab is ‘suicidal denial’ Pope Francis, 84, will receive Covid vaccine as early as next week, he confirmed Pontiff had part of one lung removed as a younger man in his native Argentina Described people not getting the vaccination … Read more