I would like you to do that but not this way, ... It's a very interesting strategy, you have reassurance."
I am not happy with the Russian strikes on Kyiv. Not necessary, and very bad timing.”
Starmer likes to display top level power and global influence but he doesn’t have the body language skills to compete with the likes of Trump and Macron
Starmer’s expression suggests he was suffering from leadership FOMO (fear of missing out).
Zelensky extends his arm and what might have been a simple handshake is upgraded to a "Bro shake" - a ritual that suggests close allegiance and loyalty.
Even having to change plans, it is a joy to remember (Francis),
We are here to honor him because he always said, 'don't forget to pray for me,'
The poor have a privileged place in the heart of God,
He was a very charismatic pope... very kind, above all very human,
Let us be the outgoing Church that Francis always wanted us to be, a restless Church that mobilises,
His gestures and exhortations in favour of refugees and displaced persons are countless,
He could not bring them together in life but he managed it in death."
He's here among the ragged ones, those of us living in the slums among the cardboard,
He left us. He went to the sky,
It's an early start but it's such a historic event we had to come,
We call him lolo kiko- our grandfather - and he is very close to us Filipinos because he embodies our values, the importance of families, dialogue, communion."
He was a pope from the pueblo and lived for the poor,
The guiding thread of his mission was also the conviction that the church is a home for all, a home with its doors always open,
Dear Pope Francis, we now ask you to pray for us.”
Francis has left everyone a wonderful testimony of humanity, a life of a saint and universal fatherhood."