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The Church of England is poised to consider the baptism of animals for the first time, it was announced today.

The ruling General Synod, which is next scheduled to meet in July, will consider an advisory report compiled by a panel of bishops and others entitled
All of God's Creation.

Synod members will be asked to consider the
implications of introducing a liturgy for pets 'in the
light of an emerging consensus about the value of the environment and an increasing consciousness of animal sentience and awareness', the report says.

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Could the Church of England baptise animals?

Speaking at a press conference to highlight the report's main findings, Rt Revd James Graham, the committee chair, said: 'The kingdom of God is
about renewing all of creation, including the created order. It would be possible, therefore, to envisage a situation where dogs and cats and other
pets could be ceremonially sprinkled with water to symbolise their full inclusion in the renewal of all
things.'

Pressed on whether this could be described as 'animal baptism', the Bishop said: 'In a manner of speaking, it might be seen that way by some.'


He added: 'In the past we have seen humankind as
in some way distinctive, special and set apart. Now science advises us that many characteristics we once believed to be limited to men and women are
shared with other species, including kindness and empathy. The Christian god is surely one who will welcome any created being with these characteristics fully into his kingdom.'

'After all, look at what I have in common with monkeys and chimpanzees – we're all primates,' the bishop joked, as an unamused press corps sat
stony-faced in front of him.

Asked how animals would be able to make
baptismal vows, Bishop James said: 'It's amazing what animals can do. I've trained my dog to play Widor's Toccata at weddings, and if you weren't
looking, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in quality from that of many regular human organists. It's just a bit tricky cleaning between the
pedals afterwards.'

The report was attached by conservative Anglicans
as being 'Anglicanism at its most wishy-washy'.

A spokesman for a group which claims to be more conservative than anyone else said: 'What is it again? Whatever it is, we're against it. We're always against. Now look, I've got to go as this probably means I am out of communion with you.'


But a spokesperson for a liberal group said: 'How lovely! What a nice idea. Actually, between you and me, we've been doing this in our parish for years.

We use milk for cats though, otherwise they tend to scratch. And we had terrible trouble when someone's pet spider escaped down the font overflow hole.'

Nigeria will be worse than Somalia soon -
Danjuma re-echoes Nnamdi Kanu's prophecy.

Defend yourselves or you’ll all die
Nigerian Army is complicit in Fulani terrorism and facilitating their operation

"If you depend on the armed forces to
protect you, you will all die- one by one"

 —TY Danjuma
Former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Defence, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, has broken ranks
with his Fulani cohorts to warn Nigerians that war is imminent.

Danjuma, who assassinated the first Nigerian Head of State, Aguiyi Ironsi, yesterday, spat fire by calling on Nigerians to rise and defend themselves against attacks by marauding herdsmen in some parts of the country, or continue to suffer casualties.

Danjuma wh re-echoed a
prophecy of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, warned that Somalia will be better than
Nigeria if the ongoing ethnic cleansing is not stopped.

“You must rise to protect yourselves from these people; if you depend on the armed forces to protect you, you will all
die.

“I ask all of you to be on the alert and defend your country,
defend your state,” he admonished.

He said the unnecessary killings, which is akin to an act of ethnic cleansing being perpetuated against the people of
Taraba, specifically, and Nigeria, at large, must stop.

An obviously and visibly angry Danjuma also lampooned the
military authorities by slapping the institution with the
accusation that it is complicit in the violent incidents by providing protection for the killers.

“This ethnic cleansing must stop in Taraba, and it must stop in Nigeria. These killers have been protected by the
military; they cover them and you must be watchful to guide and protect yourselves because you have no other place to
go”.


Speaking at the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba State University in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Danjuma, who received the award of honorary Doctor of Science from the University, lamented that in spite of the cultural diversity in the state, which was supposed to be used as a tool to bring unity among the people, there were armed bandits who come into the state to connive with the military to kill people and cause ethnic cleansing.


Danjuma said when he arrived at the arena of the convocation, he saw a diverse cultural display organised by
Taraba State cultural groups. This, he said, was proof- positive that the state represents Nigeria in all aspects, stressing that there was no need for the killings. The former
Chief of Army Staff then warned that “the ethnic cleansing must stop now otherwise Somalia will be a child’s play”.

General Danjuma’s outburst is coming against the backdrop
of recent violent attacks by killer herdsmen. In the first 10 weeks of 2018 alone, over 1351 people lost their lives ,
largely, as a result of violent killer herdsmen attacks.


