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Sixteen Facts About Pope Francis 1

The new head of the 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church is Pope Francis the first.
He was elected on Wednesday at the end of the conclave of 115 cardinals.
Below are 16 facts about the new pope.
1. His real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio
2. He is 76-years-old
3. He is an Argentinean
4. He is the first Jesuit priest to become Pope
5. He is the first Latin American to become Pope
6. He was the runner-up during the last conclave that elected Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
7. He is a conservative known for his strong anti-gay stance. In 2010 hedescribed homosexuality as a “destructive attack on God’s plan.” He was a fierceopponent of Argentina’s decision to legalise gay marriage in 2010, arguing children need to have the right to be raised and educated by a father and a mother.
8. Though conservative, he has criticised priests who refuse to baptize babies born to single mothers
9. He also believes condom can be permissible to prevent disease
10. He is well known for hisaustere outlook to life. He is famed for taking a bus to work every day in his native Argentina, giving uphis driver and
official limousine
11. His austere outlook towards life explains his choice of Francis as his papal name. Francis Assisi, who he is named after, is a popular Catholic saint who lived humbly and gave possession away to the poor
12. When he was made a cardinal, he persuaded hundreds of Argentineans not to fly to Rome to celebrate with him but instead to give the money they would have spent on plane tickets to the poor
13. In 2001, during a visit to a hospice, he washed and kissed the feet of 12 AIDS patients
14. He is respected for his intellectual prowess
15. He is an anti-corruption ­ crusader. He has also accused Argentina’s government of not doing enough to eradicate poverty
16. He has lived for more than 20years with one lung. His other lung was removed because of infection. God bless you his Holiness our Oga at the top

BayoAA: If you travel along 3MB or any long bridge, you will notice that your car is running into a "bump-like" or "gallop"at interval. Those gallops are the expansion joints for thermal expansion.

Oh I think I know now. They happen to be on every major bridge. Thanks

purity80: There is no problem about that provided that government will do the following

1. Deploy corpse members to places where they will acquire relevant experience
2. Compel employers to stop including age limit to job opportunities
3. Increase their allowance to N50,000

Can the engineers please post a pic of what these expansion joints look like??

I like being practical when I learn new things so I'll be able to identify them in real life

Mantiza: you are a sinner. Imagine your mindset. Contribute reasonably to the Topic. To me, its too much rather increase the Allowee to N120k and any set up self employment of their choices for them within d one yr period. I saw the NYSC staff bribing the house members to keep their job. (Afterall,They are Bread Winners)Thats naija

But seriously, if they increase allowee to N120k. I won't mind serving for 3 years .

You'll even see people crying on POP day

Chineke ekwena ihe ojoo!

The remaining 3 months of my service year already feels like its ending in 3 years. How much more if they extend it

Oh June, where art thou??

Eneze1: she knew what she was getting into before accepting her call up letter, it is clearly stated in the bible to obey constituted authorities, my mum is a staunch Deeperlife member (a coordinator) and she works with the para military, there was a time she had to go for a one year training and throughout they had to put on trousers there, she did put it on, even snap pictures with it, which doesn't make her less believer, the lady in question took the whole thing too far and if its true she was sent out at that time of the night its really uncalled for.

Did y'all hear that? The Military gives u only 2 options: OBEY or GET OUT!!!

deols: She should sue them and demand big money o jare...


Why should a law that goes against the belief of Nigerians be made?

Why should Nigerians be mandated to wear something they dont want to wear.

It is silly. I would do exactly that and not wear no nonsense trousers.

And anyone who disturbs me on that note better be ready to meet me in court.

Will fight with tooth, nails cutlasses and LAwyers.

What?!

And I can authoritatively tell u that u can never win a case against a "body" owned by Federal Government even if u get the best of Lawyers from the best continent.

The rules are there for a reason, and there are also options for those who can't deal with it (exemption).

If everybody go by what they believe because they have the "rights" to that, how would u think the whole system will be like?

I also heard that the preservatives used for indomie noodles contain ingredients that are likely to cause that disease

jojoluv: she is acting according to her faith,so dnt blame her

what sort of yeye faith is that? Wasn't she aware of the kind of outfit they wear in camp before she agreed to go for NYSC?
why didn't she save herself the stress by collecting exemption letter?

so wearing Khaki will now make her go to hell fire?

people just take this religion issue to the extreme sometimes

so all of US that wore trousers in camp and still wearing it for CDS are now sharing fence with the devil??

