LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests – as long as they remain celibate. In an unexpected adjustment to practice in the Catholic Church, the new guidelines from Italian bishops will allow gay men to enter seminaries. Although the Vatican had not explicitly prohibited gay men…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic church in Pearl River, Louisiana, has burned the altar where its former pastor was caught having sex with two women. “His behavior was obscene, his desecration of the altar is demonic,” said Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, who consecrated a new altar at the church Sunday, WVUE reports. The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers clad in pink, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in black leggings, a white turtleneck and poise beyond his years. His parents in Lagos, Nigeria’s teeming lagoon city, wanted him to become a priest. Instead, he has captivated millions with his ballet. “When I am…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Aruogba in Oredo Local Government area of Edo State has disclosed that robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church. Ihonda-Ovienloba made the disclosure during Sunday mass in the church. The parish priest said he…