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    World Pope Francis Warns Against Populism - Hitler Was Elected By His People

    Pope Francis has issued a warning against Hitler-like leaders coming to power on wave of populism. Speaking with Spanish newspaper, El Pais as Trump was been sworn in, the Pope said, “Crises provoke fear, alarm. In my opinion, the most common example of European populism is Germany in 1933...
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    World Pope Francis Congratulates President Trump

    Pope Francis has congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration. A special message from the Pope to President Trump read, ''Upon your inauguration as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America, ''I offer you my cordial good wishes and the assurance of my prayers...
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    World Anja Loven: Woman Who Saved Nigerian 'Witch-Child' Is 2016 World's Most Inspiring Person

    Remember this child in the photo (below)? - a 2-year old boy who was cast out by his own community in Nigeria for being a witch-child. The boy, now named Hope, was found emaciated and riddled with worms after being forced to live off scraps thrown to him by passersby for eight months. He was...
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    World Pope Francis Encourages Public Breastfeeding

    Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel to breastfeed their children in the church. ''The ceremony is a little long, someone’s crying because he’s hungry. That’s the way it is,” the Pope said. “You mothers, go ahead and breastfeed, without fear...
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    World Christmas Has Been Held Hostage, Needs Freedom – Pope Francis

    Pope Francis said Christmas has been “taken hostage” by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war-weary. The Pope while leading the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas for the fourth time since his...
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    Politics Buhari Joins Roman Catholics To Celebrate Pope Francis At 80

    President Muhammadu Buhari has extended warm congratulations to Pope Francis who turns 80 today (Saturday). The President joined the Roman Catholic Church in particular, and Christendom in general, in celebrating this milestone in the life of the Pontiff, who has shown uncommon humility...
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    World Pope Francis Celebrates 80th Birthday, Rejects Early Wishes 'They Bring Bad Luck'

    Pope Francis on Wednesday quipped that people should not send him early birthday wishes because, in his native Argentina, doing so brings bad luck. Francis turns 80 on Saturday for the occasion; the Vatican has opened seven email accounts that can receive birthday messages in Latin, Italian...
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    World Okonjo-Iweala, Other Fortune 500 CEOs Visit Pope Francis

    Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Mark Hoplamazian, and CEO of Last Mile Health Raj Panjabi, and other Fortune 500 CEOs visited Pope Francis to discuss globalization and inequality. See Photos from the visit:
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    World Pope Francis Grants Catholic Priests Right to Forgive Abortion

    Pope Francis will allow Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, he announced in a letter released Monday. The letter states: "I wish to restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life. In the same way, however, I can and must state that...
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    Politics President Buhari Sends Warm Greetings To Pope Francis

    President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the contribution of Pope Francis and the Holy See to global peace, describing it as “active and relentless”. Speaking while receiving Archbishop Augustine Kasujja, Apostolic Nuncio (Ambassador of the Holy See) in a farewell visit at the Presidential...
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    World Pope Francis Warns Against Building Walls

    Pope Francis has kicked against the building of walls ahead of the US Presidential elections. In what seems like an open message to Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate, the Pope while addressing the Third World Meeting of Popular Movements at the Vatican, said tyranny doesn't...
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    World Pope Francis to Countries - Don't Take in More Refugees Than You Can Handle

    Pope Francis has warned countries to avoid taking in more refugees than they can cater for. Daily Mail UK reports that on a flight back to Rome from Sweden, Pope Francis was asked about Europe's migrant crisis and he said that even though countries shouldn't 'close their hearts' to those in...
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    World Altar Boys Abuse: Pope Names Successor to Guam Archbishop

    Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Michael J. Byrnes of Detroit, the new Coadjutor Archbishop of Guam. He is to replace Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who has been accused of molesting altar boys in the 1970s. He has denied the allegations. Bishop Michael Jude Byrnes, currently an...
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    World Pope Francis - Women Will Never Be Catholic Priests

    Pope Francis on Tuesday said that women will never serve as Catholic Priests. GUARDIAN UK reports that the declaration is not a change in stance for the Argentinian pope, who has always said the door was closed on women being ordained as priests. When pressed on the matter by a journalist...
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    World Catholic Church Okays Cremation of the Dead But Rejects Scattering of Ashes

    The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in a new guideline released on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 stated that cremation is not forbidden by the church but scattering the ashes is forbidden. In the publication titled, “To rise with Christ”, the Catholic Church stated that it “continues...
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    Metro What Buhari Should Do For 21 Released Chibok Girls – Pope Francis

    Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis 1, has identified one more thing the federal government should do to get the Chibok Girls back to normal life. the pope emphasized that the girls need experts to rehabilitate them. The Pope, who was represented by the President of Pontifical Mission Societies...
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    World Nigeria Missing As Pope Francis Names 17 New Cardinals [See LIST]

    Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Oceania. Among the 17 new cardinal appointed by the Pope over the weekend, no single Nigeria on the list. Thirteen of them are under 80 and thus eligible to vote in any conclave to elect his...
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    World Pope Francis - Children Shouldn't Be Taught About Transgenders in Schools

    Pope Francis has spoken against schools where children are taught about transgender issues. During a return flight to Rome at the end of a three-day trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan, Pope Francis talked about a meeting with a French man whose young son wanted to be a girl after reading about...
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    World Pope Francis Preaches In Half-Empty Stadium in Georgia

    Pope Francis has said Mass in a largely empty stadium on a visit to Georgia after the majority Orthodox Christian Church asked followers to stay away. Orthodox believers were asked not to take part in Roman Catholic services and a Church delegation due to attend also stayed away. But Church...
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    Metro Emir Sanusi Visits Pope Francis [PHOTOS]

    The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II recently visited Pope Francis in the Vatican. See photos below:
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