By Agence France-Presse A Filipino drag queen has been arrested and charged for a second time over his performance of the Lord’s Prayer that caused widespread outrage in the deeply religious country. Amadeus Fernando Pagente was arrested late Thursday and charged with three counts of the offence of “immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and […]
By Agence France-Presse Ten years after his mural of Pope Francis as a superhero went viral, Italian street artist Maupal has been adopted by the Vatican, which is using his works to inspire the faithful. “I have created a form of empathy with Pope Francis,” the artist, whose real name is Mauro Pallotta, told AFP […]
By Agence France-Presse Left-wing firebrand George Galloway was elected to the UK parliament on Friday after tapping into anger over the Israel-Hamas war in a chaotic by-election marred by anti-Semitism allegations. Galloway, 69, first became an MP in 1987 and will return to the House of Commons for the first time since 2015 after winning […]