Pope keeps silent on abuse claim letter at end of Irish visit
Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat, who has called for him to resign.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also accused him of covering up allegations of sexual abuse by a US cardinal.
The Pope was asked about the accusations by reporters on his flight back to Rome after this weekend's Papal visit to Ireland.
He said he would not say a single word in response to the 11-page letter from Archbishop Vigano.
"I will say sincerely that I must say this, to you," he said, when asked by a journalist about the letter, "and all of you who are interested: Read the document carefully and judge it for yourselves.
I am a Rohingya refugee: we will become like animals if we stay in these camps
Despite everything, we want to go back to Myanmar, but only with citizenship and our rights
Icome from a village called Nga Sarkyue. It is a romantic place with lots of green gardens and many kinds of trees and flowers. It is surrounded by a small river on three sides, and on its eastern side there are high mountains. We used to go up there with friends to get fresh air and to debate. It is surrounded by farmland as well. But after October 2016, most of that was taken by the Myanmar government.
In the past few years, I became more and more like a prisoner in my village. I could not move freely to other places without getting the permission of authorities – and that always cost a large amount of money.
Philadelphia couple raised $400,000 for homeless man but spent it on themselves, he claims
Veteran Johnny Bobbitt spent his last $20 on fuel to help stranded motorist who then set up crowdfunding page for him
The act of kindness seemed destined to pull Johnny Bobbitt from the depths of homelessness and drug abuse he struggled with on the day Kate McClure’s car sputtered to a stop in front of him.
She was a motorist on Interstate 95 – a major highway – in Philadelphia who found herself stuck on an off-ramp, scared and out of gas.
He was a homeless veteran who told her to lock her doors, then spent his last $20 (£15) on that day in October to bring her a canister of fuel.
Colombia anti-graft referendum falls just short of required votes
A Colombian anti-corruption referendum fell just short of the required votes, but its supporters hope that politicians got the message. Of the 11.7 million who voted, 99 percent supported the proposals.
An anti-corruption referendum in Colombia failed to pass on Sunday after narrowly falling short of a required one-third quorum.
Nearly 11.7 million of nearly 36 million registered voters turned out to vote on seven measures designed to battle corruption and improve transparency. A threshold of 12.1 million voters was needed to make it binding.
Search after 'illegal' boat runs aground in croc-infested waters
Dozens of foreigners were believed to be on the run Monday in an Australian mangrove rainforest after their suspected illegal fishing boat ran aground in crocodile-infested waters.
The Australian Border Force said a "number of potential unlawful non-citizens" were located, but did not reveal their country of origin or whether they were fishermen or asylum-seekers.
Locals they saw people fleeing into the forest after their vessel ran aground near Daintree River in the tropical far north of Queensland state on Sunday.
From road tax to courts: The Taliban's attempts at state-building
In the 1990s, the Taliban focused on moral policing. Now, the group runs parallel governments in areas of influence
by Ruchi Kumar
Late in May, 26-year-old truck driver Bilal Hakim was travelling along his regular route through Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan to Kunduz.
He had taken the journey with the same cargo - a 50-tonne tanker of oil - several times in his five-year career.
Oil tankers enter Afghanistan at Hairatan port in Balkh and carry fuel to Mazar, Samangan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces.
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