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Dudu to perform at Diplomatic Charity Bazaar
This Saturday, renowned jazz singer Dudu Manhenga will take the stage at the Diplomatic Charity Bazaar, hosted by the Diplomatic Spouses Association (DSA) at Old Georgians Sports Club in Mt Pleasant, ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 14:19hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence.He was 95.His successor Pope Francis confirmed the death through a statemet....Published: 31 Dec 2022 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo first black Catholic priest dies
THE first black Roman Catholic Diocesan priest in the Archdiocese of Bulawayo Monsignor Bernard Mapumavale Ndlovu has died. He was 88.The Archbishop of the Bulawayo Diocese Alex Thomas confirm...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: Protocol of the forgotten
On January 27 2015, the world marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day which coincides with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.Auschwitz was a Nazi concentration cam...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Dzikamai Bere
Mugabe and wife return home from Rome
President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, have returned home from Rome, Italy, where they attended the beatification mass of Pope Paul VI.Mugabe, a devout Catholic and the ...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe attends Pope Paul VI beatification
Pope Francis has beatified Pope Paul VI at a holy mass held at St Peters Square in the Vatican City in Italy this Sunday.President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe and sever...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 17:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
President and Grace Mugabe in Rome
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and First Lady Grace Mugabe have arrived in Italy for today's beatification of Pope Paul VI by Pope Francis at a double mass at The Vatican.resident Mugabe will join an...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Was TB Joshua Right? - Iraq Ambassador claims ISIS plans to assassinate the Pope
A few weeks back, TB Joshua said the pope should be prayed for. He didn't give details but said he sees danger. Well, the Prime Minister of Iraq is revealing that there are serious threats to the Pope...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Lee Seung
Catholic run hospital blocks distribution of condoms
THE Roman Catholic-run Zhombe Mission Hospital in Kwekwe rural and Kwekwe Polytechnic are allegedly blocking the distribution of condoms at the two institutions, setting themselves on a collision cour...Published: 18 Jun 2014 at 06:04hrs | | by Kamangeni Phiri
Mugabe is back
President Mugabe and First Lady Grace Mugabe today returned from Sunday's historic double canonisation of saints John XXIII and John Paul II by Pope Francis at Vatican City.However, his trip b...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 16:17hrs | 2 | by Mabasa Sasa
Internet is a 'gift from God', declares Pope Francis
Pope Francis has declared the internet is a 'gift from God' because it brings people from different cultures together.In a statement about Catholic Church communications, Pope Francis said th...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Seek deliverance and shun worldly vices, Church leaders urged
Church leaders in Zimbabwe have been urged to seek deliverance and shun worldly vices such as corruption and immorality which rocked several denominations in the year 2013.The year 2013 will g...Published: 29 Dec 2013 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff Reported
Pope Francis sets up Vatican committee to fight child sex abuse
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is to set up a Vatican committee to fight sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church and offer help to victims.The announcement, by the archbishop of Boston, f...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gweru gets new Catholic bishop
Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Xavier Munyongani, currently Chaplain of Zimbabwean Catholics in England and Wales, as Bishop of Gweru in Zimbabwe.Mgr Xavier Munyongani was born on 1 Jan...Published: 22 Jul 2013 at 06:49hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Pope Francis admits existence of 'gay lobby' inside the Vatican
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has admitted the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican's secretive administration, the Roman Curia, allegedly exposed during a leaks scandal, according to a Latin ...Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 15:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pope Francis links Turin Shroud to Jesus
Pope Francis explicitly linked the Shroud of Turin to Jesus Christ in the same week forensic tests proved the cloth could have been produced during Christ's lifetime.In a special video message...Published: 31 Mar 2013 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Mat Estel
'Liberal' Pope Francis worrying traditionalists after washing women's feet
Traditionalists in the Roman Catholic church have expressed concern after Pope Francis became the first pontiff to wash the feet of two women during a Maundy Thursday mass, a move liberals welcomed b...Published: 29 Mar 2013 at 15:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Catholic priest expelled over paedophilia
Palma de Majorca - Spain's Catholic Church has expelled a priest over paedophilia, the bishop's office on Majorca Island said on Thursday.An internal investigation had showed that Pere Barcelo...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe arrives in Rome for papal inaugural mass
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome, Italy, where he will attend the inaugural mass by the newly-elected Roman Catholic Pope Francis I.President Mugabe is accompanied by Grace Mugabe, ...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe off to the Vatican for Pope's inauguration
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe would attend this week's inauguration mass for Pope Francis, a presidential official said, with the staunchly Catholic leader set to leave for Rome on Sunday."Yes, he ...Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 15:28hrs | | by AFP
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina becomes pope, takes Francis as name
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years, and ...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 19:18hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Black smoke over the Sistine Chapel again
Cardinals in secret conclave failed twice on Wednesday morning to elect a new pope, as black smoke over the Sistine Chapel showed ballots on the first full day of voting were inconclusive....Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 09:35hrs | | by staff Reporter
Black smoke from Sistine chapel chimney: No pope yet
This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who - and when - was as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney.As tho...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 10:01hrs | | by Sapa-AP
Pius Ncube spotted at Welshman Ncube's meeting
THE former Roman Catholic Archbishop for Bulawayo, Pius Ncube attended an MDC organised meeting recently, raising eyebrows that the disgraced man of the cloth could be probably be venturing into pol...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pope Benedict XVI resigned after findings of blackmail, gay sex at Vatican - Report
...Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Associated Press
'Jesus didn't say that' priests shouldn't marry, urges senior Catholic cleric
London - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric says priests should be allowed to marry and have children.Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, says th...Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 17:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Catholics eye black pope
Local Catholics have called for the Roman Catholic Church to consider a black pontiff to succeed Pope Benedict XVI who resigns at the end of this month. Pope Benedict XVI's resignation has, i...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe should take leaf from the Pope Benedict XVI
Next week, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will be turning 89 and I so happen to share a birthday with him. While he cuts his cake in Harare, I will be cutting mine somewhere in exile. There seem to ...Published: 13 Feb 2013 at 06:51hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Full text of Pope's declaration
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday said he plans on resigning the papal office on February 28th. Below please find his announcement.Dear Brothers,I ha...Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 11:53hrs | | by Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI to resign on February 28th
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign on February 28th, a Vatican spokesman has announced."The pope announced that he will leave his ministry at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on February 28," said the spokesma...Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Evangelical Protestant churches blooming in Angola
Luanda - Evangelical churches are blooming in Angola, a traditionally devout Catholic nation, as its impoverished people turn to the promises of proselytism and Protestantism.In a country of a...Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 08:34hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Pope prays for world peace
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI prayed for world peace, condemning the inequality between rich and poor and "unregulated financial capitalism" at a New Year's mass in St Peter's Basilica on Tuesday....Published: 01 Jan 2013 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pope Benedict XVI holds Easter candle at basilica vigil
Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, una...Published: 07 Apr 2012 at 21:22hrs | | by AP
Pope Benedict 'assassination fears' revealed
A senior Vatican figure has reportedly claimed amid fears of an assassination plot against Pope Benedict XVI the Telegraph (UK) reported on Friday.The Telegraph (UK) published the artic...Published: 10 Feb 2012 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Abortion a bigger problem than joblessness - Catholic Church
Cardinal Archbishop Antonio Rouco Varela used an open-air gathering in Madrid's Plaza Colon on Friday to attack the policies of the previous Socialist Party government, calling for a repeal of legisl...Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Aurora Munoz Lara
Catholic Church condemns Angola's new abortion law
The Catholic Church in Angola on Saturday condemned a new bill to decriminalise abortion in the southern African country.Justice Minister Guilhermina Prata proposed the draft law to Angola's p...Published: 24 Dec 2011 at 17:12hrs | 6 | by Ndou Paul
Pope Benedict XVI lights candle, kicks off Christmas celebrations
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Eve Mass on Saturday night, kicking off a busy two weeks of public appearances that will test his stamina.Hours before the evening Mass began, Benedict ...Published: 24 Dec 2011 at 17:00hrs | 2 | by Bhebhe4 Mandla
Africa can win the challenge of reconciliation: Pope
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday urged Africans to "take the future in their hands" after returning from a visit to Benin, saying humanity as a whole would benefit from the "vitality" of Africa....Published: 23 Nov 2011 at 08:44hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
White House slams Obama kissing Chinese and Venezuelan leaders Ads
Washington - The White House on Thursday slammed a new Benetton advertising campaign showing US President Barack Obama kissing Chinese and Venezuelan leaders sm...Published: 17 Nov 2011 at 21:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vatican take legal action over Pope Benedict XVI kissing a Muslim imam picture
The Vatican announced on Thursday that it will take legal action over an advertising campaign by Benetton which showed Pope Benedict XVI kissing a Muslim imam. According to telegraph.co.uk the...Published: 17 Nov 2011 at 21:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
US man executed despite doubts over his 1991 murder conviction
The US state of Georgia went ahead and executed Troy Davis despite doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that made him a poster child for global efforts to end the death penalty.Former US pr...Published: 22 Sep 2011 at 06:50hrs | | by AFP
The saint and the sinner: Mugabe invited
Rome Tyrant Robert Mugabe is among VIPs who will attend the beatification ceremony of Pope John Paul II this weekend, it emerged today.The Zimbabwean dictator has been slammed...Published: 28 Apr 2011 at 20:51hrs | 8 | by Nick Pisa
Barack Obama to address UK Houses of Parliament
US President Barack Obama is to have the rare honour of addressing both Houses of Parliament during his state visit to Britain in May, the speaker’s office has confirmed....Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Sapa
Pope Benedict XVI: Pakistan, to reverse its blasphemy laws!
Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying Monday they were a pretext for violence against non-Muslims, and demanded that all governments do more so Christians can practice...Published: 10 Jan 2011 at 16:49hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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