Biden basks in Ireland’s welcome as he highlights personal and political ties | CNN Politics
Dublin, Ireland CNN — President Joe Biden is spending most of his trip to Ireland this week exploring his family’s...
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Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’ say sectarianism lives on, thwarting progress | CNN
Belfast CNN — Cori Conlon grew up thinking Protestants were “the bad guys.” They went to different schools, played different...
Zelensky shares Iftar with Muslim soldiers in ‘new tradition of respect’ | CNN
CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared Iftar with Ukrainian Muslim soldiers observing Ramadan on Friday, in what he said...
Pope jokes he’s ‘still alive’ as he leaves hospital | CNN
Rome CNN — Pope Francis joked that he is “still alive” as he left the hospital in Rome where he...
Pope showing ‘clear improvement’ after antibiotic treatment for bronchitis infection, could leave hospital soon | CNN
Rome CNN — Pope Francis showed a “clear improvement” on Thursday after being given intravenous antibiotics for a bronchitis infection...
Pope Francis expands Catholic Church sexual abuse law to cover lay leaders | CNN
Rome, Italy CNN — Pope Francis has updated a 2019 church law governing clerical sexual abuse and extended it to...
India cuts internet to 27 million as Punjab police hunt Sikh separatist | CNN
CNN — Indian authorities have blocked internet access for about 27 million people in the state of Punjab for a...
Deadly mass shooting at Jehovah’s Witnesses center in Hamburg stuns Germany | CNN
CNN — Germany was in shock on Friday after a gunman killed six people as well as an unborn child...
Pope Francis attracts more than one million worshippers to DRC Mass | CNN
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo CNN — More than one million people attended Pope Francis’ Mass in Kinshasa in the...
Pope Francis to visit two fragile African nations | CNN
CNN — Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where...
Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up | CNN
CNN — The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities or even soldiers. But the sound...
Executions aren’t new in Iran, but this time they’re different | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Pope Francis leads funeral for predecessor Benedict XVI, a first in modern times | CNN
Rome CNN — Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral attended by...
Former Pope Benedict XVI lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of funeral | CNN
Rome CNN — The lying-in-state of former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday at the age of 95, began Monday...
Three foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees | CNN
CNN — Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after...
Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work | CNN
CNN — The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female...
Pope Francis has already signed resignation letter in case of bad health | CNN
Rome CNN — Pope Francis has revealed in a new interview that he has already signed his resignation letter to...
Hong Kong finds 90-year-old cardinal guilty over pro-democracy protest fund | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — A 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party was found guilty Friday...
Pope Francis calls Chechens and Buryats ‘the cruelest’ Russian troops fighting in Ukraine | CNN
CNN — Pope Francis has described two of Russia’s ethnic minority groups, the Chechens and Buryats, as some of the...
Japanese Prime Minister orders investigation into controversial Unification Church | CNN
Tokyo CNN — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered an investigation into the Unification Church amid a growing scandal...
