June 9, 2026
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8 unique things to know about World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon

The 37th World Youth Day gets underway with Mass celebrated by the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, providing hundreds of thousands of young people their first opportunity to share their faith journey. By Francesca Merlo – Lisbon, Portugal In a flurry of excitement and joy, the first day of World Youth Day came to a close

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World Youth Day opens in Lisbon with Mass for thousands of pilgrims

The 37th World Youth Day gets underway with Mass celebrated by the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, providing hundreds of thousands of young people their first opportunity to share their faith journey. By Francesca Merlo – Lisbon, Portugal In a flurry of excitement and joy, the first day of World Youth Day came to a close

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

17TH SUNDAY CATECHESIS: HEAVEN: THE SUPREME GOOD

Dearest friends, I hardly can imagine what else any of us would desire that is more than GOING to HEAVEN. Again, do you really think that there is any effort that is put in towards the attainment of Heaven that does not worth it? The above two points should always be our motivation and inspiration

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

BIG BROTHER NAIJA

Dearest friends, it was towards the end of April, 2021, that a Chinese University (Tsinghua-University) was all over the news because of a dance that was termed ‘Vulgar‘ and ‘Pornographic‘ by its citizens, which some ladies displayed during the university’s 110th anniversary celebration. The news can be accessed through this link:(https://newstral.com/en/article/en/1188381378/-vulgar-and-pornographic-dance-to-celebrate-tsinghua-university-anniversary-lambasted-online). Reading through the news

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The Vatican Flag (the theology of the flag)

This is the Roman Catholic Church flag. It was adopted by the Holy see on June 7th 1929. It is white and yellow, (gold) with two keys crossed and a Papal Tiara(that thing that looks like crown) inbetween the keys. The white and yellow represents the albumen of an egg and the yellow (Gold) represents

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News Nigeria

2023 elections worst in history of Nigeria’s electoral system -Catholic Church

  Governors and other incumbents who would be determined to install their cronies as successors. “The report was also of the view that further efforts should be made by INEC as permitted under the law to push for complete electronic voting during elections. This will, expectedly, reduce to the barest minimum the obvious infractions being

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Archbishop Onaiyekan’s verdict: Tinubu not yet Nigeria’s president

On insecurity, corruption, economy, we’re still where we’ve been for 10 years Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not yet  Nigeria’s President until the courts have finished their job and declare who is Nigeria’s president. The former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria

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Archbishop Onaiyekan’s verdict: Tinubu not yet Nigeria’s president

  Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not yet Nigeria’s President until the courts have finished their job and declare who is Nigeria’s president. •On insecurity, corruption, economy, we’re still where we’ve been for 10 years   Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese

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World Youth Day pilgrims from Mexico surprised by private visit with Pope Francis

  Father Ignacio Bello was surprised to receive a handwritten letter from the pope himself inviting him and his group of World Youth Day pilgrims to the Holy Father’s Vatican residence on the morning of July 25, 2023. | Chiara Beltrán Hannah Brockhaus By Hannah Brockhaus When Father Ignacio Bello invited Pope Francis to join

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