"Only this way will the church move forward." During the service, the cardinals prayed for the new pope and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI so "that he may serve the Church while hidden to the world, in a life dedicated to prayer and meditation," the Vatican said. When Jorge Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony at the Vatican on Wednesday evening to reveal himself as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era, the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis. Francis began Thursday by praying at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, a place of special significance for the Jesuits. His next public appearance is likely to be Sunday.
Jeshi la Nigeria limesema kuwa limemkamata kiongozi wa kundi wapiganaji wa Kiislam la Ansaru lenye uhusiano pia na kundi la kigaigi la Al Qaeda.taarifa ya msemaji wa jeshi la Nigeria Brigedi Jenerali Rabe Abubakar inasema kuwa Khalid al-Barnawi alikamatwa katika jimbo la Kogi nchini Humo. Kukamatwa kwa kiongozi huyo wa kundi la Ansaru tawi la Boko Haram kunafuatiwa kusakwa kwa muda mrefu ambapo Marekani walitoa ahadi ya zawadi ya dola millioni tano kwa yeyote atakayefanikisha kutiwa nguvuni Khalid al Barnawi. Ansaru ni kundi maarufu kwa utekaji wa raia kutoka nchi za Magharibi na limekuwa likituhumiwa kwa mauaji ya raia kadhaa wa kimagharibi pia.Brigedia Jenerali Rabe Abubakar ameiambia BBC kuwa kukamatwa kwa Barnawi ni hatua kubwa katika vita dhidi ya ugaidi. “Ndiyo tumemkamata gaidi.Yeah, kukamatwa kwake ni hatua kubwa katika vita dhidi ya ugaidi,na si ndani ya Nigeria tu bali duniani kote pia.