June 13, 2026
Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

OCTOBER DEVOTION IS HERE: The Value of the Rosary

Dearest friends, please, remember that the OCTOBER DEVOTION commences on the 1st day of October (Please, know the TIME of the Devotion in your parish). There is no doubt that the ROSARY is always at the centre of the October Devotion. But, unfortunately, some Catholics and Non-Catholics really think that the *ROSARY* is simply a

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Awgu diocese gets 3 new Monsignors and several papal awardees

Please click on the link below: 18th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & INVESTITURE OF PAPAL AWARDEES   To receive regular news, teachings and information about the Catholic Church and the Bishops in Nigeria, please send ADD ME to 090 6000 6198 by WHATSAPP PLEASE SHARE

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Celebrating the Archangels MICHAEL, RAPHAEL AND GABRIEL

Angels are ministering spirits sent by God to help us and guide us. They are God’s messengers to the people. Among the choirs of Angels are the Archangels; who I refer to as the service chiefs of Heaven. Today the Church is focusing her attention on three of the Archangels – Gabriel, Raphael and Michael.

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Nigerian Catholic bishop awarded for working to build a better Africa

Madrid-based Spanish Magazine, Mundo Negro, gives Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah the “Mundo Negro Fraternity Award” for his contribution to a better African continent   An outspoken Catholic bishop from Nigeria who has often criticized the national government for its failure to curb the ongoing violence and for State-level corruption has won this year’s Mundo Negro

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Waru Residents seek AMAC Chairman’s intervention on bad roads, environment

Located not too far away from the Abuja city centre, Waru is yet far from the city in terms of amenities and development, situated in Apo village, the community has a total population of approximately one million residents, densely populated by non-indigenes comprising of Igbos, Yorubas and other tribes. In this feature report, EMMANUEL EKO

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Africa News

‘We came back stronger’: Priest, seminarian abducted in Nigeria recall three-week ordeal

Father Paul Sanogo and seminarian Melchior Maharini, who were kidnapped from their Missionaries of Africa community in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Minna, came back to the community on Aug. 23 weary, traumatized, and sick. The two had spent three weeks in captivity, where they were flogged almost daily, made to sleep on rocks out in the open,

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

25TH SUNDAY CATECHESIS: YOU ARE NOT YET LATE…

Dearest friends, one of the discouraging dispositions of one who just encountered Jesus Christ in a very special way is that he/she has done that LATELY. Perhaps, that others have been active in one Church Pious associations or the other before he/she arrived (joined). It is not true, dearest friends, do not feel such but

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

PADRE PIO’S 5 RULES OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESS

The following are the 5 rules of Spiritual Progress which Padre Pio (St. Pio of Pietrelcina) recommended and he himself lived out the rules: 1. Weekly Confession (It helps us to be spiritually clean and sensitive to sin). 2. Daily Communion (It helps us avoid sin and quickly return to God through Confession, whenever we sin).

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

FORGIVENESS: CHRISTIANS VS MUSLIMS

Dearest friends, another person sent a serious concern on this same issue of FORGIVENESS. Let me still quote him verbatim but I also attached his comment to this post:  “This forgiveness of a thing is the reason why Muslims are killing Christians everywhere.” Indeed, the above is a serious concern but then, the question is:

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Caritas is Church, not an NGO – Msgr Cibambo

By PJ Usanga The President of Caritas Africa, Msgr. Pierre Cibambo, has explained that Caritas is a Church-run humanitarian organization that is accountable to the Church and report in full to the Church and not a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) that is collecting and distributing money. “Caritas is Church; Caritas acts on behalf of the Church,

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