Pope Urges Global Ban On Surrogacy

Pope Urges Global Ban On Surrogacy

POPE Francis called Monday for a global ban on surrogacy saying the practice of a woman carrying another person’s child was “deplorable”. In his New Year’s address to diplomats at the Vatican, the 87-year-old pontiff said it was a “grave...
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Kaigama: Pope Did Not Approve Blessing For Same-Sex Couples

Kaigama: Pope Did Not Approve Blessing For Same-Sex Couples

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, has said that media reports claiming that the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, had approved blessings for same-sex couples, was untrue. Kaigama made the clarification in his homily during the Christmas Mass he...
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POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOP OF ILORIN

POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOP OF ILORIN

Following the death on New Year’s Day in 2022 of Most Rev. Paul Olawoore, Bishop of Ilorin (2018-2022) aged 60, Pope Francis on Friday appointed a substantive new Bishop of Ilorin in the person of Very Rev. Fr. Anselm Pendo...
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Pope Urges End To Hamas-Israel Conflict

Pope Urges End To Hamas-Israel Conflict

Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of...
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Pope Names Auxiliary Bishop Of Ahiara Diocese

Pope Names Auxiliary Bishop Of Ahiara Diocese

THE Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Simon Okezuo Nwobi, until now Under-Secretary for the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See in the Vatican as Auxiliary Bishop to the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of Ahiara, Most Reverend....
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Pope To Europe: Don’t Treat Migrants As Invaders

Pope To Europe: Don’t Treat Migrants As Invaders

Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France’s Mediterranean port...
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Pope Francis Decries ‘Icy Winds Of War’ At Easter Vigil

Pope Francis Decries ‘Icy Winds Of War’ At Easter Vigil

On Holy Saturday, Pope Francis celebrated the festive Easter Vigil commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Around 8,000 spectators attended the celebration, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency. In his homily, the p...
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Pope Criticises Couples Who Don’t Want To Have Children

Pope Criticises Couples Who Don’t Want To Have Children

Pope Francis has criticised couples who choose not to have children.  The 85-year-old told scores of the faithful at a general audience in the Vatican audience hall on Wednesday.  “Too many couples don’t have children because they don’t want an...
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Pope Francis’ Christmas Homily

Pope Francis’ Christmas Homily

Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, delivered Dec. 24, 2021 in St. Peter’s Basilica. In the darkness, a light shines. An angel appears, the glory of the Lord...
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Pope ‘Responds Well’ To Surgery

Pope ‘Responds Well’ To Surgery

Pope Francis has undergone successful surgery to treat a colon problem at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican says. The 84-year-old “responded well” to the treatment, which was performed under general anaesthesia, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.&n...
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Pope Renews Canon Law On Sexual Violence

Pope Renews Canon Law On Sexual Violence

Pope Francis has tightened up Vatican criminal law and created clearer regulations on the subject of abuse and depictions of sexual violence, among other things. “In order to respond adequately to the needs of the Church throughout the world,’’ Pope...
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Pope Offers Easter Message Of Hope

Pope Offers Easter Message Of Hope

Pope Francis, leading an Easter vigil service scaled down due to Covid-19, said on Saturday he hoped the dark times of the pandemic would end and that people could rediscover “the grace of everyday life”.This year has been the second...
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Pope Francis In Iraq, Seeks End To Violence

Pope Francis In Iraq, Seeks End To Violence

Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to Iraq. The pontiff is making his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.  Covid and security fears have made...
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Pope Prays For 317 Kidnapped Nigerian Students

Pope Prays For 317 Kidnapped Nigerian Students

Pope Francis on Sunday decried the kidnapping of 317 students from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria and prayed for the girls’ quick release. Addressing the public in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said he was adding his voice to others...
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