WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days after joking that he’d “like to be pope,” United States President Donald Trump has shared an AI-generated photo of himself dressed as Pope. The photo, which first appeared on Trump’s Truth Social account, comes as cardinals are set to convene on May 7 to begin the process of electing the next…
VATICAN – Senate President Godswill Akpabio has arrived in Vatican City, leading a five-member Nigerian delegation ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis, set to take place on Saturday. The delegation, appointed by President Bola Tinubu, is in the Vatican to represent Nigeria at the funeral of the late leader of the Roman Catholic Church….
The first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Jorge Bergoglio, known as Pope Francis, died Monday at the age of 88. His death comes a day after his brief but final appearance before thousands of Catholic pilgrims at St. Peter’s Square in Rome during the Vatican’s Easter Sunday Mass. During his appearance, he…
Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the world is now waiting to see who will succeed him, as the Cardinals gather in Rome for the Papal Conclave. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. The…
Vatican City – The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops permitting gay men to enter seminaries, provided they abstain from sexual activity. This marks a notable shift in the Catholic Church’s approach to the admission of homosexual individuals into the priesthood. The guidelines, published quietly on the Italian bishops’ conference website on Thursday,…
By Chris Thompson Pope Francis, who is 87 years old, continued to struggle with persistent respiratory and mobility issues on Wednesday, requested an aide to read his words as he was unable to get back into his popemobile. For the first time this year, Francis presided over his weekly general audience in a frigid St. Peter’s Square…
