Taraba Monarch: I just found corpses of my kidnapped wives, children (DailyTrust) The Chief of Mutumbiyu Justices Chiefdom in Taraba State, Justice Sani Muhammed (rtd), says the decomposed bodies of his two abducted wives and five children have been found.…
Pope Francis leaves on 6-day trip to DR Congo, South Sudan
Pope Francis on Tuesday departed the Vatican on for his first international trip this year a six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. The pontiff’s plane took off in the morning from Rome. His first…
Pope Francis says homosexuality is ‘not a crime’ but remains a ‘sin’ among Catholic doctrine
Pope Francis said during an interview Tuesday homosexual relations are “not a crime” and called laws that penalize homosexuality “unjust.” At the Vatican, the Pontiff said that God loves everyone as they are and called on Catholics to do more…
Thousands pour into St Peter’s Square for funeral of Benedict XVI
Mourners have poured into Saint Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to pay their final respects to the German theologian and attend a rare requiem mass for a dead pontiff presided over by a living one.…
Pope Francis asks for prayers for his predecessor Pope Benedict and says he is ‘very sick’
Pope Francis has said his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI is “very sick” and asked the faithful to pray for the retired pontiff so God will comfort him “to the very end”. Francis did not elaborate on Benedict’s condition as he…
*I had no shoes for 18 years – Adeboye (Punch)*NDLEA intercepts ‘‘Christmas’’ colorado, cannabis juice at Lagos airport, seaport (Vanguard)
I had no shoes for 18 years – Adeboye (Punch) The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, revealed how he came from a very poor background. Adeboye, who spoke during a sermon on Saturday…
Pope urges people to cut back on Christmas, donate to Ukraine instead
Pope Francis has urged people to celebrate Christmas more modestly and donate the savings to Ukraine. The head of the Catholic Church said during a general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday that people could cut back on festive spending…
Cardinal dies 3 months after appointment
Pope Francis on Tuesday expressed his condolences to the family of late Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Ghana and his diocese of Wa in the north of the West African country. Bishop Baawobr died on Sunday at the age of…
Pope Francis makes 1st papal trip to Bahrain
Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the country’s majority Shia opposition and human rights activists for the pontiff to raise human rights concerns in the small island nation. The island off…
Nigeria’s Peter Okpaleke to be sworn-in as Catholic cardinal
The Bishop of Ekwulobia, Peter Okpaleke, is scheduled to be one of 20 new cardinals to be sworn in on Saturday by the Catholic church. Pope Francis had earlier named Okpaleke as one of the new cardinals – many of whom…
