King of Thailand conveys deepest sympathies to Vatican
In the formal message released on Wednesday, His Majesty and Her Majesty the Queen expressed their profound sorrow at the loss of the Pontiff, a figure held in high esteem…
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The populist pope
When Donald Trump said he would attend Pope Francis’ funeral, the symbolism was impossible to ignore: the American has done to his country’s institutions what Francis did to…
Nobel Laureate Han Kang’s latest work brings meditative reflections on life while tending small garden
The 172-page collection titled 'Light and Thread' is her first publication since winning the Nobel Prize.
Philippine President Marcos to attend Pope Francis funeral
Pope Francis’ burial has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, where he also made his last appearance through an Easter Sunday blessing and a popemobile tour.
Singapore’s elderly cheerleaders show off their moves
Age is no barrier for Singapore’s first elderly cheerleading team, which stole the show at the World Ageing Festival here on April 8.
The pope of the excluded: Philippine Daily Inquirer
In his 12 years of papacy, Pope Francis had become known as the People’s Pope for embracing the downtrodden, the marginalised, and the excluded in controversial statements and…
Atomic bomb survivors vow to carry on Pope’s legacy; remember message during Hiroshima, Nagasaki visits
Pope Francis delivered a speech at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Nov. 24, 2019 and at Nagasaki's Hypocentre Park.
‘Gaza lost a friend’ — Internet remembers Pope Francis’ support for Palestine after his passing
People around the world, irrespective of religion, mourned the loss of the pontiff, with many highlighting his repeated support for Gaza.
Asia mourns Pope’s death: ‘His humility brought many back to the fold of the Church’
In the Philippines, home to Asia’s largest Catholic population with 85 million, the bells of Manila Cathedral tolled on the afternoon of April 21 as news of the Pope’s passing…
Oscar winning South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung owns it: ‘I’ve been in this job too long’
The 78-year-old actress and her co-star Han Gi-chan have just endured a four-hour marathon of back-to-back interviews in English when we connect over Zoom for our conversation…