RELIGION

Catholic Priest Shoots Water Gun Filled With Holy Water To Bless Church Goers

THE AFRI GIST May 18, 2020 0

Photos of a Catholic priest is fast going viral after he got creative, shooting a squirt gun filled with holy water to bless his church goers. The Catholic priest, Father Tim Pelc, from Detroit was photographed around Easter time last month standing outside his church and shooting the holy Continue Reading

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Women Ask Pope Francis For Voting Rights

THE AFRI GIST October 27, 2019 0

Catholic nuns taking part in a three-week Vatican assembly on the Amazon have urged Pope Francis to allow them to vote on the final document Saturday. A green light from Francis would be a historic first. The Vatican has not publicly responded to the request, but an expert said it would be unusual for voting […]Continue Reading

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Pope’s bodyguard resigns over leak scandal

THE AFRI GIST October 15, 2019 0

Pope Francis’ main bodyguard Domenico Giani, the Vatican’s security chief, resigned Monday over a leak to the media of details of a financial wrongdoing probe. Francis accepted Giani’s resignation while noting he “bears no personal responsibility” for the leak, the Vatican said. The Argentine pontiff was furious over the publication of an Continue Reading

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Why Briton John Bradburne could become Zimbabwe’s first Catholic saint

THE AFRI GIST September 22, 2019 0

John Bradburne cared for people living with leprosy in then-Rhodesia, refusing to leave them as a civil war raged “You’re not safe here, John. You are going to be killed”. The bearded lay missionary with long, straggly hair stopped playing his flute for a moment and then shrugging off the thought, resumed. A few days […]Continue Reading