Tag: POPE
Pope Sends Condolences To Victims Of Texas Floods
Pope Leo on Sunday sent condolences to the families of devastating floods in Texas which have left at least 50 people dead and nearly 30 more missing, many of them children. “I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in a…
Pope Leo XIV Warns Against Exploitation At Inaugural Mass
Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, made his debut tour of St Peter’s Square on Sunday in a popemobile, greeting tens of thousands of pilgrims and well-wishers ahead of his inauguration mass. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, who became head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on May 8, stood in the white vehicle as…
VIDEO: Tinubu Meets Pope Leo XIV After Inaugural Mass In Rome
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, Rome. The meeting comes shortly after Leo (formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost) was installed as the Bishop of Rome and the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. According to a video obtained by Hifox News, the Nigerian President shook hands with the…
Nigerian Worshippers Hope Pope Leo Continues Francis’s Work
Catholic worshippers in Nigeria welcomed the election of the new pope, Leo XIV, hoping he would continue the legacy of his liberal predecessor, Pope Francis. In a sparsely attended morning mass at Holy Emmanuel Catholic Church in the working-class Karu district of the capital, Abuja, the priest opened his homily with words for the newly…
2025 Conclave Day 2 Brings More Black Smoke As Cardinals Continue Voting To Pick New Pope
Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal electors tasked with choosing a new pope to succeed Pope Francis had voted inconclusively for a third time. The cardinals were sequestered for a second day Thursday as the 2025 conclave continued. On Wednesday evening,…