Tag: Palm Sunday
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Palm Sunday: Raise your voices against corrupt elders’ Pope tells youth
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders. The pope’s message comes on the heels of a meeting of young Catholics who told the Vatican they want a more transparent and authentic church, and a day…
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Palm Sunday: Priest urges Christians to trust God for victory
A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathew Onyilo, has urged Christians and Nigerians to trust God for victory in whatever challenges they are passing through in life. Onyilo, a Priest of the Abuja Archdiocese, made the call in his homily on Palm Sunday at the St Charles Lwanga Parish, Apo, Abuja. The priest, who spoke on…
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Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties
Egyptian authorities have named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country. Abdullah detonated his explosives at the entrance to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17…
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‘Palm Sunday: Double Church explosion kill 37 congregants…’
Two blasts targeting Egyptian churches have killed at least 37 people and wounded more than a 100, Health Ministry officials said. “The first attack hit a church packed with Palm Sunday worshipers in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, north of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 26 people and wounding 78 others, authorities confirmed.”…