The leader of the Catholic church, Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Dr. Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh as the Bishop of Zaria Diocese, Kaduna State. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Thursday. Until his appointment, Daboh was the Rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna, a position he has held since
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The Executive Governor of Plateau State and Director General Tinubu campaign organisation Hon Simon Lalong has apologised to the Catholic Bishops over his recent comment on the Holy Father, Pope Francis. He tendered the apology at the opening mass for the 2022 General Assembly of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos on Tuesday August 16 .
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Gov Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State and the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign for the 2023 general elections, has apologized over his ‘blasphemous’ remarks about the Holy Father, Pope Francis. He tendered an unreserved apology to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). He begged for forgiveness and understanding from the
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The Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has been appointed as a member of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Human Integral Development by Pope Francis. The Director of Social Communications at the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. Christopher Omotosho, who announced this in a statement on Monday evening, said the appointment
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Fabrizio Soccorsi, the personal doctor of Pope Francis has died from COVID-19 complications. Catholic News Agency reported that the 78-year-old physician was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for a previous health issue on December 26. While he was dealing with an “oncological pathology,” COVID was the cause of death, the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported.
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Pope Francis called in his Christmas message on Friday for nations to share Covid-19 vaccines, saying walls of nationalism could not be built to stop a pandemic that knows no borders. In a sign of the times, Francis delivered his traditional “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message virtually from a lectern
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…mourns Bishop Kukah’s mother Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has congratulated the Auxiliary bishop of Onitsha Archdiocese, Most Rev. Denis Isizoh, on his latest appointment by Pope Francis as one of the new members to the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. Ezeokafor who gave out congratulatory message at St.
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Pope Francis has tested negative for coronavirus for a second time after a Vatican worker who lives in the same residence was reportedly hospitalised due to the disease. The new cases include an employee of the merchandise office and two employees of the Vatican Museums. On Wednesday, the 83-year-old was tested again and for the
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Pope Francis, who is suffering from a cold, has tested negative for the coronavirus, an Italian newspaper reported Tuesday, as Italy battles Europe’s worst outbreak. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni did not respond to a request for comment on the report in the Messaggero newspaper. Francis cancelled a Lent retreat for the first time in his
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Pope Francis said Sunday he was cancelling a planned six-day spiritual retreat south of Rome after coming down with a “cold”. “Unfortunately, a cold forced me not to take part this year,” the 83-year-old pontiff said after coughing a couple of times during his weekly Sunday appearance from a Vatican window in front of supporters.
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Pope Francis used his Christmas message on Wednesday to denounce attacks on Christians in Africa and prayed for victims of conflict, natural disasters and disease in the world’s poorest continent. The pontiff urged “comfort to those who are persecuted for their religious faith, especially missionaries and members of the faithful who have been kidnapped, and
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