Women in the forefront
This week, two significant announcements impacting women's empowerment deserve attention on a global scale. The first is a groundbreaking move from the Vatican, which has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the prefect.
The Vatican has started shutting off its fountains amid a prolonged drought in many parts of Italy.
The drought hit two-thirds of farmland and cost Italian agriculture $2.3 billion. There were about 100 fountains in the Vatican, including two Baroque masterpieces, and all will be switched off, BBC reported on Tuesday.
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Vatican Radio said the move was in line with Pope Francis' teachings on the environment. The Pope laid out his ecological fears in a 2015 encyclical, which denounced wasteful practices and highlighted the importance of clean drinking water.
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The drought had affected many other areas of Italy. A state of emergency was earlier declared in two northern provinces. In southern Italy, hundreds of people were evacuated this month as firefighters battled wildfires.
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