Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Course for Seminary Trainers and participants in the General Chapter of the Xaverian Brothers in The Vatican, Rome, Italy on July 25, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Course for Seminary Trainers and participants in the General Chapter of the Xaverian Brothers in The Vatican, Rome, Italy on July 25, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Course for Seminary Trainers and participants in the General Chapter of the Xaverian Brothers in The Vatican, Rome, Italy on July 25, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Course for Seminary Trainers and participants in the General Chapter of the Xaverian Brothers in The Vatican, Rome, Italy on July 25, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives in private audience Participants in the Course for Seminary Trainers and participants in the General Chapter of the Xaverian Brothers in The Vatican, Rome, Italy on July 25, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Community of Cordoba Seminary (Spain) in Vatican on January 17, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Community of Cordoba Seminary (Spain) in Vatican on January 17, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Community of Cordoba Seminary (Spain) in Vatican on January 17, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Community of Cordoba Seminary (Spain) in Vatican on January 17, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Community of Cordoba Seminary (Spain) in Vatican on January 17, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Community of Cordoba Seminary (Spain) in Vatican on January 17, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during a private audience with the Community of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary, of Santiago de Compostel at the Vatican on December 12, 2024. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during a private audience with the Community of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary, of Santiago de Compostel at the Vatican on December 12, 2024. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during a private audience with the Community of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary, of Santiago de Compostel at the Vatican on December 12, 2024. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during a private audience with the Community of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary, of Santiago de Compostel at the Vatican on December 12, 2024. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during a private audience with the Community of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary, of Santiago de Compostel at the Vatican on December 12, 2024. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during a private audience with the Community of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary, of Santiago de Compostel at the Vatican on December 12, 2024. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel's top court rules Jewish ultra-Orthodox must begin being drafted into army

STORY: Israel's top court rules Jewish ultra-Orthodox must begin being drafted into army SHOOTING TIME: June 27, 2024 DATELINE: June 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protesting in Bnei Brak, Israel STORYLINE: The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the government must draft ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that threatens to destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government amid the war in Gaza. In a unanimous ruling, the judges concluded that "there is no legal foundation" for the long-standing military exemption granted to Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students and that the country's mandatory service laws must also be enforced for ultra-Orthodox men. Referring to Israel's almost nine-month-long war in Gaza, the court said that "at the height of a difficult war, the burden of inequality is more than ever acute." Most Jewish Israeli men and women are required to

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis receives Community of Burgos Seminary in private audience in Vatican, on April 27, 2024. Editorial use only. Photo by Vatican media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis receives Community of Burgos Seminary in private audience in Vatican, on April 27, 2024. Editorial use only. Photo by Vatican media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis receives Community of Burgos Seminary in private audience in Vatican, on April 27, 2024. Editorial use only. Photo by Vatican media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis receives Community of Burgos Seminary in private audience in Vatican, on April 27, 2024. Editorial use only. Photo by Vatican media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis receives Community of Burgos Seminary in private audience in Vatican, on April 27, 2024. Editorial use only. Photo by Vatican media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets Spanish Seminarians - Vatican

Pope Francis receives Community of Burgos Seminary in private audience in Vatican, on April 27, 2024. Editorial use only. Photo by Vatican media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience the community of the Archdiocesan Seminary of Naples at the Vatican on February 16, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during the private audience the Madrid Seminary Community in Vatican, on February 03, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during the private audience the Madrid Seminary Community in Vatican, on February 03, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during the private audience the Madrid Seminary Community in Vatican, on February 03, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during the private audience the Madrid Seminary Community in Vatican, on February 03, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during the private audience the Madrid Seminary Community in Vatican, on February 03, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis Audiences - Vatican

Pope Francis during the private audience the Madrid Seminary Community in Vatican, on February 03, 2024. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Government Seminary - Paris

Government Seminary - Paris

Gerard Collomb, Minister of the Interior of France, pictured outside of a government seminar in Paris, France on March 18, 2018. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

