Vatican

Paris, France, Jan 21 – World leaders said they were looking forward to working with Joe Biden, the Democrat sworn in as US president on Wednesday after four turbulent years under Donald Trump.

– European Union –

Charles Michel, president of the European Council, tweeted congratulations to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, adding: “It’s time to bring back conviction & common sense and rejuvenate our EU-US relationship.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “Europe is ready for a fresh start.”

– Iran –

Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict have received their first vaccination against COVID-19, the Vatican said on Thursday.

The two were given the jab at the Vatican, it added.

Francis, who is 84, had part of a lung removed due to an illness in his 20s, so he would be a high-risk patient if he were to contract the virus.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who is 93, also lives within the small city-state that is surrounded by Rome.

The Vatican began its vaccine roll-out on Wednesday.

Catholic Archbishop Patrick Pinder said yesterday that the Archdiocese of Nassau welcomes the formal change made by Pope Francis, who changed church law Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the most sacred place on the altar, even while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests.

The Vatican has launched an investigation into how the Pope’s Instagram account came to “like” a picture of a scantily clad Brazilian model. It is unclear when the account “liked” the image of Natalia Garibotto, who was dressed up in a school uniform outfit. In the photo, she is pushed against a high school locker

Pope Francis, in a film released on Wednesday, has said that he thinks same-sex couples should be allowed to have “civil unions”. The move is the clearest language he has used on the rights of gay people. His comments, a significant departure from Vatican law and his predecessors, are contained in a documentary directed by