This came just when I needed it most...phew! Thanks op

I was almost going crazy with my stu-pid colleague's constant nags just because she's the supervisor...arrrggghh! I wonder why people who are already frustrated with their lives are given such positions

[quote author=Odenigbo Aroli.]low self esteem is better than being a house boy in your home, sometimes you have to have zero IQ to survive.[/quote]what is ur point exactly? maybe am missing something here

A real man (Nigerian or not) will always want a confident woman as a partner.
Only men with low self esteem and zero I.Q run away from confident women for fear of intimidation

That makes me a lucky girl. Lord I'm grateful

Afam4eva: Personally, i will rather celebrate Mothers and not women generally.

U can simply wait for mothers' day to do that but remember.....A school principal was once a student!

God bless ME and all other good women out there!

kool J: I'd love dis but d body would be white, and d purples and blues would be cream and a light gold colour.

Yeah baby, ball wedding dresses rock! I'm not going to wear any tight fitted dress that would restrict me from dancing my heart out on that day

poshdiva: Just perfect

Too much drama going on in that dress tho but then its poshdiva's choice

I don't get why u people keep bothering urselves. Even if they will, it will take years for them to implement just like it took them more than 3years to start paying N19800. U guys should better start thinking of what to do after NYSC to earn much more instead of dwelling on rumours that u won't benefit from for more than a year even if it were true

BTW,I just got my alawee alert yesterday jare. Let me hold on to that first

mhsanni: lolz...considering d fact dat i wear hijab on a daily basis with our weather n i hvnt suffocated...dat outfit shudnt be a prob... moreova d wedn venue could be fully air conditioned for d purpose

Yeah I figured

Your signature says it all

mhsanni: something very decent

This isn't bad at all.........but considering the weather condition in this part of the world, u might die of suffocation before the end of ur wedding

Hope u know am kidding tho

This is definitely me!
Am all about the ball flowy gown

They both look super hot but.....

Yvonne Nelson has got the legs, the tummy, the height and the sexiness. She can pass for a Victoria Secret supermodel any day!!

[quote author=boko_halal]It can be 5 days, it can also be 5 years, watch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T51YeJWSbL0[/quote]Promise ring

Fhemmmy: For as long as it takes for the couple to find the money to make it into the next level . . . Better to wear a ring of engagement that to wear a wedding band in pain

If he's not ready to give her a wedding band in 3 months, there is no need giving her an engagement ring in the first place.

Better find the money to make it to the next level with her before engaging her...period!

iamswizz: chai...... this TOOLS set die.. all the contours intact

If she tells u how much she bought the girdle she wears to hide the extra fat ehhh... They call it "Body Magic". You can google that to find out more

She's incredibly gorgeous but I still think she needs to hit the gym

Please anytime this happens and u can't reach the customer care, leave ur decoder on chanel 154 for a few minutes

Alternatively, with ur mobile phone text RA and the first ten digits of ur smart card number to 30333. Eg RA 4265352869 to 30333. Note that "RA" are in capital letters. Ur decoder shld be on chanel 154 wen doing this. Chanel 157 for those that pay N1500

This can only work if u're sure u have an active account and was disconnected before ur due date

And if all of the above does not work, call 08033355556, I just might be there to attend to my nairalanders

Melahou: they have done it to me like 5 times in a month...but what i do is that i just stay on a particular channel for like 5mins
then it will b restored automatically without calling or doing anything.

Anytime it happens, just leave ur decoder on chanel 154 for a few minutes, it will come back on. Chanel 157 for N1500 subscribers

kayusbrown: I observed recently that Super sport SELECT (Channel 233) has disappeared from the channel list. Has anyone observed the same? I'll like to know if it is a general problem or probably something is wrong with the decoder.

Your decoder is probably in "DSTV West Africa" but shld be in "KU Africa".
Press the "TV" button on ur decoder remote control, select "KU Africa" from the options u'd see, then press "OK". Ur super sports select shld show after u do this

SPIFF: My is the other way round. My subscription was renewed without making payment. I planned renewing it last Monday but since they have done it for me. lemme enjoy the awoof while it lasts.

You better go and renew your subscription else ur account will forward-bill and go into debit.
DSTV doesn't give u anything for free

Afam4eva: The reason why the "out of sight, out of mind" thingy comes to play is because of the reason why people go into relationships. For a lot of guys, it's about sexx while for a lot of ladies, it's about financial and material gains. So, it's commonsensical for a lot of these people to look elsewhere when they can no longer get what they need from their partners at the moment.

For many others, they go into relationships because of Loneliness not because of Love, that's why they cheat when their partners are not around