Death toll in Pakistan's boat capsizal incident rises to 52

STORY: Death toll in Pakistan's boat capsizal incident rises to 52 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: Pakistani rescue workers recovered 21 more bodies from a dam in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, taking the death toll of Sunday's boat incident to 52, an official said on Tuesday. Students of a seminary were aboard the boat when it capsized in Tanda Dam in Kohat district of the province on Sunday morning, District Police Officer Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisarani said. All of the drowned so far recovered were aged between seven and 14 who came to the dam for a picnic, said the official, adding that the search operation for two more missing students is still underway. The Pakistani army and navy were taking part in the relief operations at the lake to assist the local administration in their rescue activities. Earlier, police and local authorities provided contradictory figures for the number o

10 children killed as boat capsizes in NW Pakistan

STORY: 10 children killed as boat capsizes in NW Pakistan DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of accident site 2. various of people taking rescuing work STORYLINE: Ten children were killed when a boat capsized in a dam in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said. The boat with 25 children onboard capsized in Tanda Dam of the district earlier in the morning, and the divers rescued 16 out of them and shifted them to a hospital, Deputy Commissioner of Kohat district Furqan Ashraf said. Ashraf said that the bodies of nine others were recovered from the dam, whereas one child breathed his last at the hospital. Talking to Xinhua, sources from a rescue organization the Edhi Foundation said that the children were students of a seminary who were visiting the dam for recreational activity. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

Swiss Buddhist monk

Swiss Buddhist monk

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Swiss Buddhist monk Kurt Genso is pictured in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2012. He has launched a fund-raising campaign in Japan to construct a school building in Laos, as a seminary there is short of money necessary to educate its growing ranks of young devotees studying to pursue a religious career.

Blast in seminary kills 15 in northern Afghanistan

STORY: Blast in seminary kills 15 in northern Afghanistan DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site STORYLINE: At least 15 people were confirmed dead and 22 others injured as a blast ripped through a seminary in Afghanistan's northern Samangan province on Wednesday, an official said on condition of anonymity. The official, who declined to be named, confirmed that the blast took place in Medressah Jihadia (Jihadi seminary) at 1:00 p.m. local time in the provincial capital Aybak city, 215 km north of Kabul, leaving 15 dead on the spot and injuring 22 others, some in critical condition. The official said that an investigation was underway. Meanwhile, Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor confirmed the bloody incident, saying the blast in the religious school claimed "10 lives and injured several others" in Samangan province Wednesday afternoon. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the blast. Xinhua News Agency corre

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in AudienceThe Community of the Pio XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Ancona in the Vatican. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in AudienceThe Community of the Pio XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Ancona in the Vatican. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in AudienceThe Community of the Pio XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Ancona in the Vatican. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in AudienceThe Community of the Pio XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Ancona in the Vatican. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in AudienceThe Community of the Pio XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Ancona in the Vatican. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives In Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in AudienceThe Community of the Pio XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Ancona in the Vatican. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial on sex abuse in seminary at Vatican Tribunal

Trial on sex abuse in seminary at Vatican Tribunal

The Vatican courthouse hosting the trial against an Italian priest accused of sexually abusing choir boys and another priest who allegedly facilitated that abuse, in Vatican City, Vatican, on June 08, 2021.  Several priests, some of whom were former students at a minor seminary located in the Vatican, testified at the ongoing trial of Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X Pre-Seminary. The June 8 session was the 11th of the trial, which began in October 2020. Photo by Vatican Media/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Trial on sex abuse in seminary at Vatican Tribunal

Trial on sex abuse in seminary at Vatican Tribunal

The Vatican courthouse hosting the trial against an Italian priest accused of sexually abusing choir boys and another priest who allegedly facilitated that abuse, in Vatican City, Vatican, on June 08, 2021.  Several priests, some of whom were former students at a minor seminary located in the Vatican, testified at the ongoing trial of Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X Pre-Seminary. The June 8 session was the 11th of the trial, which began in October 2020. Photo by Vatican Media/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM