Mass sacrament:Pope Francis married 20 couples during a mass in
St Peter's Basilica in Rome on Sunday. Some of them were
cohabiting, and one bridegroom's previous marriage had been
annulled
Mass sacrament:Pope Francis married 20 couples during a mass in
St Peter's Basilica in Rome on Sunday. Some of them were
cohabiting, and one bridegr...
Condemn IS actions, Patriarch tells Arab
leaders
THE religious leaders of Muslim countries must raise their
voices to condemn the actions of the IS, the Chaldean Patriarch of
Babylon and Archbishop of Baghdad, the Most Revd Louis Raphael
Sako, said on Tuesday. "We are calling on the religious leaders of
the Muslim countries to issue a fatwa against the killing of any
human being, not just other Muslims," he told a news conference
organised by the Vatican mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
"So far, their voice has been very timid. . . It needs boots on the
ground: just bombing is no solution. But these should perhaps be
Arab boots. . . This is primarily the responsibility of the Arab
states."
Church-building collapse leaves scores dead in
Nigeria
MORE than 60 people were killed in Lagos last Friday, after a
building in the compound of the Synagogue Church of All Nations
collapsed while three extra storeys were being added. The church is
led by Prophet T. B. Joshua, a TV evangelist with a global
following. At least 130 people have been rescued from the
rubble.