The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up to six million.
Residents in three areas in Australia's northern Queensland state were ordered to evacuate their homes this morning as bushfires burned out of control.
Firefighters including those flown in from across Australia and New Zealand have been battling blaz
Cork Airport weather station saw its highest amount of October rainfall on record last month, while nine stations broke their October maximum temperature records, according to Met Éireann.
Cork Airport recorded 307.22mm of rainfall during the month, t
A document signed by Pope Francis has confirmed that trans people can be baptised as Catholics, become godparents and be witnesses at wedding ceremonies.
The document was written in response to a letter submitted by Brazilian Bishop José Negri, which
Rescue workers in Nepal have begun digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight yearskilled 157 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi.