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Pope Leo XIV meets Mnangagwa at Vatican

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, August 30, held a private audience with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Vatican.Following the papal meeting, President Mnangagwa met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Pa…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:58hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa granted audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected today at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV, marking one of the first occasions an African leader has held an audience with the newly elected pontiff since May 2025.The meeting will focus on the …

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:29hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga in Italy to represent Mnangagwa

Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has arrived in Italy to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV, who recently assumed leadership of the Catholic Church following the passing of Pope Francis.Pope Leo XIV brings to the papacy a stro…

Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter

Catholics fail to elect new Pope as second round of voting ends

The world continues to wait for the announcement of a new pope after another round of voting ended without consensus on Thursday, as black smoke rose once again from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.The 133 cardinals of the College of Car…

Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:29hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Catholic church to hold masses honouring late Pope Francis

The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe will hold special masses to honour the life and legacy of Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88 due to a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.The first commemorative mass is…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:37hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter

Pope's representative tours Victoria Falls

Archbishop Janusz Stanislaw UrbaÅ„czyk, the newly appointed Roman Catholic Church's Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, visited Victoria Falls on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of the Hwange Diocese. His visit includes launching the Year …

Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:03hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe condemns Pope Francis over same sex marriages

Catholic congregants in Zimbabwe have expressed disquiet at the Vatican's move to allow the church's priests to bless same-sex couples, saying this is abominable in the majority of African countries and others outside the axis of the so-ca…

Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages

In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples.Others downplayed the policy approved this …

Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 36 | by Associated Press

Leviticus 20:13 - Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God's love and mercy shouldn't be subject to "an exhaustive m…

Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 11:48hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Pope Francis appoints new Bishop for Gokwe

Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Eusebius Jealous Nyathi, the Rector of Chishawasha National Major Seminary of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, as the new Bishop for Gokwe.Fr. Nyathi comes from Hwange Diocese.The appointment was announced b…

Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 17:33hrs | 2 | 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's life by the dreaded ISIS.Habeeb Al S…

Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Lee Seung

Pope Francis can restrain Robert Mugabe

If anybody can do anything to restrain Robert Mugabe, it is Pope Francis.That is why we should welcome the unofficial entry of Africa's greatest human rights abuser into Italy this week, to attend the new pope's inauguration. Mugabe is ban…

Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 16:47hrs | | by IOL

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 said he would take the name Francis I.Po…

Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 19:18hrs | 1 | by Reuters

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 thousands waited in a cold night rain in St. Peter…

Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 10:01hrs | 112 | by Sapa-AP

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 be no shame from Mugabe that at his age…

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 have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicat…

Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 11:53hrs | | by Pope Benedict XVI

Educate Young People in Justice and Peace: Pope

Humanity faces a decisive challenge - educating new generations in justice and peace in order to avoid the violent tragedies of the past, Pope Benedict said in his New Year address on Sunday.Benedict, 84, marked his seventh New Year as pop…

Published: 02 Jan 2012 at 16:56hrs | | by Moyo Roy

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."My trip has left me with strong positive impre…

Published: 23 Nov 2011 at 08:44hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile

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