Vatican City – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:55:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Vatican City – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Pilgrims and dignitaries flock to Rome for double papal sainthood fete https://www.theinfostride.com/pilgrims-and-dignitaries-flock-to-rome-for-double-papal-sainthood-fete/ Sat, 26 Apr 2014 12:47:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=38558 Pilgrims and dignitaries from the world over streamed into Rome a day before John Paul II and John XXIII are named saints in the first ever double papal canonisation. In front of the Vatican Saturday, families and groups of scouts armed with folding…

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]]> Pope calls for global solidarity in New Year blessing https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-calls-for-global-solidarity-in-new-year-blessing/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 13:42:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7246 Pope Francis on Wednesday called for greater solidarity in the world in his first New Year blessing as pontiff in front of crowds of pilgrims on St Peter's Square. "We all have a responsibility to act so that the world may be a community of brothers…

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]]> Pope marks first Christmas as crowds flock to Bethlehem https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-marks-first-christmas-as-crowds-flock-to-bethlehem/ Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:59:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6371 Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican by highlighting the role played by humble shepherds in the Nativity, as thousands flocked to the historic site of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem. At the service in St Peter's Basilica, the 77…

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]]> Pope honours Mandela for ‘forging a new South Africa’ https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-honours-mandela-for-forging-a-new-south-africa/ Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:16:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3759 Pope Francis on Friday paid tribute to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela for "forging a new South Africa" and said he hoped his example would inspire the nation to strive for "justice and the common good". Francis praised the "steadfast commitment…

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]]> Pope sets up Vatican committee against child sex abuse https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-sets-vatican-committee-child-sex-abuse/ Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:55:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3607 Pope Francis on Thursday formed a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in a landmark initiative after thousands of abuses and cover-ups, but campaigners said the new body would be "toothless". While the composition and precise tasks…

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]]> Pope Francis calls for prayers for Syria nuns https://www.theinfostride.com/pope-francis-calls-prayers-syria-nuns/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:47:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=3424 Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for a group of nuns seized from their convent in Syria and for all hostages held in the war-torn country. "I invite you all to pray for the nuns of the Greek Orthodox convent of St Takla of Maalula in Syria…

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