First American Pope, Leo XIV elected - ITREALMS

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago-born Augustinian friar, has been elected as the new Pope, taking the name Leo XIV, reports ITREALMS.

He is the first North American pope and, according to a genealogist, may have African-Creole ancestry through his maternal lineage.

What Cardinal Onaiyekan told Seadogs -ITREALMS

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Full Text: Keynote Address of John Cardinal Onaiyekan to the National Association of Seadogs. Saturday, December 10, 2022

I wish to sincerely thank the National Association of Seadogs for inviting me to be part of this your 70th Anniversary celebration and to give a key note address on a matter that is very much at the heart of every one of us namely: The State of the Nation. I wish to thank especially my friend Mr. Uche Odozor who screwed up the courage to drag me into this adventure. Because of my long term friendship with him, I did not have much difficulty accepting the invitation. No doubt it is quite unusual for a person of my stature and ecclesiastical position to be in your midst. But we are living in unusual times. And if we want change for the better not only in our nation but in our world, such change obviously demands that we begin to learn to do things differently, breaking up new frontiers, making new friends and forging contacts. I want to thank you for the opportunity you have given me to broaden my perspective on what you stand for and what you live for.

Tinubu hails Bishop Peter Okpaleke's elevation as Cardinal

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has hailed the elevation of Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke to Cardinal by Pope Francis as a deserving honour to the Bishop and Nigeria as a country.

Tinubu thanked the Pope and the Catholic Church for finding Bishop of Ekwulobia in Anambra State worthy of the elevation, describing it as further confirmation of the progress of Christianity and depth of catholicism in Nigeria.

Pope enthrones Cardinal Peter Okpalaeke - ITREALMS

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The pioneer Bishop of Ekwulobia diocese in Anambra State, Nigeria, Bishop Peter Okpaleke has finally been enthroned as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church in Vatican City, Rome on Saturday, August 27, 2022, reports ITREALMS.

The famous Nigerian Catholic Bishop reputed for being literally 'rejected' by the diocese of Ahiara, Imo State, forcing him to resign and was later reappointed as Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese.