FAMILY SAY THEIR BABY'S TUMOUR SHRANK AFTER KISS FROM THE POPE

A FAMILY believe they have witnessed a miracle after their sick baby's brain tumour  started to shrink after she was kissed by the Pope...

Pope Francis kissed one-year-old Gianna Masciantonio on the head during a visit to Philadelphia in September.

Following the papal parade in September, Gianna's family described the kiss as a miracle.

MRI scans from August and November show a clear difference in the size of the tumour.

Gianna's mum Kristen Masciantonio said: "You can't really see the tumour, in all of the scans it's just a blur.

 "She's getting better and stronger. She's blowing kisses. She's starting to point at things."

One of the Pope's bodyguards lifted Gianna out of the crowds to allow the Pope to kiss her on the top of her head.

Mum Kristen said: "I fell to my knees and I cried and I thank the Lord for helping us get through this and giving us this blessing."

Gianna was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour when she was just one month old.

Doctors ruled out surgery due to Gianna's blood cells attacking her brain stem and said she would not see her first birthday.

Gianna's dad Joey Masciantonio said: "I think all this is from God, the Pope is a messenger from God."

Speaking to CBS Philadelphia, the family said the kiss was divine intervention.

Mr Masciantonio said: "Last year was about living in honor of her. Now we're going to get to live with her."

 In an unlikely coincidence Gianna's brother Dominic shares a similar name with the bodyguard Domenico, who hoisted his sister out of the crowd.

Baby Gianna also met the daughter of her namesake St Gianna while the Pope was in Phildelphia.

It's believed this is not the first miracle believers say has been performed by Pope Francis.

In 2014, in Rome, he kissed a three-month-old baby with two holes in her heart. Medics later found one of the holes in Ava Cassidy's heart had completely closed and the other was half the size.

During a visit to New York last month he also appeared to show his 'healing power' when he blessed a wheelchair bound 12-year-old girl who had been struck down with a mystery illness.

Julia Bruzzese's family declared a miracle had begun when doctors were able to finally diagnose their daughter withLyme Disease and begin treatment.

culled from express.co.uk

NAKED GAME: FEMALE PLAYERS GO NUDE ON THE FIELD TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY [PHOTOS]

Some of the players have decided to strip off as they raise money for charity with a naked calendar.

The captain of the team, Carly Bliss, in an interview, said it was a great day for her and her team-mates.

'The calendar shoot was great fun for the whole squad!' she said. 'Not only was it a great team building exercise but knowing we were raising money for our club and for such an amazing charity spurred us all on the brave the chilly October afternoon.

'The shoot did take some time: we wanted the photographs to be technically accurate from a rugby point of view, in addition to underpinning the important messages we want to spread on behalf of OURFC Woman and Beat.' 

The 2016 calendar, which the group are selling to members of their university and the general public, is all about body positivity.

The club's president, Helen Lamb said, 'The message that Beat promotes really fits with the positive body image and confidence that we promote at OURFC Women. Our calendar highlights the variety of women that play rugby and we hope it will encourage and inspire more women to try out rugby.

'The majority of the team had never considered doing a naked calendar before but it was obvious that everyone was really keen to give it a go.'

Along with money from every calendar sold being donated to charity, the initiative will also seek to help promote grassroots rugby within the university, with all the remaining profits being invested into the club.

19 month old baby burned to death in oven by her siblings as her mother went out for pizza

A baby was baked to death in an oven by her toddler brother and sister after they were left alone at home.
The twin three-year-olds watched as 19-month-old J’zyra Thompson kicked the oven door after they made it “hot”, court documents claim.
Mum Racquel Thompson and her boyfriend had gone out to fetch a takeaway pizza and a prescription, leaving four kids under the age of five in the flat without telling a gramdmother who lived in the same block.

They returned to find little J’zyra with severe burns and called paramedics to their home in Houston, Texas, but it was too late to save her.
Detective Ronda Pemberton said: “Upon arrival of paramedics they found a deceased one-year-old.

