he International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) annual Military Balance 2026 report shows that while the pace of increase in military spending for defence has moderated compared to previous years, Europe and parts of Asia recorded...
As the civil war continues to wreak death, destruction and displacement in Sudan, observers warn its neighbour, South Sudan, risks a return to all-out civil war as well. Having obtained independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan is the world’s youngest nation. It...
The Holy See’s children’s hospital, Bambino Gesù, is considered the leading paediatric hospital in Europe and the 6th best in the world, according to the US magazine Newsweek’s 2026 World’s Best Hospitals ranking. Created in collaboration with the data gathering...
At the conclusion of a week of Spiritual Exercises in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV offered words of gratitude and reflection, drawing together the themes that marked the Lenten retreat preached by Bishop Erik Varden. He described the days as “a profound spiritual...
Enthusiastic reactions are emerging from the various countries that Pope Leo XIV will visit in the coming months, after the journeys were officially announced by the Holy See Press Office on Wednesday, February 25. His first visit will be on March 28 to Monaco; he...