Some of these activities have been described as pure criminality. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari has
been very consistent in his call for peaceful co-existence in the country,m promising to resolve the crisis.

He made a pledge of N100 million to the appeal fund of the university.
While speaking, the visitor, Taraba State University and governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, appreciated the
past governors of the state for initiating the state university.


He said his administration would continue to give priority to
education and the university for a better Taraba.

“The institution has made it possible for many Taraba residents to access tertiary education,” he said, and pledged
government’s support toward making it a model.

Earlier, Prof. Vincent Tenebe, the Vice Chancellor, had commended the state government for its continued support
which had ensured the growth of the university. Tenebe said that 5,900 students from five sets were graduating, and urged them to be good ambassadors of the institution.

If They Fail To Give Us Biafra, Somalia Will Look Like A
Paradise - Nnamdi Kanu (2014)

Jihad has been launched in Nigeria.
Fulani herdsmen must be stopped
before they cause Nigeria to implode.
Avert another war - Danjuma,
Dogonyaro, Lekwot, others warn
Nigerian government

MILLIONS of Christians across the world had their faith shaken to its foundations after reports the Pope admitted

HELL DOES NOT EXIST and that bad people simply cease to be.

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In a jaw-dropping Good Friday ‘revelation’ Pope Francis
reportedly told an Italian journalist that at the moment of death the souls of “sinners” would “disappear”.


Furious Catholics have suggested the claim sounds more akin to atheism than Christianity.

Eugenio Scalfari, 93, said Pope Francis told him: “Hell doesn’t exist, the disappearance of the souls of sinners exists.”

The quotes appeared in Italian newspaper La Republica, a
newspaper co-founded by Mr Scalfari.
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Pope early death over
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to preach holy laws at
adulterers

The shock revelation from the spiritual leader of the Roman
Catholic faith overturns more than 2,000 years of orthodoxy.


Conservative Roman Catholics have raged at the Pope for
changing fundamental aspects of the faith set out in the
Bible.


Antonio Socci, a Catholic author, accused the Pope of
heresy and called for his abdication.
Another Vatican spoke on the condition of anonymity: “He’s
a very strange theologian, assuming Scalfari properly
understood what he was saying.


Pope Francis says there's no hell
“He increases confusion among ordinary Catholics, who no
longer know what to believe.”

The expert believes Mr Scalfari over the Vatican because “if
someone traduces your thoughts, you don’t keep inviting
him back.

Mr Scalfari said that the Pope made the explosive remarks in response to a question asking what happened to wicked
souls after death.


The Pope claimed that unrepentant sinners are not punished after death - instead, they just disappear.

Francis and Mr Scalfari, an atheist philosopher, have met
four times before.



On other occasions too, the Vatican has had to issue
clarifications after meetings with Mr Scalfari - who
reportedly reconstructs dialogue from memory without
taking notes or using a recorder.


The Vatican has confirmed that the meeting took place this
time, but insisted it was not an interview.
It said: “No words in quotation marks should be considered
as a faithful transcription of the Holy Father’s words.”


The Times welcomed the Pope’s alleged comments, however: “The Pope’s clarification that there is no such
thing as eternal fire and brimstone even for those who eschew faith should be a reassurance to everyone.”


Pope Francis has previously been criticised for replying,
“Who am I to judge?” - when asked what he thought of
homosexual Christians.

Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election with more
than 75 percent of the vote Sunday, according to exit poll
data.


The Russian strongman's election win keeps him as
Russia's leader for another six years and allows him to
claim the mantle of the vast country's longest-serving ruler
other than Joseph Stalin.


Speaking to a crowd who attended a pop concert near the
Kremlin marking his victory, Putin hailed those who voted
for him as a "big national team," adding that "we are bound
for success." He said that the nation needed unity to move
forward and urged the audience to "think about the future of
our great motherland." He then led the enthusiastic crowd to
chant "Russia!"

Results from more than half of precincts showed Putin
winning over 75 percent of the vote, with Communist
candidate Pavel Grudinin and ultranationalist Vladimir
Zhirinovsky trailing far behind with about 13 and 6 percent,
respectively.


The eight presidential candidates were barred from
campaigning Saturday, but the message to voters was clear
from billboards celebrating Russian greatness — a big
theme of Putin's leadership — and Kremlin- friendly media
coverage.

The last time Putin faced voters was in 2012, when he was
up against a serious opposition movement. But since then
he has boosted his popularity thanks to Russian actions in
Ukraine and Syria.


