However, diplomats and Vatican sources cautioned that the trip could be put in jeopardy or parts of it changed if the security situation worsened
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The attacks were the latest assault on a religious minority by Islamist militants
Western countries, including the United States, blamed Syrian government forces for the attack, which choked scores of people to death
The report noted that Francis’s first stop was an outlying, low-income neighbourhood where he visited three families in their homes
The ‘Half of a yellow sun’ writer was ranked at number 42 on the list with Chicago Cubs baseball team President, Theo Epstein, at number one
The Pope has said several times that he wants to go to the country to preach peace, but so far no time frame has been given
The Catholic Church in Rwanda last year publicly sought forgiveness for the part played by some of its members, who it said had fanned the ethnic hatred that led to the killings
The Vatican said details of the April 28 to 29 trip will be announced soon
Francis, addressing tens of thousands of people in St Peter’s Square for his weekly audience, strayed from his text after mentioning he was worried about how families might be affected by a labour dispute at TV network, Sky Italia
The shortage has prompted calls from some progressives to end the ancient tradition of celibacy for Roman Catholic priests
In his often impromptu sermons, he has condemned sexual abuse of children by priests as being tantamount to a “Satanic Mass”
“There is corruption in the Vatican, but I am at peace, if there is a problem, I write a note to St Joseph and put it under a statue I have in my room,” the pontiff told 140 superiors of male religious orders at a November 2016 meeting
The Eagle Online reports that the appointment of Dung as the second Bishop of Shendam was as a result painful exit of the outgone Diocesan Administrator and Chief Shepherd of Shendam, Bishop James Daanman Daman
The Wednesday morning audience is sometimes held in St Peter’s Square and is usually attended by thousands of faithful from Italy and around the world
The Pope said this on Monday in Vatican City while delivering the annual papal “state of the world” address, before diplomats from more than 180 countries
Speaking to some 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square for his traditional noon address, Francis departed from his prepared text to condemn the Istanbul nightclub attack that killed at least 39 people
At his last public event of 2016, an evening vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, the 80-year-old Francis said doors had to be opened for young people “so that they can be capable of dreaming and fighting for their dreams”
The congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja on Friday
For the occasion; the Vatican has opened seven email accounts that can receive birthday messages in Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German and Polish
According to it, seven email accounts have been opened to receive messages in Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German and Polish