31 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for roast summer vegetable, herb and pearl barley salad | A kitchen in Rome

Not many salads come with a byproduct that can be transformed into a delicious cooling drinkIt is the time of year when the fruit syrups get moved to a more accessible shelf at our local supermarket. They have a range of eight to 10 flavours, but the two that dominate are mint and orzata, luminous green and cloudy white syrups respectively, that need diluting with fizzy water and maybe topping up with ice. I have mentioned orzata here before, how popular it is in Italy and how the name means a drink made from orzo (barley), and also how at some point the barley was replaced by almonds; then, at another point, the almonds were replaced by deacidified benzoin, which is a balsamic resin obtained from trees of the genus Styrax from south-east Asia. Deacidified benzoin is actually delicious and I become dependent on orzata at this time of year, and the sound of the ice clanking against the side of the glass as I walk my cold, cloudy drink back to my hot desk is the sound of summer.Howeve...

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45 h. ago Pope Leo cries climate change during prayer for Texas flood victims in yet another thinly veiled jab at Trump

Pope Leo has interrupted his two-week vacation to urge the faithful around the world to 'oppose the destructive power of the princes of this world' and fight the climate change crisis.

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46 h. ago Pope Leo cries climate change during prayer for Texas flood victims in yet another thinly

Pope Leo has interrupted his two-week vacation to urge the faithful around the world to 'oppose the destructive power of the princes of this world' and fight the climate change crisis.

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48 h. ago Pope Leo interrupts holiday to issue warning: ‘We live in a world that is burning’

The Pope, who has been vacationing outside Rome, says the world is experiencing a ‘crisis’

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51 h. ago Pope celebrates first 'green Mass' using new rite in sign of strong ecological focus

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass

Culture

4 d. ago Pope Leo extends condolences to Texas flood victims: ‘We pray for them’

US-born pontiff addresses probably the deadliest natural disaster in his home country since assuming role in MayPope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced his sympathies for the families whose lives have been upended by the flooding in Texas’s Hill Country, which left about 80 dead – many of them children – and others missing.After reciting Angelus prayers at the Vatican, the American-born pontiff remarked in English: “I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in a summer camp in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy

The American pope has spoken about his childhood for the first time in his papacy

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4 d. ago Pope Leo XIV's touching message to families of Texas flood victims as death toll rises to 79

Search teams are using helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims in flash floods that have torn across central Texas since the at the start of the July Fourth weekend

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5 d. ago Pope aims to restore 'body and spirit' during vacation that brings a pontiff back to Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation

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6 d. ago ‘He’ll be happy here’: papal retreat forsaken by Francis excited to welcome Pope Leo

Longstanding tradition set to resume as new pontiff opts to spend summer holiday in Castel GandolfoWhen, soon after being elected in 2013, Pope Francis broke from longstanding Vatican tradition by choosing not to spend his summer holiday in the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, a sleepy hilltop town overlooking a lake about an hour south of Rome, residents were taken aback.One shopkeeper, Anna, compared the perceived rejection to a divorce, while another said it slightly ruptured a sense of belonging. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘We felt abandoned by Francis’: Pope Leo heads to traditional papal residence for summer break

Longstanding tradition set to resume as new pontiff opts to spend summer holiday in Castel GandolfoWhen, soon after being elected in 2013, Pope Francis broke from longstanding Vatican tradition by choosing not to spend his summer holiday in the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, a sleepy hilltop town overlooking a lake about an hour south of Rome, residents were taken aback.One shopkeeper, Anna, compared the perceived rejection to a divorce, while another said it slightly ruptured a sense of belonging. Continue reading...

Culture

6 d. ago Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse

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6 d. ago Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

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7 d. ago Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with campers

Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff

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8 d. ago Hill town Pope Leo chose for his holiday set for tourism boost

Residents of the picturesque lakeside town are gearing up for the Pope’s visit

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8 d. ago Vatican leak undermines Pope Francis and inflames debate over Latin Mass

The leak could place pressure on Pope Leo to change the traditional Catholic ceremony

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8 d. ago Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home in hopes of reviving the village

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home

Society

8 d. ago Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting under way

Society

1 week ago Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful

Economics

2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV appeals for unity within the Catholic Church in Holy Year messages to priests

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for unity within the Catholic Church

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