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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
At the conclusion of the Holy Mass for World Youth Day, Pope Francis expresses his deep gratitude for every person who made “this grace-filled event” possible and announces the Asian country as the next WYD site in 2027. By Edoardo Giribaldi Before making the excitedly-awaited announcement that the next World Youth Day will take place
By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dissuade heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, from using military might to subdue the coup plotters in Niger Republic. Archbishop Ugorji made the appeal
Please join us live on Monday 7th August, 2023, as we celebrate the 60th Priestly Ordination Anniversary of Archbishop Emeritus Most Rev. Dr. Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, at 10:30am WAT at Avila Villa. JOIN US LIVE ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/veritasbenin?mibextid=ZbWKwL AND YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@catholicarchdioceseofbenin9538
Dearest friends, one of the greatest challenges of our world today is the difficulty of choosing from the cacophony of voices, the one to actually LISTEN TO. Thus, a number of persons have chosen to listen to voices that have RUINED their lives; of which they are regretting today. These VOICES which constitute difficulty for us
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah says ordination is not priesthood and that priesthood begins after the ordination ceremony. The Bishop stated this in a homily during the Eucharistic celebration at the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral Sokoto on Friday for the ordination of three new priests for the
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By Jude Atemanke Minna, 03 August, 2023 / 9:47 pm (ACI Africa). The Catholic Diocese of Minna in Nigeria has sent out a prayer appeal for the safe release of a Priest and seminarian reportedly abducted from the Diocese on Thursday, August 3. Fr. Paul Sanogo, a member of the Missionaries of Africa (M.Afr) and Seminarian Melchior
😡😡😡😢 When Dr. Vwaere was being inducted as a Nigerian doctor after her six-year sojourn at Babcock University last year, she had high hopes and expectations. She had hopes for a flourishing medical career. Expectations to use her newly learned medical skills to benefit the community and society at large. Training a child at a
After four years of waiting — one year longer than expected due to the pandemic — and fears that the pope’s health issues would force another postponement, World Youth Day (WYD) 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, will finally take place in a few days, from Aug. 1–6, and it promises to be unique in many ways. This
INTRODUCTION Peace and tranquility has eluded Southern Taraba for quite some time now because, unfortunately, the inhabitants of this zone have refused to give peace a chance. Or rather they have failed to understand the true concept, the value and foundation for peace. There is no gainsaying that the slogan of the seating Governor: “Give