Yevgeny Roizman, the mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's
fourth-largest city, says local officials and state employees
have all received orders "from higher up" to make sure the
presidential vote turnout is more than 60 percent.


"They are using everything: schools, kindergartens, hospitals
— the battle for the turnout is unprecedented," said
Roizman, one of the rare opposition politicians to hold a
significant elected office.


A doctor at one of the city's hospitals told The Associated
Press how one kind of voting pressure works.


The doctor, who gave her name only as Yekaterina because
of fears about repercussions, said she and her co- workers
were told to fill out forms detailing not only where they
would cast their ballots, but also told to give the names and
details of two "allies" whom they promise to persuade to go
vote.


"It's not something you can argue about," she said at a cafe
Saturday. "People were indignant at first, said 'They're
violating our rights' ... but what can you do?"
Yekaterina said she isn't sure what she'll do with her ballot,
musing that "maybe I'll just write 'Putin is a moron.'" But
she clearly understands that not showing up at the polling
place Sunday will not only endanger her job, but will reflect
badly on her boss, whom she likes.
The Russian doctor said she wouldn't go to vote if she
wasn't forced to.


"What's the point? We already know the outcome. This is
just a circus show," she said.
More than 1,500 international observers joined thousands of
Russian observers to watch the vote. A Russian election
monitoring group said Saturday it registered an "alarming"
rise in recent days in complaints that employers were
forcing or pressuring workers to vote.


As U.S. authorities investigate alleged Russian interference
in President Trump's 2016 election, Moscow has warned of
possible meddling in the Russian vote.
Election observers and local media have reported threats
and coercion of voters to re-register at their place of work
and report later that they have voted.


Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Central Election
Commission who was appointed to clean up Russia's
electoral system, vowed to respond to complaints about
being coerced to vote.


"No manager has the right to tell them where to vote," she
said recently.


Putin has pledged to raise wages, pour more funds into the
country's crumbling health care and education and
modernize dilapidated infrastructure.


Putin's main foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was
barred from the race because of a criminal conviction widely
seen as politically motivated. Navalny has called for a
boycott of the vote.

The news that a Colombian farmer finds $600,000,000 in
drug money buried on his farm has created a modern day
“Gold Rush” as people are now flocking to the Colombian
countryside with echo sounders and all kinds of scanning
equipment, searching for more of Pablo Escobar’s hidden
money pits.


Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 –
December 2, 1993) was a notorious Colombian drug lord
who at the height of his career, supplied about 80% of the
cocaine smuggled into the US.


Known as “The King of Cocaine”, he was the wealthiest
criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US
$30 billion by the early 1990s, and approximately US$50
billion when including money that was buried in different
areas of Colombia.


At the height of its power, Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel was
smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine (worth more than half a
billion dollars) into the United States every single day.

He made so much money that he had to spend $1000 per
week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash.

Pablo had so much money that he could not possibly spend
it all. He had over 800 luxury mansions all over Colombia,
owned football teams, he gave away billions of dollars to
help build hospital’s, schools, work programs and even
rebuilt entire ghettos for the poverty stricken people of
Colombia.

Even with all that going on, he still had too much cash to
hide. So he started to bury it all over Colombia. The location
of each money pit was known by only Pablo and his three
closest associates.


When Pablo was finally killed, the location of many of these
money pits died with him. The CIA estimates there to be
about 100 of these money pits that have yet to be
discovered, each containing between five hundred million to
one billion dollars.


Fast forward to today. Meet Jose Mariena Cartolos, a 65
year old farmer who recently received a $3000 grant from
the Colombian government to help him start a palm oil
plantation on land that has been in his family for over 200
years.


While digging the irrigation trench for the plantation, Jose
discovered something big beneath his feet. After further
excavation, Jose discovered several large blue containers
with something incredible inside.
Money, not just a few hundred dollars, not even a million
dollars, heck not even 100 million dollars.


This 65 year old
farmer with nothing but the shirt on his back had managed
to find one of Pablo Escobar’s money pit’s containing a
whopping $600,000,000. Yup thats right, six hundred million
dollars.

Its not clear what will happen to the
money now, but many speculate that Jose
Mariena Cartolos will not be allowed to
keep the money, but it will most likely
remain in Colombia and be used to fund
social and economical programs that help
those in poverty.

An identity card belonging to the Deputy
Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria in Bassa Local
Government Area of Plateau State , Zakariya
Ya ’ u Idris , is now a subject of controversy .

