Pope Francis is unlikely to visit India and Bangladesh this year as widely expected, a senior church official said Tuesday, with the high-profile visit postponed due to schedule clashes with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Pope had announced last year that he would “almost certainly” travel to South Asia in 2017 but no dates were … Read more
Pope Francis has given church officials in southern Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to obey him by accepting the nomination of a bishop — or face being suspended from office. During talks with a Catholic delegation from Nigeria, the pope demanded that priests and church members in the southern diocese of Ahiara write to him personally … Read more
Reprising his theme of “world war in parts”, Pope Francis said that these were “concentrated at points that were already hot. In Korea, today, it seems that things are becoming too heated” Pope Francis on Saturday called for negotiations to resolve tensions surrounding North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. Speaking on board the papal plane on his … Read more
Pope Francis urged an end to “horror and death” in Syria on Sunday as he celebrated the traditional Easter Day mass in Rome. The Easter mass, the highlight of the Christian calendar began under a cloudy sky where worshippers had gathered since the early hours to gain access amid tight security. After a short bout … Read more
A young girl of three years got all gathered at St Peter’s Square marveled after removing Pope Francis’ skullcap. The Pope was blessing children, then. Estella, as the girl’s name was given, was lifted by a Vatican aide to meet the Pope on Wednesday. Sign up for GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking … Read more
By: Nicholas Issaka Gbana Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church which has a global membership of over 1.2 billion. After less than a year in office, Fortune magazine named him the world’s greatest leader in November 2013. The TIME … Read more
Pope Francis has forced the head of an ancient Catholic order to resign in an unusually public rebuke of conservative leadership within the Catholic Church. The Pope was dragged into a dispute about condom distribution last year, when a top official of the Knights of Malta was fired over links between the order and charities … Read more
Champions of the Sprite Ball group to be crowned today Top guns Senior high schools including Presec legon, Adisadel College, Prempeh college, Keta SHS and Koforidua Senior Tech all failed to make it to the knock out stages of the Sprite basketball. For second time running Presec Legon failed to make it to the quater … Read more
Saturday’s Mass was the first major event of the Christmas season for the Pope Pope Francis has said that the true meaning of Christmas is being drowned out by materialism. During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children. He mentioned those … Read more
Pope Francis has celebrated a late-night Christmas Mass at the Vatican amid heavy security. The head of the Catholic Church denounced the continuing suffering of children. He mentioned those who faced hunger, danger on migration routes and bombing in Syrian cities such as Aleppo. Those taking part in the service inside St Peter’s Basilica had … Read more
Pope Francis has said that the Roman Catholic Church should apologise to gay people for the way it has treated them. He told reporters that the Church had no right to judge the gay community, and should show them respect. The pontiff also said the Church should seek forgiveness from other people it had marginalised … Read more
A visit by Pope Francis to the UN Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi as part of his Africa tour will come only days before the beginning of the seminal COP21 climate conference in Paris. Speaking from the heart of Africa to the world, he is expected to again address climate change, an issue central to … Read more