News
Pope Francis leads Benedict’s funeral mass
Pope Francis is leading the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City on Thursday.
A mass choir also sang at the Mass for the first pontiff to have resigned since the Middle Ages.
Benedict’s plain, cypress wood coffin sits in Vatican Square, which is packed with attendees.
The Pope emeritus died on Saturday.
-
Latest3 days agoMakinde declares 2027 presidential bid under PDP–APM alliance
-
Featured3 days agoObasanjo faults Tinubu’s economic reforms, calls them necessary but poorly designed
-
Business4 days agoAnger, debate trail proposed $1.25bn loan amid concerns over Nigeria’s debt surge
-
Latest6 days agoWike loyalists dominate As APC clears 33 aspirants for Rivers Assembly primaries, 65 disqualified
-
Featured3 days agoWike dismisses political speculation over meeting with APC Chairman Yilwatda
-
Latest3 days agoWike says Makinde’s presidential ambition dead on arrival
-
Comments and Issues3 days agoPolitical Parties Primaries: Consensus or Coronation?
-
Business4 days agoNigeria’s 2026 debt servicing hits $11.6bn as Tinubu decries global financial inequity