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...Francis Spufford never repeats himself....
...is the former president of the Jamestown Foundation and author of ‘Black Sea Battleground’ At first glance, 37-year-old Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov may not seem to share much in common with Sir Francis...
...The Reform Club What it is: a St James’s gentlemen’s club for people who want to pretend they aren’t members of a St James’s gentlemen’s club....
...Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury spoke of the war in Gaza during their Christmas messages. The pope spoke of the “abominable” attack on Israel on October 7....
...This year’s scene in St Peter’s Square comes from the diocese of Rieti, not far from Rome, where St Francis of Assisi is believed to have created the first Nativity scene 800 years ago (see below)....
...We learn how Veres struck a deal with Italy’s anti-mafia police: using his contacts in the art world, he would help them locate one of Italy’s lost treasures, Caravaggio’s “Nativity with St Francis and St...
...Albanese Meats & Poultry, 238 Elizabeth St, New York; @moethebutcher...
...If I’m anywhere else then this packable grill will allow me to channel my inner Francis Mallmann. snowpeak.com St Dupont black and gold Ligne 2 lighter, £1,140 A good gift is often a more indulgent version...
...On Sunday Pope Francis commented on the killings, saying: “Unarmed civilians are subjected to bombings and shootings....
...Financial markets closed Senegal: presidential election Vatican City: Pope Francis attends a Palm Sunday service in St Peter’s Square...
...The only way for the rich to avoid damnation was to renounce luxury (as paintings of that era show St Francis of Assisi doing), or make donations to support art, education and religion....
...The motion calling on the company to join the OGMP at this year’s annual meeting, proposed by the Sisters of St Francis, was defeated....
...from St Peter’s Square in Rome....
...Political scientist Francis Fukuyama — no stranger to incorrect future-gazing — complained that Turchin’s approach was “not very useful in making short-term predictions”....
...Vatican City: Pope Francis will lead Midnight Mass at St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. Thank you for reading FirstFT this year....
...Apprenticed at 11 to his grandfather the banner painter, he learnt early to make eye-catching, lively, clear designs, evident in the Louvre’s youthful panels “The Stigmatisation of Saint Francis” and “The...
...We had help this week from Ethan Plotkin, Kyra Assibey-Bonsu, Zach St Louis, Sam Giovinco, David da Silva, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz....
...Vatican City: Pope Francis leads the Midnight Mass at St Peter’s Basilica...
...He also referred to China, Argentina’s second largest trading partner, as “murderous”, the Argentine Pope Francis as “a filthy leftist” and climate change as “a socialist hoax”....
...In October 2002, some 300,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Square to witness Escrivá’s canonisation....
...In St Peter’s Square this week, mourners were themselves considering the results of the Church’s first experiment in living with two popes....
...Its publication was announced while the late pope emeritus still lay in state in St Peter’s then landed in Italian bookstores a week after the funeral....
...Monetary policy: US Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman will give a speech on banking reforms at a conference hosted by the Fed’s St Louis branch....
...April 26 to 28; further information and tickets here Event St Patrick’s Day London celebrates St Patrick’s Day in style, with a huge, emerald-clad crowd snaking its way from Piccadilly to Trafalgar Square...
...It crowds into the carefully planned spaces between St Pancras and King’s Cross stations....
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