Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN) is the one stop integrated network for all that concerns the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Here you find news and information on the structures, administration, sacramental life, institutions, groups, organs, events, and much more, in the Church in Nigeria. This is an initiative of the National Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, (CSN), the Communication Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)
FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) have renewed an urgent appeal to the global community to intervene in the abduction of learners and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri. They said that 165 people, including children as young as five, have now spent four weeks in captivity following their
By PJ Usanga, CSN Media Staff of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) and agencies of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) have concluded the 2025 work year with a Thanksgiving Mass held at the St. Gabriel Chaplaincy of the CSN, ahead of the Christmas break. The Mass, celebrated on Wednesday, 17 December 2025,
Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin presides over at Mass in a hospital chapel in Rome, and visits the oncology ward, bringing Christmas greetings to the patients. By Edoardo Giribaldi Cardinal Pietro Parolin presided over Mass this morning, December 16, in the chapel at Rome’s Dermopathic Institute of the Immaculate Conception. In his homily,
Speaking at the Jubilee for Italian Diplomacy, Pope Leo repeats the appeal of Paul VI for an end to war, and calls on diplomats to be men and women of dialogue. By Christopher Wells Pope Leo XIV highlighted the virtue of hope as “the name the will takes on when it firmly strives for the
Pope Leo XIV joins children at a school Christmas concert in Castel Gandolfo and invites those present to communicate to all the gift of love at Christmas. By Tiziana Campisi A special visit marked the eleventh edition of the Christmas concert InCanto, performed by the pupils of the Pontifical Paul VI School of Castel Gandolfo.
Pope Leo meets with artists and organisers involved in the Vatican’s Christmas Concert, saying that the festive period reminds us that God comes to meet us “at the very heart of our small human stories.” By Vatican News For 33 years, the Vatican has hosted a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall. This year,
The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) have made a further appeal to the Global Community to come to the aid of the 165 learners and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Nigeria, who have been in captivity for the fourth week since their abduction on 21 November.
By CSN Media Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, has warned Nigerian leaders against complacency in the face of the country’s deepening socio-economic and security challenges. He cautioned that continued inaction could provoke dangerous consequences, particularly among frustrated youths. In his Sunday homily on December 14 at St. Pius X Parish, Gbagalagpe,
By Fr. Christopher Odeluyi Yesterday at Mass in my new parish, something happened that deeply unsettled me as a priest. As I processed to the altar wearing a pink (rose) chasuble, I noticed the puzzled looks. Then questions came, some whispered, some spoken openly, some accompanied by laughter. “Father, why pink?” “Is it a mistake?”
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