Melis: A Moderate&ensp;with an Eye on the World Not to be seen as a front-runner, he&rsquo;s positioned himself as a moderate who&ensp;values social justice. He is a trusted confidant of Pope&ensp;Francis, a fellow Jesuit, and is expected to maintain his predecessor&rsquo;s emphasis on constructing a church that is welcoming and supportive of the poor, especially migrants.
On social issues his posture is generally described&ensp;as moderate. He has endorsed certain reforms, including permitting divorced Catholics to receive Holy Communion,&ensp;but expressed indecision on others, including blessing same-sex couples. He also&ensp;shares Pope Francis&rsquo; opposition to female deacons being ordained.
Response to Sexual&ensp;Abuse Allegations There have already been some tough questions about his record on&ensp;sexual abuse in Peru. There are reports that Prevost was unaware of allegations against priests in&ensp;his diocese. But allies have rushed to his&ensp;defence, insisting he acted properly and cooperated with the victims in question.
A Leader&ensp;Who Is Humble and Relatable In addition to his humility, Prevost has been described as&ensp;a unifier and down-to-earth person. Rev. The papal contributor James&ensp;Martin described him as a &ldquo;kind person&rdquo; and &ldquo;very reserved.&rdquo; His friends and close associates&ensp;also emphasized his concern for social outreach and the poor.
As he ascended through church hierarchy, however, Prevost never&ensp;abandoned the social mission of the church. "A bishop is not a little prince sitting in his duchy," he said, adding that the church should&ensp;be visible for society.
A Life&ensp;Between Chicago and Peru Prevost, who&ensp;was born in Chicago in 1955, studied both mathematics and theology before becoming a priest in 1982. He&ensp;went on to Rome, where he earned a licentiate and doctorate in canon law. But it was in Peru that he really started to make&ensp;a name for himself.
Upon first arrival in Peru&ensp;as a missionary, Prevost served in a number of positions in the local church hierarchy, including as a pastor and a teacher of canon law. Later, he came to Chicago for a while, then&ensp;returned to Peru where he was head of the Augustinian seminary in Trujillo. His experience in Peru forged an&ensp;identity with the country, which he would later return to serve as bishop and apostolic administrator.
Rising Through the Ranks The&ensp;church career of Prevost was rapid and brilliant. After serving in Chicago, he was prior general of the Augustinian Order from 2001 to&ensp;2013. He went back to Peru in 2014 as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and in 2015 he was appointed bishop&ensp;of that area.
The pace of Prevost&rsquo;s&ensp;career was spurred by the aegis of Pope Francis. He became prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023 and was made a cardinal later that&ensp;year. Within&ensp;two years, he was elected pope.
Pope Leo XIV's Future As Pope Leo XIV, Prevost faces the challenge of guiding&ensp;the world&rsquo;s 1.4 billion Catholics through an era of great upheaval. It remains to&ensp;be seen how his approach will risk individual modern social topics weighed against centuries-old teachings of the church he now leads, as he adopts the work of his predecessor, Pope Francis.
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The act represents a historical decision on the part of the Catholic church in naming Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo&ensp;XIV. The 69-year-old is the first pope&ensp;ever to come from North America, marking the development as an historic one for the church. A Chicago native&ensp;who is also a Peruvian citizen, Prevost has spent most of his career in Peru.

