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THE Catholic Bishops of the Lagos Ecclesiastical Province, comprising Lagos Archdiocese, Ijebu Ode, and Abeokuta Dioceses, have rejected Pope Francis’s approval of same-sex marriage. They insisted that they would not bless same-sex marriage. The bishops’ position was contained in a Thursday’s communiqué issued after their January 26 plenary meeting in …

THE Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, has said media reports claiming that the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, had approved blessings for same-sex couples, was untrue. Kaigama made the clarification in his homily during the Christmas Mass he conducted at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Catholic Pro-Cathedral in Abuja. According …

POPE Francis on Sunday called for “peace in Israel and in Palestine”, saying “terrorism and war do not lead to a solution”. As war raged between Israel and Palestinian militants, the pope called for an end to attacks in Israel. War is a defeat. All war is a defeat. Let …

Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two months after the 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised with bronchitis. “Due to a feverish state, Pope Francis did not receive an audience this morning,” said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, without giving …

POPE Francis presided over mass in St Peter’s Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving the hospital following a bout of bronchitis. The 86-year-old’s admittance to hospital on Wednesday with breathing difficulties sparked concerns he may not be well enough to attend …

The Vatican on Friday said  Pope Francis will no longer be able to visit Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan as earlier scheduled. The church cited health reasons for postponement of the papacy upcoming trip to the two African countries. The trip, originally planned for July 2 to 7, will …

Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who …

The leader of the Catholic church said this during a press conference aboard his flight back to Italy from Greece on Monday when he was asked about the resignation of the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, who a French magazine claimed had engaged in an intimate relationship with a woman. …

  Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced “shameful” attacks on Christians in Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR), calling for an end to “all hate and violence”. “I have been profoundly saddened by the massacre last Sunday in Nigeria, inside a church, where innocent people were killed,” the pontiff said …