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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Questions & Answers On Sr. Wilhelmina’s Incorrupt Remains 👉🏾 Who was sister Wilhelmina Lancaster? 👉🏾 What does it mean for a saint to be incorrupt? Are they like the “Egyptian mummies”? 👉🏾 Are all of the saints incorrpt? 👉🏽List of saints that are incorrupt? 👉🏾 In the case of Sr. Wilhelmina, what’s next? Is she
BY TIMOTHY AGBOR It’s season of celebrations for the Catholic Diocese of Oyo. The diocese is celebrating its 60th creation anniversary, the 50th Episcopal Ordination anniversary of its first bishop, Most Rev. Julius Babatunde Adelakun and the Priestly Ordination of three of its deacons. Activities lined up for the week-long celebration had started on Sunday,
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama, has advised newly elected and appointed leaders in Nigeria not to use their offices or position to seek fame or riches. He said the newly elected and appointed leaders must truly work for the country and her people to witness a “new dawn”. According to him, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen displace Catholics, leading to the closure of 13 parishes igeria is the country with the largest Catholic Mass attendance in the world, according to a recent study. So when a diocese loses 13 parishes, it affects a lot of people. That’s the case with the Diocese of Makurdi, in central Nigeria, where attacks on predominantly
In the fall, Pope Francis published a book on how to be happy. Aleteia selects 10 of the best pieces of advice out of the eight chapters. n November 2022, Pope Francis published a book titled “I want you to be happy: The hundredfold in this life,” (“Ti voglio felice. Il centuplo in questa vita,” Pienogiorno). The
Continue your efforts to contribute to a revival of faith in, and love for, the Holy Eucharist, Pope Francis insists as he thanks American members of the Committee preparing for the forthcoming National Eucharistic Congress in the United States. By Deborah Castellano Lubov “I encourage you to continue your efforts to contribute to a revival
Dearest friends, an ordinary but a seemingly common understanding of who a father is, is simply, he who is directly involved in the biological bringing into the world a child/children. Not only that people seem to have only the above as the understanding of who a father is, but also, those who are fathers, more
Dearest friends, it is always easier to accept that the HARVEST is plentiful but what is quite difficult to understand is what makes the LABOURERS FEW. The HARVEST in the above stands for ‘the people of God who need to be taken care of spiritually and otherwise, such that the salvation promised by God may
Dearest friends, the Heart of Mary has been fittingly identified as IMMACULATE; which is a level of PURITY that cannot be equalled. This Immaculate Heart of Mary is so CLOSELY UNITED with the Sacred Heart of Jesus such that the two cannot possibly be separated from each other. Thus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary earnestly
Dearest friends, the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus concretely draws our attention to the AMAZING LOVE of Jesus Christ for us all. It is a love that is so SINCERE, SACRIFICIAL and ALL-EMBRACING. Indeed, a MODEL of every true love. This love of Jesus is symbolized with the heart that is crowned