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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
The Vatican’s publishing house, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), along with the Italian Rizzoli, publish “With God you are never alone”, a collection of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s most pregnant speeches during his pontificate, with the Preface of Father Federico Lombardi, S.J.. By Lisa Zengarini For the first time ten of Benedict XVI’s most momentous speeches
Most Bishop Anthony Gbuji today was installed as Diokpa Umu-Ekeke Akwukwu Igbo in Oshimili North, in a Thanksgiving mass at St Rapheal Catholic Church Akwukwu Igbo, an event that witnessed in attendance, Bishops, captains of industry, Kings, Queens, Reverend Father’s, Top Politicians etc. The Chairman of the occasion, High Chief Newton Jibunoh, during the opening
By ACI Africa Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso A cardinal in Burkina Faso said that the naming of a street after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI brought “hope” to the country, Africa, and the world. Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo spoke at a June 13, 2021, ceremony unveiling the newly named Rue Pape Benoît XVI (Pope Benedict XVI Street) in the
A former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, His Grace John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Saturday warned politicians against any form of electoral malpractices, saying Nigerians would not accept rigged elections. He cautioned that politicians scheming to manipulate results of the election should think twice as the repercussions would be disastrous. According to him, the warning became
Fr. Banjo commends Msgr. Ike, challenges CSN staff to brace up for work in the new year Following two days of prayerful reflection, communion, learning and fruitful deliberations, the 2023 retreat for staff of Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) and other agencies of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), focusing on “Work, a divine
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His name should be changed to Blessing because everything around him revolves round Blessing. These are the words of the Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese when he glowingly made some beautiful remarks about the Cardinal celebrant of the day. He further said, the Cardinal doesn’t show that he’s carrying any burden on him as he
Cardinal Onaiyekan celebrates 40th anniversary of Episcopal Ordination Thursday afternoon, January 6th 1983, Pope John Paul II ordained one of the foremost Ecclesiastics of the Church in Nigeria, the Emeritus Archbishop of Abuja, then Monsignor John Onaiyekan, a Bishop at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Today is the 40th anniversary of the Cardinal’s episcopal ordination.
By Fr. Anthony Adetayo Since the demise of the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI on 31st December 2022, Catholics and people all over the world have been praying for his happy repose. The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode; Most Rev. Francis Obafemi Adesina wrote a tribute about the Pope, published on 1st January 2023,
When a Pope dies, he is placed in three coffins namely: Cypress, Lead and Elm, one inside the other, before being interred. Below explains the reasons. *The Cypress Coffin* This is the innermost coffin. It holds the pope’s body as well as a copy of the eulogy given at the funeral Mass. It also