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Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman confirmed yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI recently underwent a slight intervention to change the batteries of his pacemaker “that he has for a log time.” “It was not a complicated intervention, rather the opposite, it was an...

The man who killed the alleged perpetrator of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York (USA), is facing a life without a job, pension and dignity. This was revealed by the journalist and Executive Director of the Center for Investigate Reporting, Phil Bronstein,...

Pope Benedict XVI, who last Monday announced his decision to give up the leadership of the Catholic Church, reappeared today on the  Ash Wednesday ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica, before an audience of  12,000 Catholic believers, and said he decided to resign in full...

He resigns due to his old age, after seven years, ten months of being head of the Catholic Church, Benedict represented the conservative wing, which some branded as extreme. His papacy was tinged by controversy. Benedict XVI yesterday surprised the world and members of the...

In 2005, the German Joseph Ratzinger, known as “God’s Rottweiler” for his extreme views, occupied the throne of St. Peter and was renamed as Benedict XVI at age 78 and his tenure has been marred by a series of scandals. In 2009, hundreds of cases of sexual abuse...

The world was stunned today with the announcement of the resignation of the head of the Catholic Church, Benedict XVI, 86, in an event that repeats after almost 600 years. “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my...

Here is a copy of the Pope’s words announcing his resignation to the pontificate:   Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church....

This morning there was an earthquake of magnitude 7 in Colombia, 5 kilometers northeast of Yacuanquer. The epicenter was located in Túquerres 123 km depth, 11 km from Pasto and 200 km from Quito, so it was also felt strongly in Ecuador. Alfredo Munoz, director of the Civil...

According to the Bild am Sonntag Newspaper, Tahmasb Mazaheri, former Iranian Minister of Finances, was recently found in Germany with a check from the Bank of Venezuela, with a value of 300 million bolivars ($ 70 million, 54 million euros). Mazaheri, who also directed the central...

Werner Freund was paratrooper of the German Federal Armed Forces, but Freund was earthbound by wolves, for which it was established a sanctuary in the town of Merzig, Germany in 1972. There he learned to behave like a wolf and managed to become the alpha member of the pack. The...