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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Amos The last words of a man are often considered sacred. They echo his ultimate beliefs, his deepest yearnings, and the summation of a lifetime of conviction. But when the man is not just a man, but a Pope—the Vicar of Christ, the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church—his final utterances transcend
In his first address to the College of Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV invokes the legacy of both Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIII, saying that he wants the Church to “respond to a new industrial revolution and to the development of artificial intelligence.” By Francesca Merlo In his first formal address to the College of
Everyone needs these words of consolation and reassurance. ” Brothers, sisters… I speak to you, especially to those who no longer believe, no longer hope, no longer pray, because they think God has left. To those who are fed up with scandals, with misused power, with the silence of a Church that sometimes seems more
Pope Leo XIV had the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace reopened on Sunday, which had been sealed according to protocol after the death of Pope Francis. Vatican News At the conclusion of the Regina Caeli prayer from the Loggia of the Blessings on 11 May, Pope Leo XIV had the papal apartment of the
THE WISDOM OF THE ETERNAL CHURCH AND THE SACRED MYSTERY OF THE VATICAN :HOW POPE LEO XIV EMERGED FROM THE SHADOWS AND SHOCKED THE WORLD. There is a kind of wisdom that is not loud. It does not seek attention. It does not scream to be seen. It simply exists, quietly, deeply and eternally. This
The Vatican has announced the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV for Sunday, May 18, at 10 am Rome time in St. Peter’s Square. According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Leo XIV’s schedule for the coming days will be as follows: Saturday, May 10: Meeting with the Cardinals Sunday, May 11: First public
Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. Here is the biography of the 267th Bishop of Rome. By Vatican News The first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV is the second Roman Pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the Americas. Unlike Jorge Mario Bergoglio,
Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb congratulated, on Thursday Pope Leo XIV on his election as Pope of the Catholic Church. El Tayeb said that he is looking forward to continuing collaboration with the new Pope in strengthening interfaith dialogue and promoting the values of human fraternity, in pursuit of global peace, coexistence, and a
By Fr. OKHUELEIGBE OSEMHANTIE AMOS In a moment of historic solemnity and global jubilation, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69 years old, from the United States of America, has been elected as the 267th Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Emerging from the conclave held in the Sistine Chapel, he has taken the papal name
By Paschal Norbert Over 130 Catholic bishops and cardinals from across West Africa are convening at the Grand Théâtre de Dakar for the 5th Plenary Assembly of the Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA), under the theme: “For a Synodal and Autonomous Church Serving Justice and Peace in West Africa.” The weeklong assembly,