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03/08/2025

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐞

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday led a final Mass in Rome attended by more than a million Catholic youths, marking the end of a weeklong encounter with the next generation of the faithful.

The gathering represented a major organisational feat for the Vatican, with hundreds of thousands of young people in Rome for most of the week.

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final Mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.

"Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less," Pope Leo told the crowd.

The week-long "Jubilee of Youth" – a highlight of the Jubilee holy year – was an enormous undertaking for the Vatican, with a half a million young pilgrims in Rome for most of the week.

On Saturday night, before a twilight vigil led by the pope, organisers said there were 800,000 people in the vast, open-air space on Rome's eastern outskirts, and on Sunday the Vatican said that number had grown to one million.

Most of them spent the night in tents, in sleeping bags or on mats in anticipation of Sunday's Mass.

The colourful event was accompanied by music from a choir, and about 450 bishops and 700 priests, all in green robes. A towering cross dominated the massive golden arch covering the stage where the pope led Mass.

Hundreds of thousands camped out at the dusty venue, strumming guitars or singing, as music blasted from the stage where a series of religious bands entertained the crowds.

31/07/2025

𝐀 𝐒𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬

Lakewood Senior Pastor Joel Osteen announced the death of his mother Dolores “Dodie” Osteen on social media Wednesday. She was 91 years old.

According to the post, Osteen’s mother died peacefully at her home of natural causes.

“She was the beloved matriarch of Lakewood Church, an inspiration to millions of people around the world, and a faithful servant of God,” Osteen said in the post. “Known as ‘Mama Dodie’ to the entire Lakewood family, together, we celebrate her amazing life and lasting legacy.”

Dodie and her husband John Osteen founded Lakewood Church in 1959 and made a historic mark on the landscape of Christianity.

Dodie Osteen was the author of “Healed of Cancer,” a book about her healing from liver cancer after doctors had given up on her.

27/07/2025

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐧 ‘𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐞’ 𝐄𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞

POPULAR televangelist Benny Hinn’s October visit to neighboring Zimbabwe has triggered euphoria among his followers and the Christian community at large.

This follows after his representative and mission director, Marie Doorn, is in the country ahead of the much-hyped Miracle Crusade to be held between October 10 and 12 in Harare.

The crusade is being hosted by the Apostle Taonga Vutabwashe-led Heartfelt International Ministries.

Also in the country is Ugandan preacher Pastor Robert Kayanja, leader of Robert Kayanja Ministries, a close ally of Hinn.

Both Doorn and Kayanja have visited Miracle Grounds, the venue for the crusade and holding several meetings with the hosts and other faults leaders in the country as part of the preparations for the highly anticipated event.

Another cleric who visited the country is Ugandan David Peter Makoko, who arrived few days ago ahead of the same gathering that is likely to attract tens of thousands of believers from across Zimbabwe and the region.

“I am happy to be in Zimbabwe, and I am here on behalf of Pastor Benny Hinn, who is expected for a Miracle Crusade here in October,” Doorn told journalists upon her arrival at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport this week.

“My journey here is part of the preparations ahead of the Miracle Crusade. Pastor Benny said he excited to come here, this is a peace loving country and we are praying for great moments.”

Kayanja hailed Zimbabwe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa for promoting freedom of worship.

Heartfelt International Ministries spokesperson Pastor Samson Nhubu said preparations ahead of the mega event are gathering momentum.

“As Heartfelt International Ministries, we are honoured to announce the arrival of Dr Marie J Doorn, the international mission and crusade director for Pastor Benny Hinn Ministries, in Harare,” he said.

“Her visit marks a major milestone in the build-up to the Benny Hinn Healing Crusade, scheduled for October 10 to12, 2025 in Harare, a landmark event anticipated to draw tens of thousands from across the region.”

Hinn is a well-known televangelist, faith healer and author.

Born in Jaffa, Israel, in 1952, he is known for his “miracle crusades” and his television programme 'This Is Your Day'.--- 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔𝑫𝒂𝒚.

04/07/2025

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐒𝐞𝐱 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬

The leader of Africa’s Catholic bishops pushed back Tuesday on the narrative that it was only Africans who objected to a 2023 Vatican declaration permitting blessings for same-s*x couples.

“The position taken by Africa [on the declaration] was also the position of so many bishops here in Europe. It’s not just an African exception,” Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu said.

The 65-year-old cardinal added that homos*xuality is fundamentally a “doctrinal, theological problem,” and Church moral teaching on the subject has not changed.

Ambongo who is archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo and leader of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) told EWTN News that Africa “experienced [Fiducia Supplicans] as something that was being imposed from outside on a people that has other priorities.”

“The pastoral priority for us is not a problem of gay people, it’s not a problem of homos*xuality. For us, the pastoral priority is life: How to live, how to survive,” he added. Themes such as homos*xuality “are for you here in Europe, not for us in Africa.”

The cardinal, who was a member of Pope Francis’ advisory Council of Cardinals — sometimes referred to as the “C9” because for most of its history it consisted of nine cardinals — said he does not know if Pope Leo XIV will form a similar group to advise the pope.

