In the early hours of Boxing Day, the office of South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the death of Desmond Tutu, the cleric who used his pulpit and spirited oratory to help bring down apartheid and then became the leading advocate of peaceful reconciliation under Black majority rule. The cause of death was cancer, the

By Vatican News staff reporter Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the family and loved ones of Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died aged 90. In a telegramme sent to Archbishop Peter B. Wells, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa and signed by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Pope said he was saddened

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the heroes of the South Africa’s anti-apartheid crusade, has died, aged 90, on Sunday, December 26. Tutu’s death was confirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who is also a hero of the anti-aparthied fight. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our

By Rachel Kogi, CSN, Abuja While the Church in Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta Diocese has been thrown into a mournful state over the killing of one of its Priests, Rev. Fr. Luke Adeleke by some unknown gunmen.The National Director of Social Communications of the

By Rachel Kogi Christmas celebration is yearly characterised by the display of Christmas cribs in Churches, homes, shopping malls and other venues. It is so common a feature that it cannot be wrong to say that Christmas celebrations are not complete without a Christmas Crib. Do you usually visit the crib? Have you ever stopped

The judge asked the killer of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, ‘Why did you kill Sadat? He said to him, “Because he is secular!” The judge replied: “What does secular means?” The killer said: “I don’t know!” In the case of the attempted assassination of the late Egyptian writer, Naguib Mahfouz, the judge asked the