•Pope Leo XIV (C) waves from the Popemobile to the crowd as he arrives to lead a Holy Mass at the Yaounde Ville Airport, today Crowds filled the streets to welcome Pope Leo XIV today as he arrived in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with […]
Industrialist and philanthropist Aliko Dangote has been named among TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2026. Dangote joins global influential figures from multiple sectors, including political leaders such as U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV today condemned the widening “chasms between the poor and the rich” during a visit to the tiny Catholic principality of Monaco, a playground of millionaires on the French Riviera. He arrived in Monaco for a whirlwind visit to the tiny Catholic principality, a millionaire’s playground that is the surprise […]...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholic organisations to include a direct feed of official Vatican news on their websites as the Holy See battles a flood of AI-generated content. Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, reported today that the pontiff had written to bishops inviting them to use the feed […]
•Pope Leo XIV (C) performs the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, yesterday Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas mass of his pontificate, greeting thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square before the service. During the mass, Leo said Christmas was a feast of “faith, charity and hope” and […]...
•Pope Leo XIV Wrapping up his first international trip as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV said today he would like to visit Algeria in 2026 as part of a voyage to Africa, which could be his next overseas destination. “I hope to make a trip to Africa, which could be my next trip,” the US pope […]
•Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost and an empty classroom Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of over 300 hostages taken from the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in the Agwarra Local Government Area of Niger state. “I learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and […]
•Tinubu and Trump The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa will hold an open hearing on Thursday, November 20, 2025, to examine President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern. The CPC designation, if ratified by the Senate, would allow the US to impose sanctions on Nigerian ...
•Pope Leo XIV (C) Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the devastating 2020 Beirut port explosion during an upcoming trip to Lebanon and Turkey, the Vatican said yesterday. The US-born pope is making his first overseas visit since becoming head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in May, following the death of […]
•Catholic pontiff, Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV said yesterday he was “profoundly saddened” by a shooting in a US church that killed two children and wounded 17 people. The pontiff — the first American to head the Catholic Church — sent his condolences to “those affected by this terrible tragedy, especially the families now […]

