By Will Grant BBC Mexico correspondent When Miguel Pantaleon was ordained into the Catholic church last month, it was the biggest day of his young life. The 28-year-old trainee priest had spent almost a decade working towards joining the clergy. At a packed Mass in his dusty village of Rincon del Carmen in western Mexico, […]
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By Aleem Maqbool in Vatican City Religion Editor, BBC News In the early hours on a stunning Easter morning in Vatican City, thousands of people from around the world waited to be let into St Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Mass. Once access was opened, nuns and priests were among those who ran to secure […]
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Social barriers faced by Roma, Gypsies and Travellers laid bare in equality survey Patrick Butler THE GUARDIAN More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated physical or verbal abuse, according to the biggest and most comprehensive survey of race inequality in the UK for more than a quarter […]
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Residents in the northern part of the island of St Kitts reportedly experienced a hailstorm Thursday morning. Videos and pictures have been making the rounds on social media of the reported rare weather event, with the areas being identified as Tabernacle, Saddlers Village and Dieppe Bay. In one video, a woman expressed shock at the weather […]
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By CMC News Former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis says he has been interviewed by the police as part of an extensive criminal investigation into his administration’s coronavirus (COVID-19) food assistance program. Minnis, who left office in September 2021 after his Free National Movement government lost the general election, told the Tribune newspaper that three senior […]
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By CMC News The United States says it has imposed visa and financial sanctions on the former president of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, for his alleged involvement in corruption. US Secretary of State, Antony J Blinken, said the decision is in keeping with efforts to “support the people of Haiti and respond […]
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The AP Wire 2 killed in West Bank after Israel strikes Lebanon, Gaza Israel has conducted rare airstrikes in Lebanon and continued bombarding the Gaza Strip, an escalation that sparked fears of a broader conflict following violence over Jerusalem’s most sensitive site. Read More. Tennessee’s House expels 2 of 3 Democrats over guns protest In […]
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By Robert A. Emmanuel A&B Observer The 14 surviving West Africans from the March 28 boat disaster will likely be returned into the community as the government makes plans to receive them from the St Kitts authorities. Following the capsize of Guadeloupe-registered La Belle Michelle, which saw three people confirmed dead and 13 more presumed […]
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BLUMENAU, Brazil (AFP)— The families of four children killed at a Brazilian preschool held emotional funerals for them Thursday, a day after an attacker murdered them with a hatchet in a crime that has shocked the nation. Brazil is still reeling from Wednesday’s attack, in which authorities say a 25-year-old man with a history of […]
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