Churches, mosques and schools instructed to provide sanitisation apparatus

By Rene Oswere,

The first coronavirus case in Kenya has triggered a more intense reaction from the government with public gatherings banned until further notice. T...

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Pope Francis slaps woman’s hand to free himself – VIDEO

By CNN,

Pope Francis was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Tuesday when he slapped a woman's hand to free himself. The pope w...

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Keitany- What Pope Francis told me

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Veteran athlete Mary Keitany has expressed her joy after meeting with the head of  the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, at the Vatican City in Rome, It...

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Pope Francis washes feet of prisoners at Holy service

By Reuters,

Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 prisoners on Thursday at a traditional service, telling them to shun any inmate hierarchy structure or l...

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Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild

By Reuters,

A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world. Firefighters howe...

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Pope names first African-American to highest U.S. post

By Reuters,

Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church’s most senior U.S. position on Thursday, seeking to end a period of upheaval in...

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Pope: Church should admit history of abuse of women, male domination

By Reuters,

Pope Francis said on Tuesday the Catholic Church had to acknowledge a history of male domination and sexual abuse of women and children and repair its...

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Pope Francis turns down resignation of French cardinal in sex abuse cover-up

By Reuters,

Philippe Barbarin, the French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted of failing to report sexual abuse charges, said on Tuesday that Pope Francis had turne...

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Pope calls abusive clergy ‘tools of Satan’

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Pope Francis, speaking on the final day of a historic summit on clergy sexual abuse, called priests and other Catholics who abuse children "tools of S...

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Sister Veronica Openibo, just read the riot act to Catholic bishops over clergy sex abuse

By CNN,

Sister Veronica Openibo, a Nigerian-born nun, is one of only three women to address an unprecedented Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse here in Rom...

Pope to sex abuse summit: ‘Transform this evil,’ faithful demand it

By VOA,

Pope Francis warned church leaders summoned Thursday to a landmark sex abuse prevention summit that the Catholic faithful are demanding more than just...

Catholic Church , Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle , Pope Francis , sex abuse

Salacious new book says homosexuality is rampant at the Vatican

By CNN,

Early in his salacious new book about homosexuality in the Vatican, the French journalist Frederic Martel asks a source to estimate the number of Vati...

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Tens of thousands attend first ever papal mass in Abu Dhabi

By Reuters,

Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass on Tuesday by Pope Francis, the first...

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Pope Francis arrives in UAE for historic Gulf visit, condemns Yemen war

By Reuters,

Pope Francis on Sunday became the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula, just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the w...

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Church abuse survivors demand perpetrators’ names

By Reuters,

Survivors and lawyers demanded on Thursday the Catholic Church make public the names of 500 priests or clergy members in Illinois accused of child sex...

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Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps

By Reuters,

The main opposition camps in Congo’s presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long ...

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Remember the poor and shun materialism, pope says on Christmas Eve

By Reuters,

Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas on Monday, urging people in the developed world to seek a simpler, less materialistic li...

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Somali man arrested in Italy after comments about attacking Vatican: police

By Reuters,

Italian police said on Monday they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to ...

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French Bishops launch ‘independent’ commission on sex abuse in Catholic Church

By CNN,

French Bishops have announced plans to establish an "independent" commission to look into the sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church dating...

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Infantino interfered in changes to FIFA ethics code

By Reuters,

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino broke the world soccer body’s rules by interfering in the rewriting of its ethics code, according to German magazine Der...

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