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White smoke detected as new Pope emerge

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 8 May 2025 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka The Catholic church has elected a new Pope in an election that lasted for two days in Vatican City. The election that saw the emergence of the Pope came after the death of Pope Francis, who died at age 88. The sign of the concluded election is known through the emergence of

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Same-Sex couples: Pope Francis empowers catholic priests to bless under certain conditions

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2023 0

The Vatican has issued a groundbreaking decree permitting Roman Catholic priests to bestow blessings upon same-sex couples in specific situations. In a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis on Monday, the Vatican’s doctrinal office outlined that Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples, as long as these blessings do not form part of routine […]

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Biden has unusually long meeting with pope as abortion debate flares at home

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2021 0

U.S. President Joe Biden held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday as a debate raged back home about the Catholic president’s support for abortion rights. The Vatican said the private meeting lasted one hour and 15 minutes and then about another 15 minutes were spent for picture taking and […]

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Just in: Pope to lead prayer for virus’ end in empty St. Peter’s Square

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2020 0

Vatican – Pope Francis was due on Friday to appear in an empty St. Peter’s Square to lead special prayers asking God for an end of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The live-streamed service was expected to start at 6 p.m. (1700 GMT) and last about an hour, meaning that the sun was due to set […]

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Pope holds his 1st ever virtual general audience with Italy on lockdown

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2020 0

Vatican City – Pope Francis, holed up in the Vatican by Italy’s coronavirus epidemic, held his first virtual general audience on Wednesday, thanking medical staff but urging the world not to forget the plight of Syrian refugees. Most of Francis’ general audiences are held in St. Peter’s Square and attract tens of thousands of people. […]

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Pope Francis tests negative for coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2020 0

Pope Francis has tested negative for Covid-19 after falling ill and was forced to cancel a mass in Rome. This result is coming after he shook hands with and kissed people in the Square at a moment where the virus is spreading in Italy. He also greeted visiting bishops. READ ALSO: Coronavirus no longer a […]

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Pope misses Lenten ‘Spiritual Exercises’ due to a cold

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2020 0

Pope Francis has cancelled his participation in the traditional fasting retreat during the season of Lent outside of Rome, known as the Spiritual Exercises, because of a cold. The 83-year-old head of the Catholic Church has been ill for several days, which recently led him to cancel some of his appointments. On Sunday, Francis delivered […]

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Pope appoints first woman junior foreign affairs minister

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2020 0

Pope Francis has for the first time promoted a woman to a junior ministerial post in the Vatican’s foreign affairs department. Italy-born Francesca Di Giovanni was appointed Undersecretary for the Section for Relations with States at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, a Vatican statement said on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Couple get married as volcano erupted […]

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Pope wants to visit South Sudan 2020, urges unity government

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2019 0

Vatican City – Pope Francis on Sunday said he wanted to make his postponed visit to South Sudan in 2020, and he urged the country’s leaders to overcome their divisions. The pontiff also urged the leaders to bring an end to the suffering of its people. Francis spoke of the crisis in the country three […]

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What Pope Francis told me about Nigeria — Dogara

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

Yakubu Dogara, Nigeria’s House of Representative speaker said Pope Francis has been praying for the peace and stability of Nigeria. The speaker, according to Premium Times’ report, who met with the head of the Catholic Church at Saint Peters Square, Vatican City quoted him as saying “I pray for the peace of Nigeria.” The Speaker led […]

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The Word of God Is Alloted for Each Age

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2015 0

In Christendom over two billion people believe in God in their own way, not the Bible way. The question is, who believes what God  has promised? Who believes every word? Only when the Lord speaks to us personally through the proclamation of the Word, which brings forth faith and reveals the promises unto us, then […]

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Easter; Pope Washes Feet of 12 Prisoners in Holy Thursday Ritual

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2015 0

  Pope Francis said he wants to be a servant of society’s neediest as he presided at a Holy Thursday Mass where an altar-server was a man convicted of multiple homicides. The Pontiff washed and kissed the feet of twelve men and women in a Roman prison housing many hardened criminals. For the third consecutive […]