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A self-styled mystic who drew hundreds of pilgrims to a town near Rome by claiming a statue of the Virgin Mary wept tears of blood has been sent to trial for alleged fraud. Gisella Cardia, who also claimed the statue was transmitting messages to her, will be tried along with her husband, Gianni Cardia, in April next year. They are accused of staging fake apparitions of the Virgin Mary and making false predictions of catastrophes to attract donations from their Catholic followers.

We waited 10 to 5 minutes, I don't really know, and then we went to the gym, and then the doors locked, just to make sure [the shooter] didn't come. We waited in the gym for more news and everyone was okay or most people were. Halsne then said his friend got hit in the back by a bullet. I was super scared for him, but I think now he is okay, Halsne added.

The remains of disgraced bishop Eamonn Casey have been released to his family, leaving them to decide whether to bury him alongside his siblings in Limerick or cremate him.

Kevin's face hollows, his eyes deaden, and we see his soul drain from his body. 'How'd you find out?' he says in a level, diminished tone that rings with years of trauma.

For decades, many in the audience had grappled with the scars left by their time in Catholic-run institutions; now they were on their feet chanting: Truth, justice and reparations.

"The looser it was, the more it scraped [the skin], so it was just easier to tie it really tight and then double- or treble-knot it."

Black garments signify "humility and the desire to remain unnoticed," Dr. Taylor Marshall explained on X (formerly Twitter). Queen Letizia's white attire stood out remarkably.

Pedro Vasquez, an 82-year-old priest, reflects on his close friendship with Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV, expressing both joy and nervousness in connecting after his papacy.