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Pope Francis has said that Islam cannot be equated with terrorism and warned that Europe was pushing its young into the hands of extremists. “It’s not true and it’s not correct (to say) Islam is terrorism,” he told journalists on Sunday aboard the papal plane during the return journey from a...

Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, was walking towards the alter in Poland, when he took a huge tumble and fell on the ground. A group of other priests raced to help the Pope back to his feet just before the service began. Pope Francis was arriving to celebrate a mass at the Southern Black...

Pope Francis has expressed his “pain and horror” at a hostage-taking at a church in France on Tuesday in which a priest was killed. “The pope… participates in the pain and horror of this absurd violence,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said, adding that Francis had been particularly...

Pope Francis has called for peaceful coexistence among Nigerians, particularly residents of Osun State, irrespective of the socio-cultural and religious beliefs. The Pope made the appeal during a visit of the Roman Catholic Church to Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the Government House in Osogbo...

Pope Francis has asked God to “convert the hearts of those who sow death and destruction” following a series of deadly attacks by the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria. The pontiff prayed during his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square, where he supplicated for “eternal rest to the victims”...

Pope Francis has issued hotly-anticipated new guidelines on the Church’s approach to family life after two years of consultations with the world’s bishops. Here are some of the main points: Homosexuality There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way...

Pope Francis is set to make public the conclusions of his two Synods on the family in a document eagerly awaited by 1.3 billion Roman Catholics. It will have details of the Pope’s views about family life, marriage, contraception and bringing up children. Many Catholics are optimistic that...

Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Christian and Hindu refugees as a 'gesture of brotherhood'. According to Independent Newspaper UK, four male and female Nigerian refugees took part in the ceremony, including three Muslims from Mali, Syria and Pakistan, and a Hindu man from...

Pope Francis will on September 4th this year declare Mother Teresa of Kolkata a Saint. Mother Theresa who is affectionately known as the "saint of the gutter" for her unconditional ‎love ‎for the poor, abandoned and marginalized, was beautified in 2003 by Pope John Paul II after being attributed...

Pope Francis Wednesday issued a strong condemnation to rich patrons who offer the Church dirty money gained through exploitation, telling them to take back their cheques and burn them. The Pope told faithful on Saint Peter's square that: "I think of some benefactors of the Church that say 'take...

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, released a purported text of the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis address to thousands of IPOB members who gathered last Sunday at the Vatican City for the weekly Angelus. The text of the Catholic Pontiff address was made available to Vanguard by...

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