{"id":44803,"date":"2021-09-29T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2021\/09\/29\/pope-francis-urges-nigeria-to-guarantee-the-safety-of-all-its-citizens\/"},"modified":"2021-09-29T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:49:13","slug":"pope-francis-urges-nigeria-to-guarantee-the-safety-of-all-its-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2021\/09\/29\/pope-francis-urges-nigeria-to-guarantee-the-safety-of-all-its-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis urges Nigeria to guarantee the safety of all its citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his General Audience, the Pope denounced insecurity in northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday, groups of armed bandits killed at least 34 people in the country's northeastern region, where the number of abductions and incidents of violence are on the rise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>'I pray for the people who have died, for the injured and for the entire Nigerian population. I hope that the country always guarantees the safety of all its citizens.'<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During his catechesis, Pope Francis also explained the doctrine of justification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>\u201cFather, I am just because I follow all the commandments, and...\u201d But that's not where justification comes from. You receive it before. Someone has justified you. Someone has made you just before God. \u201cYes, but I am a sinner.\u201d Yes, you are just, but a sinner. But fundamentally, you are just. Who has made you just? Jesus Christ. This is justification.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Pope explained that the doctrine of justification does not make good and bad deeds irrelevant, but teaches that God is always willing to forgive those who seek forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>He described it as a collaboration with God: by completing works of mercy, we can demonstrate the greatness of God's love.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>JMB<\/p>\n<p>TR: CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29, 2021. At least 34 people were killed by armed bandits in Nigeria this past weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LCaRYH-JNUE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza2909eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza2909int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}