Ambongo said during pre-conclave meetings, cardinals expressed a desire for the pope to value the input of the entire College of Cardinals, possibly even holding annual meetings. “But this small group that could also help the pope, that depends on him,” he said. --- 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦.

04/07/2025

𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞

Kenyan President William Ruto says he is building a church at the presidential residence in Nairobi that he will pay for himself - and says he has nothing to apologise for.

"I am not going to ask anyone for an apology for building a church. The devil might be angry and can do what he wants," Ruto said on Friday.

That statement alone has angered Kenyans already frustrated with his style of leadership and what they regard as the entanglement of the state and the church.

It is not clear who Ruto was referring to as "the devil" in his comments at State House, but he says nothing will stop the project from going ahead.

"I did not start building this church when I entered the State House. I found a church but one made out of iron sheets. Does that look befitting for the State House?" a defiant Ruto told politicians at a meeting he hosted on Friday.

On Friday, one of Kenya's leading newspapers, the Daily Nation, published architectural designs showing a large building with stained glass windows and capacity for 8,000 people.

The paper questioned whether the project was in keeping with Kenya's secular constitution.

There has also been criticism of the cost, estimated at $9m (£6.5bn), at a time when many Kenyans are struggling with the rising cost of living.

Ruto said he would pay for the church out of his own pocket, however that raises the question of whether he has the right to build such a large structure on state-owned property.

Ruto is Kenya's first evangelical Christian president, cultivating a pious image and earning him the nickname of "deputy Jesus".

Meanwhile, Nairobi's Catholic Archbishop Philip Anyolo says clarity is urgently needed about the type of structure being built, otherwise it might be seen to favour one Christian denomination over others.

"We have to be very cautious with this. Such a structure ought to have been built in an area that is not a public institution. Unless what is being built is a chaplaincy, but that is also not clear." He said. --- 𝐵𝐵𝐶 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠

04/07/2025

Lusaka’s Archbishop Alick Banda recently graced St. Joseph's Lubwe Mission celebration of 120 years since it was founded in 1905.

Under the Mansa Diocese, St. Joseph’s Lubwe Mission, celebrated its 120th anniversary with a vibrant and faith-filled gathering under the theme “𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀”.

In his homily, the Archbishop of Lusaka, Most Rev Dr. Banda, urged the faithful to emulate the spirit of the early missionaries who not only preached the Gospel but also lived by it and spread it through word and action.

04/07/2025

Last week, Israeli-born Palestinian-American-Canadian televangelist Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn paid a courtesy call on Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in the capital city, Kampala.

Pastor Hinn was in the country for a three-day crusade that attracted more than 200,000 attendees.

01/07/2025

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝟎

The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who emerged from the backwoods of Louisiana to become a television evangelist with global reach, preaching about an eternal struggle between good and evil and warning of the temptations of the flesh, a theme that played out in his own life in a s*x scandal, died on July 1. He was 90.

His death was announced by Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, in Baton Rouge, La. It provided no other details. Mr. Swaggart had been placed in intensive care at a hospital after suffering a heart attack on June 15, his son, Donnie Swaggart, who is also a preacher, told a prayer service that morning at the family’s ministry. “Without a miracle, his time is short,” he was quoted as saying.

Mr. Swaggart’s voice and passion carried him to fame and riches that he could scarcely have dreamed of in his small-town boyhood. At its peak in the mid-1980s, Jimmy Swaggart Worldwide Ministries had a television presence in more than 140 countries and, along with its Bible college, took in up to half a million dollars a day from donations and sales of Bible courses, gospel music and merchandise.

In his prime, Mr. Swaggart strode the stage like a bear, his voice thundering with emotion, dropping to a near-whisper, then rising again, sometimes to the accompaniment of tears — his own as well as those of his followers — as he spoke of his love for God and his disdain for the Devil.

Jimmy Lee Swaggart was born in eastern Louisiana, in the small town of Ferriday, on March 15, 1935, to Willie and Minnie Bell (Herron) Swaggart. His father was a grocer, a slap-and-strap disciplinarian and an occasional preacher at the local Assemblies of God church. Both parents became evangelicals.

08/05/2025

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and will soon step onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. He'll be known as Pope Leo XIV.

02/05/2025

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which will be used in burning the ballots for the conclave that will elect a successor to Pope Francis.

The secret meeting begins on May 7, with the sequestered cardinals using the chimney to tell the outside world whether they have elected a new leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.

The workers attached a rust-coloured pipe above the terracotta tiles of the roof of the 15th century Sistine Chapel, which is known for its frescoes by Michelangelo.

The chimney is clearly visible from the nearby St Peter's Square, where thousands are expected to gather during the conclave to see how the secret balloting is progressing.

Black smoke will signify no decision, white will announce that the 267th pope has been elected.

Francis, who died on April 21, had been pope since 2013 and was the first pontiff from the Americas. Some 133 cardinals, about 80% of them appointed by Francis, are expected to vote on his successor. - 𝑅𝑒𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠.

28/04/2025

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