Pope Francis laid to rest in a marble tomb inscribed Franciscus
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Pope Francis laid to rest in a marble tomb inscribed Franciscus

April 26, 2025
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Around 400,000 mourners packed St. Peter’s Square and the surrounding streets of Rome to pay tribute to Pope Francis, who led the Catholic Church since 2013 and was known as a champion of the poor. After a solemn funeral, Pope Francis’s plain wooden coffin, symbolising his humility, was slowly driven

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Aid, Trade, Context and Local Solutions: The Post-USAID World
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Aid, Trade, Context and Local Solutions: The Post-USAID World

March 28, 2025
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by Christopher Burke  Seven weeks after President Donald Trump announced a pause in operations of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to assess programmatic efficiencies and consistency with US foreign policy; Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also acting administrator at USAID, announced 83 percent of the agency’s programmes

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