Pope issues new child abuse legislation for Vatican City

by Nigerian Oracle - March 29, 20190

Pope Francis issued stringent child abuse legislation for Vatican City employees on Friday, as part of the Church’s bid to address a wave of sex abuse allegations against priests.
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Pope to visit Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius

by Nigerian Oracle - March 27, 20190

Pope Francis is to visit flood-ravaged Mozambique and Indian Ocean nations Madagascar and Mauritius in September, the Vatican announced on Wednesday.
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Pope accepts abuse resignation of Chile cardinal Ezzati

by Nigerian Oracle - March 23, 20190

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Chilean Cardinal Riccardo Ezzati, who had agreed to step down along with his country’s bishops over sexual…
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Top pope aide Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex crimes

by Nigerian Oracle - February 26, 20190

Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis’ closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes.
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Pope compares child sex abuse to ‘human sacrifice’, vows action

by Nigerian Oracle - February 24, 20190

Pope Francis on Sunday vowed to tackle every single case of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church, comparing paedophilia to “human sacrifice”.
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Pope opens child sex abuse conference, promising ‘concrete’ remedies

by Nigerian Oracle - February 21, 20190

Pope Francis on Thursday promised concrete actions against child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened, countering scepticism from some survivors who said the meeting looked like a public relations exercise.
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Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE

by Nigerian Oracle - February 5, 20190

Pope Francis held a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at a stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, capping the first ever papal visit to the Gulf where Islam was born.
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Pope Francis urges “respect” for Yemen truce accord

by Nigerian Oracle - February 3, 20190

Pope Francis on Sunday called for urgent “respect” for a ceasefire accord in Yemen to allow humanitarian aid through in the conflict-weary country.
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Pope Francis in historic Arabian Peninsula visit

by Nigerian Oracle - February 1, 20190

Pope Francis is set for a historic trip to the UAE, the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, as he seeks to boost the Vatican’s outreach to Islam.
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Pope Francis: reaching out to Muslims

by Nigerian Oracle - January 31, 20190

Pope Francis has made dialogue with Islam a cornerstone of his papacy, which began in 2013, and visited several countries with large Muslim populations.
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