Pope Leo XIV: First North American Pope Appointed

The Story Behind the Hoard The &ldquo;Traveller Collection&rdquo; was compiled&ensp;by an unnamed scion of a European family business who began purchasing gold coins after the Wall Street crash of 1929. In the 1930s, he made trips throughout Europe and the Americas with his wife,&ensp;purchasing rare coins as a hedge against future economic problems. As World War II loomed, the collector&ensp;buried as many as 100,000 coins on his property where he tried to shield them from the German occupation that was imminent.
The collector died under mysterious circumstances shortly after the invasion, and for&ensp;years only his much younger wife knew where it was hidden. She disclosed the treasure&rsquo;s location in the&ensp;1990s, because she was afraid the treasure would never be found. The collector&rsquo;s immediate descendants, who&ensp;have remained anonymous, retrieved the treasure and kept it in a bank vault.
A Globally&ensp;Important Set A small team of&ensp;experts at the Zurich-based antiquities auction house Numismatica Ars Classica have spent years cataloging collection, which includes more than 1,000 coins ranging across five centuries and as many continents. One of the most important items is the 70-ducat coin from 1621&ensp;featuring King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland. A comparable coin, the 100-ducats value of&ensp;the same type from the same year, sold for $2.2 million in 2018, a record for the highest price ever paid for a Polish coin.
The inaugural auction in the series is scheduled for May&ensp;20 in Zurich and will include 200 British coins and medallions. The highlights include a rare five-guinea pattern from the reign of George III, dated 1777, and a stunning &ldquo;Una and the Lion&rdquo;&ensp;five-pound piece from Queen Victoria&rsquo;s early reign. It is not&ensp;solely British coins, however. It also contains rarities from global locations as diverse as 17th-century Poland and a 100-ducat gold coin from 1629 struck for Ferdinand III of&ensp;the Habsburg empire.
A NUMISMATIC HISTORY 29 A Milestone in the&ensp;Annals of Numismatics The hoard was described by&ensp;the director of Numismatica Ars Classica Arturo Russo as "a cornerstone in the annals of numismatics". The auction catalogues, he hopes, will be invaluable reference material for future&ensp;scholars and collectors, reinforcing the historical influence of the collection.
While the auction opens this month, the last of the lots won&rsquo;t&ensp;be sold until 2027, meaning collectors and enthusiasts have several years to participate in what will undoubtedly be an historic sale.
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An amazing gold coin was produced in 1621 for the Polish King Sigismund III Vasa, and it is a part of an extraordinary collection&ensp;that will soon be auctioned. This is a piece from the &ldquo;Traveller Collection,&rdquo; a&ensp;hoard buried during World War II to keep it from the Nazis. The collection is being put up for sale&ensp;to raise an estimated $100 million.

Rare Polish Coin Part of $100 Million WWII Hoard Auction

China, Japan and&ensp;Poland Top List of Finalists Among the finalists there&ensp;are 29 pianists from China to 13 each from Japan; and 13 representing Poland. These musicians will&ensp;compete in the final round scheduled for this October in Warsaw.
 From&ensp;a Record Pool, the Selections Are Made The competition's&ensp;starting field was more than 640 candidates. From these, 66 were selected to participate in the&ensp;&lsquo;first stage&rsquo; of the main event and 19 more were added as pianists that won prestigious piano contests. In the first (preliminary) round, which took place between the end&ensp;of April and the beginning of May, 162 pianists from 28 countries played in audition for the jury, which selected the 85 Finalists.
 Public audition and&ensp;final performance &ldquo;The competition will consist of a televised audition before a live&ensp;audience in three stages, with a grand final,&rdquo; the Chopin Institute said in a statement. -10 competitors will make it through to the last round where they will battle it out for the ultimate reward and&ensp;the gold medal.
 Laureates Set&ensp;Off on Global Tour In addition to the top prize, five pianists will be recognized as laureates and will be invited to perform at some of the&ensp;top venues in Europe, Asia and the United States on a post-competition tour.
 Cultural&ensp;and Global Influence There were thousands following the preliminary round, and the final phase is expected to attract millions of viewers, said Poland&rsquo;s Culture&ensp;Minister Hanna Wr&oacute;blewska. She noted the event&rsquo;s&ensp;significance for the cultural face of Poland and the patronage of the next generation of music talents.
 A Prestigious Tradition The Chopin Competition &mdash;&ensp;named after the Polish composer Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin &mdash; was first held in 1927, and is now in its 19th edition. It is held every five years and remains an important springboard for emerging international&ensp;careers in the classical music world.
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The final stage of Poland's most famous cultural event &ndash; the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition &ndash; will feature 85 pianists from&ensp;20 countries.

