Meriam Ibrahim Arrives Italy To Meet The Pope Who Praises Her Courage and Steadfast Faith

Meriam Ibrahim, who was released from a death sentence for renouncing Islam by the Sudanese Supreme Court, is in Italy and has met with Pope Francis.

On arrival, the 27-year-old and her family were received at the pope’s guesthouse for about 30 minutes. According to a statement released by the Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi;

“The pope thanked Meriam and her family for their courageous demonstration of constancy of faith. Meriam gave thanks for the great support and comfort which she received from the prayers of the pope and of many other people who believe and are of good will.”

“With this gesture the pope wished also to show his closeness, attention and prayer for all those who suffer because of their faith and in particular Christians who suffer persecution or restriction to their freedom of religion.”

Children Who Believe In God And The Bible Have Difficulty Telling Fact From Fiction

Are you a Christian or Muslim, training your child from birth in the way the good books say they should grow? Then be aware that you are affecting their ability to understand what is real and what is not.

A new study published in the July issue of Cognitive Science claims that "young children who are exposed to religion have a hard time differentiating between fact and fiction."

The study found that children who went to church or were enrolled in a parochial school were significantly less able than secular children to identify supernatural elements, such as talking animals, as fictional.

Does this study make you question giving your children a religious background, or teaching them to believe in the bible and in God?

Man Sues Hospital For Amputating His Penis Without Permission

An man Johnny Lee Banks Jr. and his wife, Zelda Banks, have filed a lawsuit Tuesday suing an Alabama hospital, doctors and others for medical malpractice.

The lawsuit says Banks went to Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, last month for a routine circumcision. It alleges the man's penis was gone when he awoke after the surgery.

The suit names two doctors and Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a urology group, and a medical clinic as defendants and is seeking an unspecified dollar amount.

A hospital spokeswoman says the claims lack merit..

Omarion's Heavily Pregnant Girlfriend Shows Her Bare Baby Bump On The Red Carpet

Omarion's heavily pregant girlfriend Apryl Jones attended a private screening of LUCY with him last night, and she was not shy at all about flaunting her bump.

The soon to be mom wore a cropped top over a long skirt, and the gold chains attached to the top were the only covering her bare tummy had.

She is very confident about her look, and I think that makes it work. Will you be able to pull it off?

New Girlfriend? Jim Iyke Engages in Online PDA With Model After Rumors Of Nadia Buari Break Up

Jim Iyke has recently opened a new Instagram account and since then, he seems to be returning the affections of a US-based model named Sandra Benede.

The nollywood actor and his favorite model have since been commenting on each other photos in what seems to be online PDA. What I find interesting is that apart from the picture above, there are no other photos of them together.

Some blogs are saying this is a new romance and Sandra Benede is Jim Iyke's girlfriend. I don't see it.

His reality show will tell :)

One Nigerian Reported Among 116 Passengers Feared Dead In Crashed Air Algerie Flight AH5017

One Nigerian has been reported among the passengers on AH5017, the ill-fated Air Algerie flight which vanished with 116 people on board en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers, now confirmed to have crashed in Mali.

Mali's President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, confirmed wreckage of the flight has been found in his country's desert north.

'I have just been informed that the wreckage has been found between Aguelhoc and Kidal,' Keita said
during a meeting of political, religious and civil society leaders in Bamako. He did not give any more details.

9 Nigerian Students Kidnapped And Held Hostage in Ukraine

9 Nigerian students are believe to have been kidnapped in Lugansk, Ukraine earlier this week. Ukrainian news agencies say militants abducted the Nigerian students on Monday and have been holding them as prisoners at an occupied government security building.

Ukrainian authorities continue negotiations for the release of nine Nigerian students who are held captive by militants in Lugansk, the speaker of the National Security Council information center Andrei Lysenko.

"Nigerian students are still in captivity and are now negotiating on their release," - he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Earlier, at a press briefing on Tuesday A.Lysenko reported that on July 21 in Lugansk gunmen kidnapped nine students, citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to him, the students held in occupied buildings UAS.

The Duggars Share Wedding Photos To Mark 30th Anniversary

Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar who have "19 Kids and Counting" celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary earlier this week. To commemorate the special day, their children posted the couple's wedding photos on the family's Instagram page, captioning it;

Happy 30th anniversary to the most amazing parents ever! More in love today than ever! And such a great example for all of us kids! emojiemoji Jim Bobemoji️Michelle— 7/21/1984 Trivia question: Do you know how old they were when they married?

That's so sweet. Want to know the answer to their trivia question?

Toke Makinwa Debuts Her Own Super Long Braids, And They Are Blonde Too

#braids #blondie #experimenting #darklips #trending

Toke Makinwa has been sharing pictures of her new hairstyle, and it is super long blond braids, the type that has been trending since Beyonce premiered it some months ago. Monalisa Chinda also got some.

See more pictures of Toke below...

Queen Elizabeth Photobombs Athlete's Selfie At The Ongoing Commonwealth Games

And the Queen is even smiling in the picture! I think she kind of knew they were taking a selfie, but I don't know is she's aware that she was going to photobombing their picture. Ahh... God bless the Queen.

The young athletes are catching all their fun now on Twitter and teasing Ellen on her Oscar selfie :)