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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
The Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Most Rev. Julius Kundi, has emphasized that the mission of spreading the good news of Christ who brings truth, love and freedom particularly to those enslaved must be sustained with much enthusiasm because everyone has the right to receive the gospel. Bishop Kundi emphasised during his homily at the
By Fr. Henry Charles Umelechi Each Catholic Metropolitan province contains an Archdiocese and suffragan diocese(s). An archdiocese is referred to as a metropolitan see or the โheadโ diocese of an ecclesiastical province: the “primus inter pares,” the first among the dioceses in a province. For example, the Archdiocese of Onitsha is the Metropolitan See for
With the persistent conflicts and crisis between Isreal and the Hamas militia, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, through an interview last weekend, has expressed the Holy See’s willingness to help mediate a peace agreement between the two warring parties. Cardinal Parolin who disclosed that the Vatican’s major concern amid the conflict is
Not less eight priests detained by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua have reportedly been transferred to the El Chipote prison _ a torture facility for political prisoners, last weekend. Disclosing this to the Nicaraguan daily; El Confidencial by a priest who preferred to remain anonymous, the priest explained that the eight priests
African Union and the United Nations Women had on Tuesday October 17, 2023, convened a stakeholders consultation on positive masculinity in leadership to end violence against women and the girl child at the presidential villa of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kinshasa. The stakeholders consultation engaged a sampling of traditional rulers and religious
By Ruben-Mario Brodrick The theological virtue of charity is the supernatural virtue by which we love God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves as part of our love for God, the holy Bible also says: โYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
By CSN Media The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has created a new diocese of Katsina in Nigeria, and has named Rev. Fr. Gerald Musa as the new bishop of the ecclesiastical see. The new diocese which is suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Kaduna, is carved out of the Catholic diocese of Sokoto. Very Rev.
Erezione della Diocesi di Katsina (Nigeria) e nomina del primo Vescovo Il Santo Padre ha eretto la nuova Diocesi di Katsina (Nigeria) per dismembramento della Diocesi di Sokoto, rendendola suffraganea della Sede Metropolitana di Kaduna. Allo stesso tempo ha nominato primo Vescovo della neo-eretta Diocesi il Rev. Sac. Gerald Mamman Musa, del clero della Diocesi
(CSN Media) The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., as the Auxiliary Bishop of the sede vacante of the Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), also assigning him the titular See of Rusgunie. Curriculum vitae H.E. Mgr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., was born on 25th March 1960 in Eziama Oparanadim Ekwereazu, in the
– Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, have you taken time to observe this TRUTH about our human existence: that normally people are INVITED for special occasions at different spots and conditions but when ATTENDING the occasion, they normally get prepared?ย For example, as a young man preparing for wedding, you can meet and invite your