Coronavirus latest updates: Iran warns it could use force to limit travel as cases rise
First cases reported in Vatican City and Serbia, and first deaths in UK and the Netherlands, as WHO warns of sustained community transmission‘Fake, Fake’: senior Chinese leader heckled by residents‘More scary than coronavirus’: South Korea alerts expose private livesHas Covid-19 mutated? Busting the mythsTrump calls WHO ’s global death rate ‘a false number’Share your experiences11.29amGMTRelated:Before and after: coronavirus empties world's busiest spaces11.27amGMTBoris Johnson was updated on the coronavirus outbreak in a call on Friday with Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty, Downing Street has sai...
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Pope Francis Marks Ash Wednesday Mask-Free as Some Italian Towns Cancel Services Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual kicking off the Catholic Church’s Lenten season in traditional fashion, while other Masses in northern Italy were canceled over fears of the new coronavirus.
Francis and a long line of priests, bishops and cardinals processed through Rome’s Aventine hill into the 5th-century Santa Sabina basilica for the late-afternoon Mass. Neither the priests nor the faithful were wearing masks, and they all exchanged a sign of peace toward the end of the liturgy. But Rome has largely been spared Italy’s outbreak so far.
Other Catholic countries too...
Source: TIME: Health - February 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicole Winfield and Jim Gomez / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 onetime The Vatican Source Type: news
Pope denounces healthcare inequality in rich countries
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned on Thursday inequality in healthcare, particularly in rich countries, saying governments had a duty to ensure the common good for all its citizens. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Pope denounces healthcare inequality, says all should be protected
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned on Thursday inequality in healthcare, particularly in rich countries, saying governments had a duty to protect all citizens. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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No more Holy Smokes - Vatican bans sale of cigarettes
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has ordered a ban on the sale of cigarettes inside the Vatican from next year because of health concerns, a spokesman said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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A Vatican Diplomat to the U.S. Got Recalled Amid a Child Porn Investigation
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican priest working in the Holy See’s embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. officials flagged possible violations of child pornography laws, the Vatican said Friday.
The Vatican declined to identify the diplomat, but said he was currently in Vatican City and that Vatican prosecutors have launched their own probe.
The State Department confirmed that it had asked the Vatican to lift the official’s diplomatic immunity. It said that request was denied.
In a statement, the Vatican said the U.S. State Department had notified the Vatican on Aug. 21 of a “possible viola...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - September 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized onetime pope priest Vatican washington Source Type: news
Huntington ’s disease: the pope steps in to help raise awareness
A papal audience for families affected by the inherited brain disease could end centuries of stigma – and open vital doors in the search for a cureIt was with the pomp and intrigue of a Dan Brown novel that earlier this month Pope Francis made his way into the Aula Paolo VI audience hall, a room the size of an aeroplane hangar in Vatican City. Flanked by the flamboyant Swiss Guard and dark-suited men muttering into earpieces, he headed for an oversized chair on a stage in front of nearly 2,000 people. Many applauded, most gawped in disbelief.The pope was there to do something no other world leader has done before. He was...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 27, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Dara Mohammadi in Vatican City Tags: Genetics Pope Francis Medical research Science The papacy Religion Catholicism World news Vatican Italy Source Type: news
Pope tells geneticists that destroying embryos is unjustifiable
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis praised scientists working on treatments for genetic diseases on Thursday but condemned any use of human embryos in medical research. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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China 'mending its ways' on unethical organ transplants, official says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Beijing's top official on transplants said on Tuesday Beijing was "mending its ways" from a murky past when organs were taken from detained or executed prisoners. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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U2 guitarist The Edge makes history as he rocks Sistine Chapel for cancer
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Edge, lead guitarist with the Irish band U2, has become the first rock star to play in the Sistine Chapel, a venue he described as "the most beautiful parish hall in the world". (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Biden gets papal blessing for his global war on cancer
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took his crusade against cancer to the Vatican on Friday and heard Pope Francis call for an "economic paradigm shift" where medical research is dictated by need rather than profit. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Lessons On Bernie Sanders' Vatican Visit, From A Bioethicist Who Knows
Bernie Sanders went to Vatican City to deliver ten minutes of remarks on justice and the world economy. This strikes many pundits as, to be frank, stupid. But no one has ever invited any of them to muse for a few moments inside the gates of the Holy See. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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Leonardo DiCaprio And Pope Francis Nerd Out On The Environment
Looks like Leonardo DiCaprio is perhaps seeking a little divine intervention ahead of the 88th annual Academy Awards. The actor arrived in Vatican City on Thursday to discuss climate change and offer a check to Pope Francis' charity work, according to the Associated Press, greeting the pontiff in Italian and kissing his ring. (function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?playList=519451176&height=&width=100&sid=577&origin=SOLR&responsive=true&ratio=wide&align=center&relatedMode=2&relatedBottomHeight=60&companionPos=&hasCompanion=false&autoStart=false&colorPallet=%23FFEB00&v...
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The Secret To How Pope Francis Keeps His Hectic Travel Schedule
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World Mayors Seek ‘Bold Climate Agreement’ at Vatican
(VATICAN CITY)—Dozens of mayors from around the world demanded Tuesday that their national leaders take bold steps at the Paris climate talks later this year, saying that may be the last chance to keep the warming of the Earth at levels safe for humanity.
Some 60 mayors selected because they support Pope Francis’ environmental message gathered Tuesday at the Vatican for a two-day conference to keep the pressure on world leaders ahead of the Paris negotiations in December. Francis last month released an environmental encyclical that denounced what he calls a fossil fuel-based world economy that exploits the poor...
Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories - July 21, 2015 Category: Science Authors: matkatz Tags: Uncategorized climate change Vatican Source Type: news
