Pope implicitly criticizes U.S. for leaving Paris climate accord
Pope Francis implicitly criticized the United States on Monday for pulling out of the Paris agreement on climate change, praising it as a means to control the devastating effects of global warming.
AHIARA DIOCESE: We stand with Pope —Knights of St John
The Knights of St. John International and Ladies Auxiliary, KSJI, an Order within the Roman Catholic Church, has called on Priests and the lay faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, in Imo State, to fully comply with the directive of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, regarding accepting Bishop Peter Okpaleke, the ordained Bishop for the diocese.
Pope warns G20 against ‘dangerous alliances’ damaging poor, migrants
Pope Francis has warned leaders of the world’s top 20 economies meeting in Hamburg against forming dangerous and distorting alliances that could harm the poor and migrants, a local media reported on Saturday.
Pope to G20: Give ‘absolute priority’ to poor, marginalised
Pope Francis on Fridau urged world leaders taking part in the G20 summit in Hamburg to give “absolute priority” to the problems of the poor and marginalised and to efforts to end wars.
Ahiara diocesan crisis: More indigenes sign protest letter to Pope
DESPITE the compliance of Ahiara Mbaise Catholic priests to the papal directive, to abide by the decision of the Pope through individual letters of apology by the affected priests, it appears the battle has only shifted ground, as the number of Mbaise indigenes in the diaspora who had appended their signatures to a proposed protest letter to the Catholic Pontiff has increased to 375.
Pope sacks Cardinal in charge of Vatican doctrine
German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, an arch-conservative who led the Vatican’s doctrine watchdog, has been dismissed from his post by Pope Francis, several media outlets reported on Saturday.