Eighty-Five Finalists Named for Chopin Piano Competition 2025

Piece by Piece, Rebuilding&ensp;History The team has&ensp;since restored such impressive portions as sphinx statues and Osirian figures of Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the guise of the god Osiris. They are now among the most-photographed monuments&ensp;in Egypt. Polish sculptor Wojciech&ensp;Myjak, who was part of the expedition, headed teh reconstruction effort.
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&ldquo;The statues restored today are not&ensp;only those that decorate the Hatshepsut Temple but they are also a symbol of Nile tourism,&rdquo; Dr Patryk Chudzik from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw told the Polish Press Agency.
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Temple of Hatshepsut: A Treasure of the&ensp;Ancient Days Its design, which is noteworthy for its screen-like facade, can be found at Deir el-Bahari,&ensp;on the west bank of the Nile. Perched on&ensp;dramatic cliffs in the royal necropolis, it draws millions of visitors every year.
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The&ensp;Story Unfolds with More Discoveries To Come Putting into receivership the racist,&ensp;nationalist, 19th-century type of development, which will spoil the temple for good,&rdquo; Badawy said. &ldquo;We have the technology today, and there is no temple left where you don&rsquo;t find the history hidden behind the mat. Tikka&rsquo;s team are still actively excavating&ensp;it, finding more statue fragments for further meticulous study and reconstruction.
&ldquo;Thanks to modern archaeology, we have been able to discover fragments of these sculptures,&rdquo;&ensp;Chudzik said. "Since our team started working in 1961, additional statue fragments have been revealed, and the pace of discoveries&ensp;is ongoing."
1 Detailed Reconstruction with MATLAB Function The detailed reconstruction&ensp;process is expressed as follows.
Describing the reconstruction process, Chudzik said,&ensp;&ldquo;We photograph every piece, figure out where it was originally, and then reassemble it carefully.
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Several of the original statues were defaced following&ensp;the death of Hatshepsut. Her&ensp;stepson and successor, Pharaoh Thutmose III, attempted to obliterate her memory by removing her name from all traces and representations and destroying her statues.
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A&ensp;Good International Marriage This restoration is a result of the&ensp;ongoing project of the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission. The project is co-led by the University of Warsaw's&ensp;Center of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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A team of Polish and Egyptian archaeologists have pieced together more than 20 sculptures at Egypt&rsquo;s famous Mortuary Temple&ensp;of Hatshepsut. In a grand project that will completely reinvigorate the&ensp;art piece, and once again, raise international awareness about the site&rsquo;s historical resonance.

Hatshepsut Temple Statues Restored by Polish-Egyptian Archaeologists

This event is dominantly about the number of guitars, but other stringed instruments, such as basses, mandolins, and ukuleles, are also welcome. The event is called Thanks Jimi, dedicated to the musician and his music. This year, the slogan was &lsquo;Remember Woodstock,&rsquo; as people wore vintage clothes and played other hits from the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the most popular Hendrix songs other than Hey Joe that people played included Foxy Lady, Voodoo Chile, and Little Wing.&nbsp;
The creator of the idea was Leszek Cichoński, a renowned guitar instructor and musician. He began the tradition due to a mere coincidence, as he played Hey Joe along with 17 others at a blues workshop in 1997.
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The Polish city of Wrocław once again found itself in the headlines, having beaten its own world record. On Thursday, the Market Square of the city was crowded with 8,122 musicians playing Hey Joe, a classic tune by Jimi Hendrix.&nbsp;
This is a tradition that started in 2003 when a mere 588 guitarists participated in setting the first record of this kind. It was the momentous occasion since that day, the meeting grew in size annually, with thousands of musicians coming to Wrocław, hoping to defeat the previous record. Last year&rsquo;s meeting was a bit underwhelming, as around 7,531 musicians participated while in 2023 the record was 7,967.

