Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Rome prison during a Holy Thursday Mass. The 87-year-old pontiff performed the ritual from his wheelchair after recent ailments compounded his mobility problems. The women at the Rebibbia prison venue sat on stools on a raised-up platform, enabling the pope to move down the line with ease from his wheelchair without having to strain himself. Many of the women wept as Francis washed their …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed he supported the idea of releasing late opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before Navalny’s death. Putin said early Monday, March 18, that he supported an idea to release Navalny, his biggest foe. In his first comments addressing Navalny’s death, Putin said of his demise: “It happens. There is nothing you can do about it. It’s life.” The remarks were unusual because he repeatedly referenced Navalny by his …
A 30-year-old graduate of Auchi Poly, Auchi, Edo State, Chinedu Ikwuagwu, has narrated how his “school father” introduced him to homosexuality. Ikwuagwu disclosed this Tuesday, Feb. 13, in an interview with newsmen, while being paraded with eight other suspects by the Edo State Police Command. The suspect, who was arrested for allegedly having anal intercourse with a victim identified as Wisdom, said he stopped being gay after his graduation. He told newsmen: “I would not deny that …
Meta has suspended the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei due to what the company calls “repeated violations” of its “dangerous organizations and individuals policy.” Khamenei in the past has referred to Israel and Zionism as “an obvious plague for the world of Islam.” In 2020, Khamenei referred to Israel as a “cancerous tumor” that “will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed.” In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 assault, Khamenei wrote on X: “God …
A Paraguayan drug smuggler who tried to bring a kilo of cocaine with him to the UK has been sentenced to five years in prison. Armando Formigli Palma, 31, was caught during a routine check by Border Force at Heathrow Airport on 31 July 2023, after disembarking a plane from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He claimed someone else had packed his bags for him but a Google search of ‘what to what to take to London in your suitcase’ was found on his phone. …
Self-proclaimed Kenyan billionaire, Raymond Nduga has reacted after his lover, Dorris Everlyne, dumped him. LIB reported that Dorris ended the relationship and returned to her father’s house five months after Raymond was caught on camera viciously slapping her. Taking to his Facebook page, the dread-locked lawyer boasted that he has moved on with a new woman who is “hot and thick-thighed.” “Doris thinks if she leaves my life will stop. She needs me more than I need …