A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son’s history-making walk 50 years ago this month. The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend “summer moon festival” to 10 days of Apollo 11 commemorations . Tens of thousands of visitors – the biggest crowds here since Armstrong’s post-mission […]
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Skopje gears up for papal visit to Mother Teresa’s hometown
When he first heard Pope Francis would visit North Macedonia, the birthplace of the world’s most famous Catholic nun Mother Teresa, Marinko Pinjuh thought it was “fake news”. Like many of his fellow Catholics, the waiter said he is equally puzzled and delighted to welcome the pontiff to their tiny country on Tuesday. Catholics account […]