Frederick Douglas Waako

The US Catholic Bishop’s appeal to reject the proposed over-the-counter use of the progestin only “mini-pill” contraceptive hit a major snug as prescription free birth control pills will be available across the US later this month.

According to France 24, over-the-counter (OTC) birth control has long been backed by major medical organizations as a way to reduce barriers to contraception access, with almost half of the more than 6.1 million pregnancies in the US each year unintended.

By Amedwork Ferhiwot

In his upcoming book, remarkable literary endeavour, Pope Francis has captured his autobiography titled “Life, My Story Through History.” This captivating book, co-authored with Italian journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona, offers a unique perspective on the Pope’s life, beliefs, and the global events that have shaped our world.  The book sheds light on key moments in the Pope’s life and their intersection with world events.

Akpabli Januarius 

In Brazil, the unprecedented surge of dengue fever cases has more than doubled and is  expected to reach into the millions. It has potentially killed thousands of people. 

Several of Brazil’s most populous states have declared health emergencies in the past month just ahead of carnival season as rising global temperatures and heavy rains brought outbreaks of the tropical disease spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Akpabli Januarius

The Sydney police confirmed the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on Monday 15^th April 2024 whiles he was saying mass at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley just after 7pm local time.

This incident follows two serious stabbing incidents in as many days in Sydney.The police after watching the footage of the livestreamed mass, dedided to treat it as a terrorist attack. Acording to Chris Minnns, the premier of new South Wales, said the decision was taken late Monday night, the night of the incident and it was validated by the police minister. “ A strike force had been established to investigate the incident, Karen Webb, the NSW police commissioner said.

Herbert Ekpe

Elon Musk announced that the first human Neuralink patient had made a full recovery. This study pioneered by Musk’s group that aims to fuse minds with machine began in 2016. It aims to help people who have limited movement access technology through implantation of a chip on their brain. The project gains both criticisms and applauds from the scientific world.

“Progress is good, the patient seems to have made a full recovery, with neural effects that we are aware of”, said by Elon Musk. The said patient was able to move the mouse pointer around the screen by just thinking of that particular action. Musk adds that his company is now trying to get the patient to perform as many mouse clicks as possible.

Emmanuel Enwenwen

Pope Francis extols the role of women in an address to participants of the international conference “Women in the Church: Builders of Humanity” on Thursday 7^th March at the Clementine Hall in the Vatican.

The papal audience which was the first part of the activities for the two-day conference was attended by many women from different works of life who arrived Rome from different parts of the world for the international Conference. The conference which was hosted by Pontifical University of Santa Croce was sponsored by several pontifical universities as reported by Catholic News Service.