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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN My dear people of God, today, history is made. I met Ahiara Diocese as a ‘sede vacante’, I am leaving it as a ‘sede occupata’. As I bow out as the Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara today, I say to you my beloved brother, Most Rev. Simeon Nwobi, cmf: Behold
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By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN “Some of us are mean, always desiring to make gain with the celebration of the sacraments. Some of us seem to be in this job for what they could get out of it. Some of us are too greedy for gain, too demanding and the people of God are
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1. “Before Yahweh formed him in his mother’s womb he knew him, before he was born he had already dedicated him and appointed him a prophet to the nations. 2. God’s call does not come by chance. We all have been chosen right from our mother’s womb to a particular vocation in life. 3. My
In a missioning Mass to conclude the 2024 Mission Orientation program, 11 Nigerian priests across 5 Catholic dioceses in Nigeria have been commissioned for missionary work to some countries in Europe and America. The 2024 Mission Orientation program, which started on Tuesday, June 11, and ended with the missioning Mass on Sunday, June 16, 2024,
In an address to the G7 summit, Pope Francis discusses the threat and promise of artificial intelligence, the ‘techno-human condition’, human vs algorithmic decision-making, AI-written essays, and the necessity of political collaboration on technology. By Joseph Tulloch On Friday afternoon, Pope Francis addressed the G7 leaders’ summit in Puglia, Italy. He is the first Pope to ever
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, there is no doubt that a good number of us are conversant with this assertion of St. Augustine thus: “The God who created you without you cannot save you without you.” The above saying corroborates strongly a position in Catholic Theology that often poses serious challenge to our Separated
Amidst the persistent social and economic hardship facing the nation currently, the Catholic Bishop of Ilorin, Most Rev. Anselm Pendo Lawani, lamented that a greater percentage of Nigerians are living below the poverty line amid the superabundance of human and natural resources the nation is blessed with. He decried the increasing pain and frustration most
Pope Francis releases his Message for the eighth World Day of the Poor and reminds the faithful that God sees and cares for each one of them, whereas those who seek wealth to the detriment of the most needy are poor in His eyes. By Francesca Merlo “The prayer of the poor rises up to