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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
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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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.
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
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
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,
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
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).
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:
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,