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Museums are often discussed through collections, architecture or national importance, though attendance figures reveal something slightly different. The museums drawing the largest crowds tend to sit at the intersection of tourism, public memory, and cultural symbolism. Some occupy former royal palaces. Others became landmarks because entire cities grew around them over centuries. Visitor numbers also…
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year pontificate.Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring…
The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Set aside the skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz for the moment. The Trump White House has officially opened a second war front, with salvoes against the Vatican in the midst of a war on Iran. The papacy isn’t holding back either. In a scorching smackdown of the MAGA ministry,…
‘Stick to matters of morality’: JD Vance tells Vatican to stay out of US politics amid Trump–Pope row US Vice President JD Vance asked the Vatican on Monday to “stick to matters of morality” amid an escalating public clash between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war.“I certainly think that in…
Fr Richard D’Souza with Pope Leo XIV. D’Souza has served as superior of the Jesuit community attached to Vatican Observatory since 2002 PANAJI: Physicist, astronomer, scientist, Indiana Jones. Not quite the words to describe a priest, let alone a 46-year-old Jesuit from Mapusa. But that is exactly what Fr Richard D’Souza is.At the Vatican Observatory…
The Vatican has transferred 62 cultural items linked to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, framing the move as a “concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.” The items, which include an iconic Inuit kayak, masks, wampum belts and other ceremonial objects, are slated to arrive in Montreal…
NEW DELHI: Pope Leo XIV blessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday during a Papal Audience at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Wednesday. The Pope prayed for Modi’s good health and long life as around 30,000 people gathered for the weekly event.The Papal Audience is a special gathering where the Pope…
Image credits: Getty Images In his first-ever media interview conducted by Vatican correspondent Elise Ann Allen, Pope Leo criticised the ‘widening gulf’ between the executive and worker salaries, pointing out Tesla’s $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk.“CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the…
