Rome/Vatican [ENA] Today Pope Francis, 83, elevated 13 clerics to the College of Cardinals, the elite group of red-robed churchmen whose primary task is to elect a new Pope. This is the first Consistory which was held in the Vatican on 28 and 29 November, for the first time in Streaming due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Pope gave the red birretta to the thirteen new cardinals, six Italians, of whom nine are "electors" of the next   [Full story...]

Rome [ENA] The European Parliament is deeply concerned by the current armed conflict between the federal government of Ethiopia and the regional administration of Tigray led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), comprising the ongoing violence and allegations of serious breaches of fundamental human rights. The Parliament calls on both parties to commit to an immediate ceasefire and to settle political differences by   [Full story...]