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Liam: a Loafers Lodge story

An author pays tribute to a kind and gentle man

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I left my party lifestyle behind for a week in a nunnery – and began to see the light

Among the Benedictine nuns, without my phone, or alcohol, or mirrors, a truer path to contentment emerged, says freelance journalist Elizabeth McCafferty

The Guardian - UK

These are the most popular Bridgerton-inspired baby names

Unsurprisingly they're back in style following the release of Queen Charlotte

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How to watch and stream the 2023 HBCU Legacy Bowl

The 2023 HBCU Legacy Bowl will air live on NFL Network this afternoon.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Popes are for life, resignations should not become a fashion, Francis says

Pope Francis has said that pontiffs resigning instead of ruling for life should not become a "fashion" in the Roman Catholic Church and happen only in truly exceptional circumstances.

Reuters

Pope says Church conservatives exploited death of ex-pope Benedict

Pope Francis has said some in the conservative wing of the Roman Catholic Church had exploited the death of the former pope, Benedict, in an unethical way for their own gains.

Reuters

‘Being homosexual is not a crime’: Pope denounces anti-gay laws

In his first interview since the death of former Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis criticised laws on homosexuality, labelling them “unjust”.

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Dame Patricia Routledge says ‘late Pope Benedict was said to be an unlikely fan of Keeping Up Appearances’

The actress, who played the ever snobbish Hyacinth Bucket, reveals the BBC sitcom’s unlikely fans

Evening Standard

George Pell: a 'political bruiser' whose church legacy will be overshadowed by child abuse allegations

Former senior Vatican figure George Pell has died in Rome from complications following hip surgery. He was 81.

The Conversation

Pope Francis meets Benedict's top aide as memoir rattles Vatican

Pope Francis on Monday privately met Archbishop Georg Ganswein, former Pope Benedict's closest aide, who has rattled the Vatican with a book describing what he says were the strains while two men wearing white lived within its ancient walls.

Reuters

Biden signs condolences for former Pope Benedict in Washington

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a condolence book for former Pope Benedict in Washington on Thursday, paying his respects to the former pontiff on the day his funeral mass was held in Vatican City.

Reuters

Guide to the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict

Pope Francis will preside at a funeral Mass in St. Peter's Square on Thursday for his predecessor former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday at the age of 95.

Reuters

Pope Benedict: Thousands more bid farewell at Vatican including Hungary’s Orban

Tens of thousands expected for Benedict’s funeral on Thursday

The Independent UK

Benedict funeral to be similar to that of reigning popes

(This Jan. 3 story has been refiled to correct grammar in paragraph 11)

Reuters

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Benedict's death clears path for Pope Francis to retire of old age in future

Six months ago Pope Francis brushed off speculation he was about to resign due to health problems, but even if he had toyed with the idea, he faced one major obstacle: there was already another ex-pope in retirement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Francis Addresses Faithful after Ex-pope's Death

Pope Francis will address the Catholic faithful on Sunday at the Vatican, the day after the death of his predecessor at the age of 95. The pontiff led tributes on Saturday to the "kind" and "noble" emeritus pope, who died almost a decade after becoming the first head of the…

Reuters

Taiwan president's special envoy to attend late Pope's funeral

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will send a special envoy to attend this week's funeral of former Pope Benedict, with her office saying it is a demonstration of the "deep friendship" between Taiwan and the Vatican, which has been courting China.

Reuters

Pope Francis calls Benedict noble, kind man who was gift to the world

Pope Francis, in his first public comments since the death of his predecessor earlier on Saturday, called former Pope Benedict a noble, kind man who was a gift to the Church and the world.

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German leaders mourn death of former Pope Benedict

German politicians and church leaders mourned the death of former Pope Benedict on Saturday, hailing his importance to his homeland as Germany's first pontiff in 1,000 years.

Manchester Evening News

The new films and shows out on Disney+ this weekend - October 28

Disney Plus has some great new content dropping in October

Al Jazeera

Why is 90-year-old Cardinal Zen standing trial in Hong Kong?

The retired leader of the territory’s Catholic Church and critic of Beijing is accused of failing to register a fund.

Reuters

German sex abuse lawsuit targets former Pope Benedict

A lawsuit brought against an alleged paedophile priest in Germany is seeking to establish whether former Pope Benedict and other members of the clergy were culpable in a historical case of child sexual abuse, the plaintiff's lawyer said.

Daily Mirror

Netflix’s Bridgerton to stray from novels with unexpected romance in season three

The third book Bridgerton book focuses on second son Benedict’s romance, but the Netflix third season will stray from the original storylines seen in the novels

Daily Mirror

Bridgerton's Simone Ashley teases season three Kate and Anthony plotlines

Bridgerton's Simone Ashley has confirmed that her character Kate Sharma and Jonathan Bailey’s viscount Anthony Bridgerton will return in the third season of the hit Netflix show

Daily Mirror

Bridgerton star trained for sex scenes that never happened as show tones down raunch

Bridgerton star Luke Thompson got into shape with a personal trainer for sex scenes he never filmed amid an on-set mix-up with co-star Luke Newton

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