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Breaking: Pope Francis Appoints Tanzanian, 12 Others Cardinals

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  • Catholic Pontif, Francis, on Sunday noon announced the appointment of 13 new Cardinals for the Church, among them, an African,  Archbishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, o.
    f.m. cap – Archbishop of Kinshasa, Tanzanian.
  • Pope Francis read names of the prelates who will receive the red hat on October 5, the vigil of the Amazon Synod.

    After reciting the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Francis announced a consistory to be held on October 5, for the nomination of 10 new Cardinals, Vatican media said.
  • He said that the places where these new Cardinals come from express the missionary vocation of the Church as she continues to announce the merciful love of God to every person on earth.
    The names of the new Cardinals are: 1.  Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, mccj – President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. 2.  Archbishop José Tolentino Medonça – Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church 3.  Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo – Archbishop of Jakarta 4.  Archbishop Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez – Archbishop de San Cristóbal of Havana 5.  Archbishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, o.f.m. cap – Archbishop of Kinshasa 6.  Archbishop Jean-Claude Höllerich, sj – Archbishop of Luxembourg 7.  Bishop Alvaro L. Ramazzini Imeri – Bishop di Huehuetenamgo 8.  Archbishop Matteo Zuppi – Archbishop of Bologna. 9.  Archbishop Cristóbal López Romero, sdb – Archbishop of Rabat 10.    Father Michael Czerny, sj – Undersecretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Development.
  • Reports also said the Pope is added two Archbishops and a Bishop who have served the Church in a distinguished way: These include: 1.  Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald – Archbishop Emeritus of Nepte. 2.  Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius, sj – Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas 3.  Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso, psdp – Bishop Emeritus of Benguela.
  • “Let us pray for the new Cardinals so that, confirming their adhesion to Christ, they might help in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for the good of all the faithful Holy People of God,” the Pope was quoted to have said.

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UN Emergency Aid Fund Releases $110m for Neglected Humanitarian Crises

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The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated 110 million dollars to neglected crises across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, amid deep cuts to global humanitarian funding,

UN’s top aid official Tom Fletcher in a statement, said more than 300 million people were in urgent need of assistance.

But funding has been falling annually, and this year’s levels are projected to drop to a record low.

“Brutal funding cuts don’t mean that humanitarian needs disappear; today’s emergency fund allocation channels resources swiftly to where they’re needed most,” he said.

One third of the CERF money will support Sudan and neighbouring Chad, which is home to many uprooted Sudanese.

The funds will also bolster aid response in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Honduras, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Venezuela, and Zambia.

Part of the allocation will go towards life-saving initiatives to protect vulnerable people from climate shocks too.

Speaking on the situation, UN Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Executive Director, Catherine Russell said funding cuts to overseas aid levels in multiple countries were severely limiting the UN Children Fund’s ability to reach millions of children in dire need.

Russell highlighted cuts “by numerous donor countries follow two years of aid reductions at a time of unprecedented need.  Millions of children are affected by conflict, need to be vaccinated against deadly diseases such as measles and polio, and must be educated and kept healthy.”

She added that needs are outpacing resources and despite introducing efficiencies and innovation to their work, UNICEF teams have stretched every contribution to its limit.

“But there is no way around it, these new cuts are creating a global funding crisis that will put the lives of millions of additional children at risk.”

Funded entirely by voluntary contributions, the UN children’s agency has helped save millions, making “historic progress”.

Since 2000, global under-fives mortality has dropped by 50 per cent: “UNICEF implores all donors to continue to fund critical aid programs for the world’s children. We cannot fail them now,” Russell underlined.

Offering one snapshot of how cuts and shortfalls in aid are impacting one of the world’s most vulnerable nations, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric highlighted conditions in Afghanistan.

“Our humanitarian colleagues warn that Afghanistan continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis defined by decades of conflict, entrenched poverty, climate-induced shocks and rising protection risks, especially for women and girls,” he told reporters at the regular daily briefing in New York.

More than half of the population – or 23 million people – need humanitarian assistance in the country, which has been run by the Taliban since they seized power from the democratically elected Government in August 2021.

Nearly 3.5 million children under five and more than a million pregnant and breastfeeding women are expected to become acutely malnourished, while explosive hazards continue to pose a lethal threat following decades of brutal civil conflict.

An estimated 55 people are killed or injured by ordnance every month – most of them are children.

“Funding cuts are already significantly constraining the humanitarian community’s efforts to provide assistance to those most in need,” Dujarric said. (NAN)

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Polish Presidential Candidate Says Zelensky Acting Inappropriately

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is said to be acting “unworthy’’ toward his allies, a presidential candidate from Poland’s largest opposition party Law and Justice, Karol Nawrocki, said on Monday.

“I think that Zelensky is acting unworthy of his allies, Poland included,’’ Nawrocki told Radio Zet.
He claimed that Ukraine was left alone at the start of the conflict, meaning that he underestimated the tremendous efforts of Poles and the Polish president,” Nawrocki said.
Zelensky’s statement was during his notorious meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.“This was also pointed out by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.This is not the way to build a country’s security,” he added.
Nawrocki, whom polls put second after Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in the May 18 election, also believes his country should cut any ties with Russia.“There are many economic issues to the Polish-Russian relations,’’ he said.He adding “if you ask me, maintaining diplomatic relations with Russia is disadvantageous for Poland.’’The meeting between Trump and Zelensky in Washington on Feb. 28 escalated into a verbal altercation, involving also US Vice President JD Vance.The U.S. officials accused Zelensky of disrespect and a lack of gratitude for U.S. support.Trump refused to go ahead with the signing of the landmark rare earths deal, and the Ukrainian delegation was asked to leave.A number of European leaders sided with Zelenskyy. (dpa/NAN)

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Macron to Meet Trump at the White House for Talks on Ukraine

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 French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Washington on Monday to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine with U.

S. President Donald Trump.

The meeting comes on the day of the third anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine and days after Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for starting the war.

It also comes after Trump held a 90 minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin – without Ukrainian or European participation.

Last week Macron called European heads of state and prime ministers to Paris for crisis talks and then spoke to Trump on the phone.

Among other things, the meeting dealt with the question of European peacekeeping forces to secure a possible ceasefire.

Trump is also expected to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington in the next few days.

According to media reports, Starmer could be keen to present the concept for a peacekeeping force.

On Saturday, Trump had a brief exchange with Polish President Andrzej Duda on the fringes of the CPAC conservative political conference just outside of Washington.

There had been concern that the United States would reduce its troop strength in Europe or even withdraw its soldiers altogether.

However, Duda said he was convinced that this would not happen following a visit on Feb. 14 by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine. (dpa/NAN)

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