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POPE AUTHORIZE FORGIVENESS OF ABORTION IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES

A shocking announcement made by Pope Francis shook d whole world on Tuesday evening. He has opened the door for women who have had abortions – an act considered a grave sin by the Catholic church – to be absolved if they express contrition and seek forgiveness from their priest. “The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented,” the pontiff wrote in an extraordinary letter that was released by the Vatican on Tuesday. “I am well aware of the pressure that has led them to this decision. I know that it is an existential and moral ordeal,” he added. The order, which temporarily allows all priests to grant forgiveness to women who have elected to have an abortion and profoundly regret the procedure, is part of the church’s jubilee year of mercy, which begins on 8 December and runs until 20 November 2016. Within an hour of releasing the letter, the Vatican released another statement in response to a flood of queries, emphasisi

40 YEAR OLD MAN RAPES 4 YEAR OLD GIRL TO DEATH

Pedophiles is becoming too much in Bayelsa State according to a revelation given from a child protection agency to the officials of the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and other stakeholders in cases of child abuses, including the rape and death of a four-year-old girl at the hands of a 40-year-old man in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA). The shocking revelation was made by the State Coordinator of the Child Protection Network (CPN), Mrs. Mariam Kombo-Ezeh, who also revealed that two other cases of child abuse that occurred in the state included the death of a 7-year-old girl from complications of HIV/AIDS, which she contracted after being raped by a man, and the gangrape of a 13-year-old girl in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. in her presentation, Mrs. Mariam told the gathering of stakeholders on child protection, which was themed “Advocacy Engagement with Policy Makers on Domestication of Child Right Act in B