Vatican City – Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in February, 2019. The trip will enable the Pontiff to attend an interfaith meeting, the Vatican said on Thursday. The trip, […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington, D.C., the Vatican said on Friday. Wuerl, 77, who was bishop of Pittsburgh between 1988 and 2006, has […]
VATICAN CITY – The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for […]
Vatican City – Chinese Catholics should move on from past divisions and behave as “good citizens,” Pope Francis said on Wednesday, days after the Vatican signed a landmark deal with the Communist regime in Beijing. […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis on Tuesday said young people are turned off by the Catholic Church because of sex abuse and financial scandals. Francis was addressing young people at a […]
Tallinn – Pope Francis on Tuesday warned, that nations should not measure their strength by their military capability to prevail over others. “Some people speak in a loud voice, full of self-assurance with no […]
Vatican City – Bono, front man for Irish rock band U2 on Wednesday met Pope Francis to discuss the Irish sexual abuse crisis. Bono said that he decried sexual abuse crisis in Ireland. Bono and […]
Rome – The head of the Catholic Church told a crowd of 100,000 in the Sicilian city of Palermo on Saturday that he does not believe one can be a member of the Mafia […]
Vatican City – A U.S. bishop accused of molesting adults resigned on Thursday, in the latest sex abuse scandal to rock the Catholic Church. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Monsignor Michael J Bransfield […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis has summoned the heads of national Catholic bishops conferences from around the world to the Vatican in February for a meeting to discuss the protection of minors from sexual abuse, […]
Rome – The Catholic Church is experiencing an onslaught of scandals of sex abuse within its ranks, a Senior Vatican Official said on Tuesday. The comments were made by German Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis says the only answer to people sowing division and creating scandal within the Catholic Church is “silence” and “prayer.” The remarks came on Monday as the […]
Vatican City – The archbishop who sparked a crisis in the Catholic Church by calling on Pope Francis to resign has denied he was motivated by personal vendetta and said he sought to show that […]
Dublin – Pope Francis says clergy sex abuse scandals are an “open wound” that must be treated with “firm and decisive” action. Pope Francis said this at the Marian Shrine of […]
Canberra, – Australian Archbishop, Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic official in the world to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse, has resigned, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said in a […]
Bari (Italy) – Pope Francis on Saturday said building walls, occupying territories and religious fanaticism would never bring peace to the Middle East. Francis, speaking at the end of a summit of Christian religious […]
===Alterations notwithstanding, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion into law. He said a supplementary or amendment budget would be prepared to remedy some of the most critical budget alterations. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump backed down on Wednesday on an immigration policy that sparked outrage at home and abroad, signing an executive order to end the separation of children from their parents […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis called on Thursday for a “change in mindset’’ on migration policies, saying international cooperation was vital, as Italy and France engaged in a diplomatic spat over the […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border, saying the deaths would only lead to more violence, and appealed for dialogue to bring justice and peace to […]
Rome – Pope Francis has revealed he needs to have cataract surgery, a common procedure for older people, because his eyesight is failing. “At my age, for example, you get cataracts, and you do […]
Rome – Pope Francis would perform the pre-Easter washing of the feet ritual in Rome’s Regina Coeli prison, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The ritual recalls the gesture that Jesus is believed to have performed […]
Pope Francis has asked forgiveness for all Christians who buy s*x from women, saying men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a ‘sick mentality’ who think that women exist to be The pope made the […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis has approved the canonization of one of his 20th century predecessors, Paul VI, and of Monsignor Oscar Romero, a martyred hero to Catholics in Latin America and beyond. Francis attributed […]
By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – At last peace has returned to Ahiara Diocese as Archbishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke tendered his resignation as Archbishop of the Diocese. According to a report by Agenzia Fides, […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis said on Wednesday the participation of North Korean athletes in the Olympics raised hopes for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula and that the Vatican was ready to back any peace […]
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Pope Francis has invited Roman Catholics, all Christians and members of other religions, to observe Feb. 23 as a day of prayer, fasting and initiatives for peace. Francis, while addressing tens […]
Abuja – Pope Francis conducted a wedding ceremony during a flight from Santiago, Chile between Paula Podest, 39, and Carlos Ciufardi, 41. He offered to marry the couple, who work as flight attendants, after hearing […]
Santiago de Chile – Pope Francis has apologised for cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church, saying he felt “pain and shame at the irreparable damage caused to children by some […]
Vatican City – People serving in the Vatican’s bureaucracy should be loyal to the pope and avoid conspiracies and “little cliques,’’ Pope Francis said in a pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia. Francis, who is […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church should adopt a better translation of the phrase “lead us not into temptation” in the “Our Father”, the best known prayer in Christianity. “That […]
Yangon – Pope Francis on Thursday led a Mass for youth in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon, preaching a message of hope and “good news” in spite “so much injustice, poverty and misery” in the world. […]
Yangon – The Vatican on Wednesday defended Pope Francis’ decision not to speak out for Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims by name on his first papal visit to the country. Leading human rights groups have criticized […]
Yangon – Pope Francis met leaders of several faiths in majority-Buddhist Myanmar on Tuesday, stressing the importance of “unity in diversity”. Pope Francis made no mention the Muslim Rohingya who have fled […]
Yangon – Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the world’s most prominent Christian to majority-Buddhist Myanmar, which the U.S. has accused of “ethnic cleansing” its Muslim Rohingya […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis has made a donation to fund humanitarian relief efforts in the conflict-stricken Democratic Republic of Congo, the Vatican said on Friday. “Francis has decided to send a concrete contribution,’’ a […]
Rome – Pope Francis on Friday said people spreading anti-migrants propaganda “are sowing violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia” and called for global agreements on protection of refugees. Francis, who severally stressed […]
Rome – Pope Francis was offered Wednesday a Lamborghini Huracan, but the Vatican said there was no future as a popemobile for the Italian supercar. The Huracan, which has a top speed of more than […]
Rome – The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday said over 30,000 people suffering from hunger in South Sudan are able to grow more of their own food, thanks to […]
Vatican City – Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during mass, saying they should focus on God instead. Francis told tens of thousands of people at […]
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