Christian pastor and pregnant wife killed in Nigeria | SW News | 126 shalomworld Boko Haram attack on village leaves 81 people dead The Islamic militant group Boko Haram is thought to be responsible …More
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shalomworld Boko Haram attack on village leaves 81 people dead The Islamic militant group Boko Haram is thought to be responsible for an attack upon a Nigerian village that has left at least 81 people dead. The fatal raid upon the village of Faduma Kolomdi, in the north eastern state of Borno, took place on Tuesday morning. Protestant pastor and wife gunned down by militants Meanwhile, last week saw a protestant pastor and his wife also become victims of anti-Christian violence in Nigeria. The Reverend Emmanuel Saba Bileya and his wife, Juliana, who is thought to have been pregnant, were gunned down on Monday June 1 while working on their farm in the Taraba State in north-east Nigeria. The Vatican has announced that there will be no outdoor Eucharistic procession during this Sunday’s celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi. That’s due, they say, to COVID-19 restrictions. Instead, Pope Francis will lead solemn benediction of the Blessed Sacrament within St. Peter’s Basilica following Sunday Mass. Bishop Egan: Proposed abortion laws "fundamentally detestable" The Bishop of Portsmouth in England is urging both Catholics and all people of goodwill on the Channel Island of Guernsey to take a stand against proposed new abortion laws which he describes as “fundamentally detestable”. The new laws would seek to raise the time limit for abortion on Guernsey from 12 weeks to 24 weeks. Pope Francis creates new COVID-19 recovery fund Pope Francis has established a new charitable fund to help those within the Diocese of Rome who are facing financial hardship or have lost their job due to the Covid-19 crisis. Entitled the “Jesus the Divine Worker Fund” it will initially have an endowment of one million Euros. Primate of All Ireland welcomes return of public Masses The Primate of All Ireland is welcoming the news that churches are to reopen in the Republic of Ireland later this month. Following a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Irish Prime Minister or Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced that places of worship can re-open on June 29th. The Diocese of Beaumont gets a new bishop The Diocese of Beaumont in Texas has a new bishop. He’s Monsignor David Toups who is current the rector of the St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Florida’s Boynton Beach. He’ll succeed Bishop Curtis Guillory who has served as bishop of Beaumont for the past 20 years. 49-year-old Monsignor Toups grew up in Louisiana.
shalomworld Boko Haram attack on village leaves 81 people dead The Islamic militant group Boko Haram is thought to be responsible for an attack upon a Nigerian village that has left at least 81 people dead. The fatal raid upon the village of Faduma Kolomdi, in the north eastern state of Borno, took place on Tuesday morning. Protestant pastor and wife gunned down by militants Meanwhile, last week saw a protestant pastor and his wife also become victims of anti-Christian violence in Nigeria. The Reverend Emmanuel Saba Bileya and his wife, Juliana, who is thought to have been pregnant, were gunned down on Monday June 1 while working on their farm in the Taraba State in north-east Nigeria. The Vatican has announced that there will be no outdoor Eucharistic procession during this Sunday’s celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi. That’s due, they say, to COVID-19 restrictions. Instead, Pope Francis will lead solemn benediction of the Blessed Sacrament within St. Peter’s Basilica following Sunday Mass. Bishop Egan: Proposed abortion laws "fundamentally detestable" The Bishop of Portsmouth in England is urging both Catholics and all people of goodwill on the Channel Island of Guernsey to take a stand against proposed new abortion laws which he describes as “fundamentally detestable”. The new laws would seek to raise the time limit for abortion on Guernsey from 12 weeks to 24 weeks. Pope Francis creates new COVID-19 recovery fund Pope Francis has established a new charitable fund to help those within the Diocese of Rome who are facing financial hardship or have lost their job due to the Covid-19 crisis. Entitled the “Jesus the Divine Worker Fund” it will initially have an endowment of one million Euros. Primate of All Ireland welcomes return of public Masses The Primate of All Ireland is welcoming the news that churches are to reopen in the Republic of Ireland later this month. Following a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Irish Prime Minister or Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced that places of worship can re-open on June 29th. The Diocese of Beaumont gets a new bishop The Diocese of Beaumont in Texas has a new bishop. He’s Monsignor David Toups who is current the rector of the St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Florida’s Boynton Beach. He’ll succeed Bishop Curtis Guillory who has served as bishop of Beaumont for the past 20 years. 49-year-old Monsignor Toups grew up in Louisiana.