The Police authorities said they had
commenced investigation into the matter.
While the Irigwe Development Association
alleged that the document was recovered at a
scene where some persons were recently
killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen , MACBAN
said the ID card was stolen by Irigwe youths
who attacked the house of Idris while he was
worshiping in the mosque .

The President of IDA and former member ,
Plateau State House of Assembly , Sunday
Abdu , said , “ The identity card was seen at the
scene of an attack where people were killed.

“ The issue of identity cards is a small matter.

We also recovered telephone handsets .
“ We have reported the matter to the Police
and the items have been taken for
investigation . ”
But when contacted by our correspondent, the
chairman of MACBAN in Plateau State ,
Muhammad Nuru Abdullahi , insisted that the
ID card was stolen along with other personal
documents.

He said, “ The owner of the ID card is the
deputy chairman of MACBAN in Bassa LGA .
He was chased out of his own house .

“ He left this document inside his own house ,
and they entered and picked it and then went
away with it . The man was running for his
life.

“ The incident happened on Wednesday
morning . You know , they were attacked very
early in the morning before 6 : 00 am . He was
in the mosque when they were attacked and
he was unable to return to his house.

“ That was how they picked the documents,
including the certificates of his children ,
indigene ’ s certificates of his wife and
children , his ( MACBAN) identity card , vehicle
documents and other personal items .


“ He has reported to the Police and the report
has been documented . ”
When contacted to find out whether any
report was lodged by either parties , the
spokesperson of Plateau State Police
Command , Matthias Tyopev , an Assistant
Superintendent of Police said , “ It is a sensitive
matter; no comment for now , until after
diligent investigation . ”


But the Police later said the owner of the ID
card , had reported a case of armed invasion at
his home at the Bassa Divisional Headquarters
on Sunday .

“ The man whose face appeared on the ID card
has reported at the Bassa Division today that
his ID card was missing after his house was
broken into during an attack .


“ But we have not found the ID card since
nobody has brought it to the police ” ,

Donald Tusk says negotiations on other
issues will not progress until the Ireland
question has been dealt with



The EU has thrown down an ultimatum to Theresa
May in Brexit talks, warning that it will not open
discussions about trade or other issues until the
Irish border question is solved.


Speaking in Dublin alongside the Irish Prime
Minister Leo Varadkar, European Council President
Donald Tusk said talks would be a case of “Ireland
first” and that “the risk of destabilising the fragile
peace process must be avoided at all costs”.

“We know today that the UK Government rejects a
customs and regulatory border down the Irish Sea,
the EU single market, and the customs union,” the
Mr Tusk said.

“While we must respect this position, we also
expect the UK to propose a specific and realistic
solution to avoid a hard border.

“As long as the UK doesn’t present such a solution,
it is very difficult to imagine substantive progress in
Brexit negotiations.

“If in London someone assumes that the
negotiations will deal with other issues first before
the Irish issue, my response would be: Ireland first.”

British negotiators have long been keen to move to
discussions about trade and had hoped to do so
after the March meeting of the European Council in
two weeks, but Mr Tusk’s latest ultimatum
suggests further delays could be in store.

The EU
says a withdrawal agreement must be negotiated
by October to give it time to ratify the deal before
the UK falls out of the bloc in March 2019.

Mr Tusk recalled that the Good Friday Agreement,
whose 20th anniversary is next month, had been
“ratified by huge majorities north and south of the
border”.


“We must recognise the democratic decision taken
by Britain to leave the EU in 2016 – just as we must
recognise the democratic decision made on the
island of Ireland in 1998 with all its consequences,”
he said, in a play on the rhetoric used by Brexiteers
regarding the 2016 EU referendum.

The EU27 nations granted the UK “sufficient
progress” to move to the rest of Brexit talks in the
December meeting of the European Council after
the UK made a commitment to avoid a hard border
on the island of Ireland at all costs.

The joint report agreed by both sides stated that
the UK would maintain regulatory alignment with
the EU to prevent a hard border – unless another
solution could be found, either specifically for
Ireland, or as part of the wider trade deal.


Since that agreement, however, the UK has ruled
out a trade deal solution by reiterating its
commitment to leave the customs union and single
market, has ruled out a customs border between
the province and Great Britain, and has not
produced detailed specific proposals for avoiding a
hard border.

 Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has
also poured cold water on the issue, downplaying
the UK’s commitment to avoiding a hard border in a
letter to the PM.