“We found the baby next to the oven. It appears to be accidental.”

Estella Olguin of the Child Protective Services said: “Both of them had left the children home alone.

“What was reported was that they had left to get a pizza. “The children were left at home for an extended amount of time and that’s when obviously the child somehow managed to be inside an oven.”

No charges have been filed, although the CPS said in a court filing that criminal charges were expected.





According to the court records the two three-years-old told investigators one of them put the J’zyra in the oven, and the other turned it on.
When she arrived home Thompson, who is seven months pregnant with her current boyfriend’s child, tried to revive her baby with CPR but she had already died from severe burns.
Authorities said no suitable relatives were found after the tragedy to look after the children and they have since been placed in foster care.

“The court found that there was an immediate danger to those three children and granted us emergency custody,” said County Attorney Amy Strickland.

Two of the children in the apartment at the time are children of Fredrick Price who is the former boyfriend of Thompson and was unaware the children were left alone.
He said:

“It’s very irresponsible, someone should have been here or I should have gotten a phone call, come and get my children.”

Price said he was unsure if J’zyra was his after the former couple failed to take a paternity test.

“I haven’t heard from my children in months,” add Price. “I’ve been trying to contact Racquel. “She was a cute little baby, I just didn’t know if that was my daughter or not.

J’zyra’s grandmother, Gina Dennis, said: “She was a sweet baby. This is unexplainable. I have no words.”
According to neighbours Thompson used to drive the kids without a licence or car seats.

 

CONGRATS: Iyanya Becomes The Official Ambassador For Cross River State - Photos

Today, Iyanya was officially announced as the official
ambassador for Cross River State .The state governor ,Ben
Ayade Florence Ita Giwa personally acknowledged his new
position.In line with this,he will be given an official car and
is also entitled to monthly remuneration..
Congrats to him!
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Too Bad! Husband And Wife Going Wild In Public (See Photo)

am short of words to describe this one ooooo.....
please help me out here. what can you say of
this act

2 Women Caught With Stolen Meat. You Won’t Believe How They Hid The Meat

A South African shared these photos on Facebook. The Zimbawean women, who work at a farm in South Africa were allegedly busted by their boss, trying to make away with meat strapped to their bodies.

Mr. Ibu Cheekily Responds to Amber Rose

Yesterday, we shared that Amber Rose unintentionally
threw shade at Mr. Ibu. Comedian Ali Baba insulted
Amber Rose for posting the meme, saying amongst other
things, “nobody wants their daughter to be like” the
model. Now Mr. Ibu (real name: John Okafor) has finally
replied

Robert Mugabe Will Rule Zimbabwe Till He's 100 Years Old From A Special Wheelchair - Wife

Robert Mugabe will continue as President of Zimbabwe until
he is 100, governing from a “special wheelchair”, his wife
has said.
Grace Mugabe, herself a cabinet minister, said in a speech
over the weekend that while the 91-year-old’s mind might
be willing, increasingly his body may not be. But that that
isn't going to stop him.
According to reports in the Zimbabwean press, Mr Mugabe
has recently had trouble walking, as his advanced years
begin to catch up with him.
“We are going to create a special wheelchair for President
Mugabe until he rules to 100
years, because that is what we want,” Mrs Mugabe said.
“That is the people’s choice. We want a leader that respects
us.”
The people will get the chance to voice their opinion in 2018
when Zimbabwe next goes to the polls to decide who rules
them. Mr Mugabe, who has suffered a number of
embarrassing public stumbles in recent months, has already
been declared as the Zanu-PF candidate despite the fact
that he will be 94 at the time of the election. Mr Mugabe has
been President in Harare since 1980.
Mrs Mugabe did not give details about quite how the
wheelchair would be special, but vowed to push it herself.
The 50-year-old Mrs Mugabe has herself been mentioned as
a possible successor to her husband, who has insisted he
will not retire.