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At least four people were killed because an armed man in a church in Brazil opened fire. Then the man shot himself dead.

The coffin with the body of the late ex-president of the USA George H.W. Bush was transferred from the Capitol on Wednesday to the National Cathedral where the memorial service will take place.

An expectant couple who were so nervous about a ring of engagement falling through a roster during a proposal at Times Square in New York are being sought by the police.

Pope Francis is worried about homosexuals in the Roman Catholic Church. 'It even seems that homosexuality is in fashion, and this mentality influences the church to a certain extent.'

The Kim dynasty has few chances of survival if the new generation of children falls from their faith. And so the stories and quotes from father of the father Kim Il-sung, his son and grandson run like red threads through the young lives.

The European population will not have the chance to speak out in a referendum about the Brexit. The European Commission has rejected a citizens' initiative that calls for an EU-wide plebiscite because it falls outside its competence.

'Touchdown confirmed!' It is a historic moment: the successful landing of NASA vehicle InSight on Mars. For the first time in history, ground drilling can be performed on that planet. Space Expo director Rob van den Berg is delighted. 'What a tension falls away from us!'

A French tourist was killed in Jordan by a fall in the historic city of Petra. The 28-year-old woman made a fall of 50 meters, according to a statement by the Jordanian civil defense.

An influential clergyman who sexually abused his female followers has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in South Korea. The victims of Lee Jae rock saw him as someone close to god and did not dare to resist, reports South Korean media.

The Catholic Church in Spain has publicly admitted that priests and other clergy were sexually abusing minors. 'The Church publicly recognizes abuses of different kinds and is determined to eradicate them,' said Ricardo Blázquez, President of the Spanish Bishops' Conference, at the opening of the 112th plenary session of bishops in Madrid.

Six people have had the fright of their lives in a skyscraper in the American city of Chicago. The elevator they were in fell down more than eighty floors and stayed around the 10th floor, local media reports.

A seventeen-year-old girl from France died in Outreau on Tuesday evening when her mobile phone fell into the bath water. The girl was electrocuted. Attempts to resuscitate the girl had unfortunately no result.

A 35-year-old German woman died Sunday in Sri Lanka when she tried to make a selfie. According to the police she fell, while she tried to immortalise herself on the edge of an abyss. The accident occurred in Horton Plains nature park, about 150 kilometers east of the capital Colombo.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has explained to airlines in a memo how pilots can cope with a situation in which certain sensors deliver incorrect data in an airplane. The reason is the crash of a Boeing 737 Max from the Indonesian Lion Air. None of the 189 occupants were recovered alive after the aircraft was deposited in the Java Sea last week.

It is almost certain that the air disaster with a brand new Boeing 737MAX from the Indonesian prize fighter Lion Air last week is due to a fatal 'cover' by the pilots. The acute problem was possibly as unexpected as unpredictable in spite of all training in the cockpit.

The Irish may Friday in a referendum on the blasphemy ban in their constitution. Everything indicates that they want to get rid of the ban, because even the Irish churches no longer think of this time.

Pope Francis has warned the youth of the world about populism and xenophobia. In this connection he recalled the rise of National Socialism about Adolf Hitler. Young people should take note of the history of the 20th century, including both World Wars 'so they do not make the same mistakes and understand how populism expands,' said the leader of the Roman Catholic Church Tuesday.

The hurricane Willa, which races towards the Pacific over Mexico, has increased in strength so far that it now falls into the highest category. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reports wind speeds of 260 kilometers per hour with highs. Willa lands in the course of Tuesday afternoon or evening (local time). That will be accompanied by abundant rainfall, up to 450 millimeters.

The US authorities are investigating child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. Seven of the eight dioceses in the state say they are summoned to hand over documents, reports American media.

On Curaçao church leader Orlando B.- who turned out to be a sex-hungry predator who also abused underage girls- sentenced to fourteen years in prison on Thursday. Nor may he exercise the function of church leader for nineteen years.

With a memorial service in the Mare de Deu dels Dolors church on Mallorca, the inhabitants of the island said goodbye to thirteen people who were killed by flooding. The Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia mourned with them on Wednesday evening. Françina Armengol, the Prime Minister of the Balearic Islands, also attended the meeting.

Porn actress Stormy Daniels had to defeat her legal battle with US President Donald Trump. A judge ruled that a tweet from Trump in which he accuses her of fraud falls under freedom of expression. And so no slander, as claimed by Stormy Daniels.

Pope Francis declares Sunday morning the Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was murdered in 1980, holy. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the ceremony at St. Peter's Square in Rome.

'Do not worry about international criticism', Mohammed bin Salman told his military commanders this summer, referring to the fuss about the massacres that Saudi Arabia is provoking in Yemen. 'We want to leave an indelible impression on generations of Yemenis. We want their children, women and even the men to tremble with fear when the name Saudi Arabia falls. '

Pope Francis compared abortion with rent murder. In the past, the pope sometimes said that his Roman Catholic Church is too concerned with debates about abortion. He also showed some understanding in 2015 for women who let their pregnancy end 'because they see no other way out.' He also described abortion as a sin, but at the same time as a tragedy.

It hails at the planet Saturn. Ice water comes from the sky, coming from the famous rings around the planet. It sometimes falls by about 10,000 kilos per second. The space probe Cassini has discovered that.

Bill Cosby started his life in prison and will from now on be thoroughly evaluated to determine how extensive his treatment will be as a sex offender. That is based on the question of how dangerous he is, reports TMZ.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, Cardinal Marx, has apologized for all forms of sexual abuse within the church over the past decades. He did so during the presentation of a comprehensive study into the abuse of children and young people.

'I am completely devastated.' Dannie Whitford swallows, and falls silent. He does not know it anymore. Storm Florence has made his home uninhabitable.

Thousands of smaller entrepreneurs with their own company will receive an additional tax assessment. The director-major shareholder (dga) who lends more than € 500,000 to his own company, with the 'dga tax', will raise the state treasury with € 1.8 billion. Entrepreneurs are surprised and furious. How could this happen? Read the file about this SME tax.