Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis spends quiet night in hospital, Vatican says
Pope Francis has spent a night in the hospital without any new complications, the Vatican said on Friday morning.
“As in the previous days, the...
Vatican says pope’s condition has improved
The clinical condition of Pope Francis, who is suffering from pneumonia, has improved slightly, the Vatican said late on Thursday.
The 88-year-old pontiff also has...
Pope Francis meets missionaries in remote region of Papua New Guinea
Pope Francis visited missionaries and members of the public in one of the most remote outposts of the Catholic Church on Sunday.
During his third...
Pope Francis lands in Indonesia as he starts marathon trip abroad
Pope Francis on Tuesday landed in Indonesia, kicking off the longest foreign trip of his tenure so far.
The trip is due to take him...
As the universal Church, through The Holy Father, Pope Francis has...
Today celebrates the gift of all our elderly and grandparents.
You are a gift and treasure to us especially in Africa and will always be...
Pope hopeful truce on wars can come from Paris Olympics
Pope Francis on Sunday said he was hopeful the Paris Olympics which gets underway on Friday would be an occasion for truces in the...
Pope Francis appeals for Olympic peace
Pope Francis has advocated for an Olympic truce during the upcoming Paris Games, noting that the Olympic Games are inherent bearers of peace, not...
Uzodinma felicitates new Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Obiatuegwu
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has felicitated Most Rev. Thomas Obiatuegwu on his episcopal ordination as Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese.
The News Agency...
Top African cardinal in Vatican abruptly offers resignation – Sources
Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation...
Pope sends condolences over “immense tragedy” of U.S. tornadoes
Pope Francis on Monday sent his condolences to the families of victims of tornadoes that killed dozens of people in the United States and...
Pope Francis meets migrants on Greek island Lesbos
Pope Francis arrived on the Greek Island of Lesbos on Sunday, where he shook hands, spoke with migrants and placed his hand on children’s...
Pope Francis appoints Bishop Badejo, others to Vatican Communications’ Dicastery
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo to the Vatican Dicastery for Communications.
The appointment was announced in a...
Pope rejects resignation of Hamburg archbishop amid sexual allegation
Pope Francis has refused to accept the resignation of Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse and has asked him to continue his work “in a spirit...
Buhari sends get-well message to Pope Francis
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a get-well message to the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis as he heads in for a scheduled...
Pope speaks out against ‘sin of racism’
Pope Francis has spoken out against the killing of George Floyd.
"Dear brothers and sisters in the United States, I have witnessed with great concern...
COVID-19: We must leave no one behind says Pope
The novel coronavirus pandemic should lead us to look out for the vulnerable, the displaced and our seriously ill planet, Pope Francis said on...
