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Pope Francis to open secret Pius XII archives

Saying the “Church is not afraid of history”, Pope Francis announced on Monday he plans to open fully the Vatican’s secret archives on the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII, a historic move that Jews have sought for decades.

Lessons from the Vatican: Will Mugabe retire?

Sir Seretse Khama’s son is now Botswana’s fourth president. Uhuru Kenyata is relocating to State House, the fourth president for Kenya. Are these developments not so obvious to President Robert Gabriel Mugabe asks Moses Chamboko.

Pope Benedict XVI in shock resignation

VATICAN – Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. He became Pope in 2005 following John Paul II’s death.

Priests should rein in voracious sex instincts

It was impossible for us adolescent African boys, born and bred in rural areas, where we received our sex education as soon as we realised we were boys and not girls, to agree to the lie that a real man could live without a woman for all his life.