Pope Francis

By Polycarp Auta Jos – Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has expressed gratitude to His Holiness, Pope Francis, for praying against the killings in Southern Kaduna and for the peace of Nigeria. Pam said this in a statement at the end of…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday warned against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine. “The pandemic is a crisis. You don’t come out of it the same — either better or worse,” Francis said, adding improvised remarks to his planned speech for…

Pope Francis Franco Origlia/Getty Images Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday, urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict.The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is being built some 15 km from Ethiopia's border with Sudan, has…

Updated / Friday, 7 Aug 2020 13:38 Pope Francis instituted the council in 2014 Pope Francis has appointed six women to the Vatican's economic council, a first for the financial watchdog overseeing the administrative and financial structures of the Holy See. The women will serve as lay experts on the…

Pope Francis has appointed six women, including the former treasurer for Britain's Prince Charles, to the council that oversees Vatican finances, naming them in one fell swoop to some of the most senior roles. Reuters Last Updated: August 6, 2020, 10:31 PM IST Share this: VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has…

Italian bishop Luigi Ventura, the Apostolic Nuncio to France, attends a mass in Lourdes, southern France, as part of the annual Plenary session of French bishops. Pope Francis's former ambassador to France, Luigi Ventura, will go on trial in Paris in November for alleged sexual assault, sources told AFP on…

Pope Francis has said he was hurt by Turkey's decision to make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, but Ankara said the decision will maintain a relationship of equality and mutual respect in the country. It was the Vatican's first reaction to Turkey's decision to transform the Byzantine-era monument back into a mosque,…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 12 Jul 2020 10:20PM · On Friday, a top Turkish court overturned a 1934 cabinet decision to turn the Hagia Sophia into a museum. – EPA pic, July 12, 2020. POPE Francis today said Sunday he was “very distressed” over Turkey’s decision to…

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said on Sunday, July 12, he was "very distressed" over Turkey's decision to convert the Byzantine-era monument Hagia Sophia back into a mosque . "My thoughts go to Istanbul. I'm thinking about Hagia Sophia. I am very distressed," the pope said in the Vatican's first reaction…

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been appointed by Pope Francis to a Vatican advisory panel, the Holy See said on Friday. The pontiff named Draghi, 72, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. An economist who received…