Pope’s donation helps thousands alleviate hunger in South Sudan-UN
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday said over 30,000 people suffering from hunger in South Sudan are able to grow more of their own food, thanks to a donation from Pope Francis.
Mbaise Bishopric crisis: Knights pledge support for Pope
Knights of Saint Mulumba, Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Mbaise, Imo State have pledged their “unflinching support for, and unalloyed obedience to the Pope.”
Come to Ahiara and give us justice, Laity pleads with Pope
EXACTLY two weeks after the 30-day papal ultimatum to all Ahiara Catholic priests to apologise and accept Peter Okpalaeke as their bishop, the 529-member Ahiara Diocese Worldwide Laity Council has written another letter to Pope Francis, praying for justice and protection from a “rapacious predator.”
Pope’s Economy minister faces sex abuse charges in Australia
Cardinal George Pell, Vatican’s economy minister, will make his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sex crimes.
Okpaleke: Pope replies recalcitrant priests of Ahiara
Days after time ran out for the priests of Ahiara diocese, in Nigeria’s Imo state, to write and apologise for having refused to accept Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, their bishop for the past five years, Pope Francis, through some of his closest advisers, has begun to respond to each of them.
Has Pope forgiven Ahiara priests?
WO weeks after the expiration of papal directive to Catholic priests in Ahiara Mbaise Diocese to write individual letters of apology to the Catholic Pontiff or risk suspension, there is no clear indication if all the priests had complied with the directive and what action Pope Francis, who was visibly vexed by the embarrassment the protracted rejection of Bishop Peter Okpaleke, has taken.
