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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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    World Pope Francis Condemns Murder of Fr Hamel - ''to kill in the name of God is satanic''

    Pope Francis has condemned the murder of Fr Jacques Hamel, which took place on 26 July 2016, in the Church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvra in Rouen. Fr Hamel was killed by two men claiming to belong so-called Islamic State. Conducting a mass for the dead priest, Pope Francis said, ''this is a...
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    World 7 Things Every Nigerian Should Know About Mother Theresa

    Pope Francis on Sunday declared revered nun Mother Teresa a saint in a canonisation mass at St Peter’s square. “For the honour of the Blessed Trinity… we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) to be a Saint and we enrol her among the Saints, decreeing that she is to be...
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    World Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Visit Pope Francis

    Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan visited Pope Francis on Monday. According to SKY NEWS, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said they discussed "how to use communication technologies to alleviate poverty, encourage a culture of encounter, and make a...
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    World Islam is Not Terrorism - Pope Francis

    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...
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    World Pope Francis Falls During Mass In Poland [SEE PHOTOS]

    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...
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    World Pope Francis Reacts to Terrorists' Attack on French Church

    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...
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