Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, waves to the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, looks at the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, waves to the crowd with his personal secretary, Edgard Ivan Rimaycuna Inga, from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, waves to the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, waves to the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leon XIV in The Summer Holidays - Italy

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, waves to the people from the terrace of the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Rome, on July 6, 2025. This two-week sojourn marks the revival of a longstanding papal tradition that had been temporarily suspended during the pontificate of Pope Francis. Castel Gandolfo eagerly anticipates the arrival of a pope for the first time in over a decade. Photo by Maria Grazia Picciarella/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - File photo - Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his residence, the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae, in the Vatican on June 30, 2015 to greet him and wish him a pleasant stay in Castel Gandolfo in the Roman hills. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is leaving the Vatican for his first sojourn since retiring. He's escaping an impending heat wave by heading to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. The meeting lasted about half and hour. Pope Emeritus Benedict will remain in Castel Gandolfo for the next two weeks. He is scheduled to return  on July 14.  - Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

Luxury Cruise Ships

Luxury Cruise Ships

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 9, 2024 - Two luxury cruise ships seabourn sojourn and silver shadow dock at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center in Shanghai, China, April 9, 2024.

Luxury Cruise Ships

Luxury Cruise Ships

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 9, 2024 - Two luxury cruise ships seabourn sojourn and silver shadow dock at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center in Shanghai, China, April 9, 2024.

Luxury Cruise Ships

Luxury Cruise Ships

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 9, 2024 - Two luxury cruise ships seabourn sojourn and silver shadow dock at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center in Shanghai, China, April 9, 2024.

Luxury Cruise Ships

Luxury Cruise Ships

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 9, 2024 - Two luxury cruise ships seabourn sojourn and silver shadow dock at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center in Shanghai, China, April 9, 2024.

Luxury Cruise Ships

Luxury Cruise Ships

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 9, 2024 - Two luxury cruise ships seabourn sojourn and silver shadow dock at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center in Shanghai, China, April 9, 2024.

Luxury Cruise Ships

Luxury Cruise Ships

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 9, 2024 - Two luxury cruise ships seabourn sojourn and silver shadow dock at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center in Shanghai, China, April 9, 2024.

Ex-JETRO official is linchpin in U.S.-Japan program

Ex-JETRO official is linchpin in U.S.-Japan program

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Moromi, 62, says, ''Most of the teachers making the journey to Japan were on their first sojourn in this country....They go home pro-Japanese.''

Largest Hindu festival concludes with immersion of idols in Bangladesh

STORY: Largest Hindu festival concludes with immersion of idols in Bangladesh DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:15 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Durga Puja celebrations and immersion of idols in Bangladesh STORYLINE: Durga Puja, one of the largest Hindu festivals, ended in Bangladesh on Wednesday with the immersion of the idols. Starting from Oct. 1 across Bangladesh, the five-day Durga Puja festival involved the worship of Hindu Mother Goddess Durga symbolizing the power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology. JL Bhowmik, president of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP), the largest organization of Hindus in Bangladesh, had earlier said that this year, the Durga Puja was celebrated at over 32,168 pavilions in Bangladesh including 241 in Dhaka. After worshipping for four days, devotees joined hands to lower the idols into the water amid the beating of drums, prayers and chanting of hymns, marking the end of the goddess' annual sojourn to her paternal home. S

Centenary of Soseki's London sojourn celebrated

Centenary of Soseki's London sojourn celebrated

LONDON, Britain - John Whitehead (C), joint chairman of the Japan Society and a former British ambassador to Japan, speaks Sept. 20 at a gathering marking the centenary of the arrival in Britain of the famous Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) at a small ''Soseki Museum'' located near his former home in Clapham, south London.