Abuse scandal: Pope accepts resignation of 2 more Chilean bishops
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops, bringing to seven the number, who have stepped down since a sexual abuse scandal swept the nation’s Roman Catholic Church.
Pope to appoint 14 new cardinals
Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will hold a meeting of the Church’s top council to appoint 14 new cardinals next month, including from Iraq, Pakistan, Madagascar and Japan.
Fighting social injustice as important as fighting abortion – pope
Pope Francis said on Monday that Catholics should not give “excessive importance” to certain Church rules while disregarding others, urging opponents of abortion to show equal passion for the lives of the poor and oppressed.
Pope appoints Olawoore co-Bishop of Ilorin diocese
ABUJA – Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Rev. Fr. Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, the coadjutor bishop to the Diocese of Ilorin in Kwara state.
Pope baptises Nigerian migrant who foiled robbery in Italy
John Ogah, an illegal Nigerian migrant adjudged a hero after foiling a robbery at an Italian shop, has been baptised by Pope Francis.
Pope ‘ashamed’ young to inherit fractured world
Pope Francis on Friday said he was “ashamed” that younger generations would inherit a world “fractured by divisions and wars”.
