Tag: Pope Francis
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Easter Message: Pope Francis appeals for Gaza ceasefire, release of Israeli hostages
Pope Francis has urged the world to resist “the logic of weapons” in his Easter message at the Vatican on Sunday.
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Pope washed, kissed feet of 12 inmates in Rome prison on Holy Thursday
Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Rome prison during a Holy Thursday Mass. The 87-year-old pontiff performed the ritual from his wheelchair after recent ailments compounded his mobility problems. The women at the Rebibbia prison venue sat on stools on a raised-up platform, enabling the pope to move…
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Pope hospitalised after hosting ‘general audience’
Pope Francis was taken to hospital for an examination after holding his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, the Vatican announced.
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Pope Francis expresses concern over increased kidnapping rate in Nigeria
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State, has expressed concern and raised alarm over the increased kidnapping rate in Nigeria. The Pope made this known via his X account (formerly known as twitter), where he said, “The increasingly frequent kidnappings in Nigeria are extremely…
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With time same sex marriage will be accepted by everyone – Pope
Pope Francis has expressed confidence that those who criticise his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples will come to understand it over time, except for Africans, whom he referred to as a “special case.” Reuters reports that Pope Francis stated that Africans perceive homosexuality nega
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African Bishops reject same-sex marriage
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Jean-Miguel Auguste has commended the stand of Catholic Bishops in Africa on blessing same-sex couples, saying “Africa is the only continent that will save the world’’.
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(VIDEO)Breaking! Finally, Pope forbids priests from approving same-5ex marriage
Apparently peeved by stories making the round that the Vatican has approved same-5ex marriage, Pope Francis has signed a decree barring Catholic priests from approving same-sex marriage. Watch: View this post on Instagram A post shared by TheNewsGuru.com | TNG (@thenewsgurung)
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Catholic bishops in Nigeria take stand on blessing of same sex couples
Catholic bishops in Nigeria under the aegis of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has clarified the approval granted by Pope Francis on the blessing of same sex couples.
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What we know about Pope Francis approval for blessing of same sex couples
Pope Francis has approved the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Israel-Hamas conflict has gone beyond war to ‘terrorism’ – Pope
Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza and said the conflict had gone beyond war to become “terrorism”.