VATICAN: The newly elected pontiff Leo XIV has called on the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican while congratulatory messages poured in for making history as the first American-born pontiff. The 69-year-old former Prevost was…
By Alexander Okori and Edward Eninu The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has enlisted a sequence of rejoinders across the world, including in Kenya and Tanzania, with many recalling events of his recent visits. Moments…
VATICAN: Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been selected as the next pope, the first American pontiff in history and he will be called Pope Leo XIV. There were 133 voting cardinals and any one of them needed two-thirds of the vote…
Cardinal Giovannin Angelo Becciu is an Italian prelate and former deputy secretary of state at the Vatican who in 2023 was sentenced to several years in prison on embezzlement charges pending the results of an appeal. He is not eligible to take part…
On May 7, when over 130 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to vote for the next pope, one Cardinal Angelo Becciu cardinal will be left out in the cold. Becciu, a former power player before his involvement in a Vatican financial scandal…
By Our reporter Uganda is to hold National Requiem Mass for Pope Francis on Friday 25th April, 2025at Rubaga Cathedral, ahead of his burial on Saturday. Pope Francis who was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died at…
By Our Reporter. The Holy See Press Office has confirmed that Pope Francis’ funeral Mass will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10:00 AM in St. Peter’s Square. This was decided by the Roman Catholic Cardinals on Tuesday, setting the…
By Joseph Logola The Bishop Kotido catholic diocese Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu Lokut on has asked the inmates at Kotido Prison to do self- reflection while in incarceration. The bishop made the remarks on Sunday while praying with more than 100 inmates…