Wrocław Breaks Its Own Record With Massive 'Hey Joe' Guitar Performance

A Female Lead&ensp;for a Spy Thriller
Printed by&ensp;Albatros, Emma tells the story of a woman whose life is upended when she gets pulled into a world of international spying. Full of danger and thrills, the novel will offer an "amazing rush of&ensp;adrenaline," very much in the same way that Reno brought his screen force to his films. Through this book, Reno is making a spectacle of his new creative&ensp;capacity, and confirms that he is no mere talent, but an artist as well in his own right.
Book Launch in Warsaw Fans could meet Jean Reno in&ensp;real life at the Empik Book Fair which took place May 19 in Warsaw. He came to promote Emma and to meet the readers who had been&ensp;following his work for years. Weronika Wawrzkowicz was a fantastic "teacher" who is&ensp;part of the team. With Emma, Jean Reno not only adds"author" to his resume, but he also enters another chapter of his acting career, captivating with a new kind&ensp;of magic.
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Jean Reno, known to fans around the world as both a calming and ferocious presence in flicks including Leon&ensp;the Professional, The Big Blue, and Nikita, is making his foray into the world of literature. The actor we all adore has just dropped his debut novel Emma, a captivating spy thriller that is a&ensp;real departure from his action-packed on screen roles to adrenalin on the page.

Jean Reno Debuts Spy Novel at Warsaw Book Fair

Op&oacute;źnienie ostatecznych przygotowań NASA ogłosiła, że ​​zmiana harmonogramu daje więcej czasu na ukończenie ostatecznego planowania misji, kontroli statku kosmicznego i logistyki. W zeszłym tygodniu Times of India podał, że przyczyną op&oacute;źnienia była &bdquo;drobna&rdquo; usterka techniczna. Źr&oacute;dła podkreśliły jednak, że w tej sprawie nie było &bdquo;niczego naprawdę niepokojącego&rdquo;. Uznański-Wiśniewski ma spędzić 14 dni na orbicie, podczas kt&oacute;rych przeprowadzi 13 eksperyment&oacute;w naukowych zaprojektowanych przez polskich badaczy we wsp&oacute;łpracy z Europejską Agencją Kosmiczną (ESA). Historyczna misja dla Polski 38-letni polski astronauta będzie specjalistą ds. misji zar&oacute;wno dla Polski, jak i dla ESA, co uczyni go drugim Polakiem w historii, kt&oacute;ry poleci w kosmos po misji Mirosława Hermaszewskiego w 1978 roku. Jednym z kluczowych zadań Uznańskiego-Wiśniewskiego jest eksperyment, kt&oacute;ry m&oacute;głby pom&oacute;c astronautom uprawiać żywność na Księżycu lub Marsie, co przyczyniłoby się do przyszłych wysiłk&oacute;w kolonizacji kosmosu. Szczeg&oacute;ły dotyczące załogi i startu misji AX-4 Misja jest częścią programu AX-4, obsługiwanego przez Axiom Space, amerykańską prywatną firmę. Międzynarodowa załoga wystartuje rakietą SpaceX Falcon 9 z Centrum Kosmicznego im. Kennedy'ego NASA na Florydzie. Do misji dołączą: Peggy Whitson (USA) &ndash; dow&oacute;dca Shubhanshu Shukla (Indie) &ndash; pilot Tibor Kapu (Węgry) &ndash; specjalista ds. misji Bądź na bieżąco z Polsikinews &ndash; Twoim źr&oacute;dłem globalnych wiadomości, trend&oacute;w i aktualności z zakresu technologii, zdrowia, polityki i nie tylko. Zaufane historie, dostarczane na bieżąco. Dowiedz się więcej na Polsikinews!

Start misji kosmicznej z polskim astronautą Sławoszem Uznańskim-Wiśniewskim na Międzynarodową Stację Kosmiczną (ISS) został przesunięty na 8 czerwca. Misja pierwotnie planowana była na 29 maja.

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