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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ welcome with joy the news of the appointment by the Pope of Sr. Mary Adelaide Ndilu, one of her own, as one of the Consultors of the Dicastery for Communication on 29th September, 2022. Sr. Mary Adelaide made her First Religious Profession in 1989.
It was a golden celebration of Diamond, Golden and Silver Jubilee of 21 Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters, on 25th September, 2022 at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha. Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, the Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese and the Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical province presided over the celebration. Following
Mother Mary Claude Oguh, the Superior General of IHM Sisters along with seven other Priests of the Onitsha Archdiocese received Papal Awards on 1st September, 2022 at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha. While the priests were elevated to the honor of Papal Chamberlains (Monsignori), the IHM Superior General received the Benemerenti Medal.
IHM Sisters had 16 Sisters who made their Final Religious Profession on the 3rd and 7th September, 2022 at the Basilica of the most Holy Trinity, Onitsha and at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Urualla respectively. While Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke presided over the celebration at Onitsha, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma took charge of the
Bishop of Nnewi Catholic Diocese in Anambra State, Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye, has withdrawn the faculty of five Spiritans priests, otherwise called Holy Ghost Priests. Rev Fr Hyginus Aghaulor, former Director of Communications of the diocese who spoke to journalists said withdrawal of faculty meant the priests would not be able to perform any duties within the diocese, and even when they do, such functions would be considered a nullity. “If they baptize
Archbishop Kaigama conferred with national honours Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, a champion of dialogue for the promotion of peace, and for his total commitment to the service of humanity through the Church, was confered with the National Honour, Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) at the 2022 National Honours Ceremony held at the International Conference
In the aftermath of the fire that gutted a Church in Cameroon, Bishop Aloysius Fondong of the Diocese of Mamfé entered the ruins to retrieve the Blessed Sacrament and found the sacred Hosts and the ciborium containing them to be intact. On the night of Sept. 16, armed men set fire to St. Mary’s church
CNA Newsroom, Oct 10, 2022 / 05:20 am In a message marking the 60th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II, the organizers of the Synod on Synodality called the Synod of Bishops a “fruit” of the council. Quoting Pope Francis, the synod’s general secretariat on Monday said the synod was “indeed one of [the
Vatican City The Catholic Church gained two new saints on Sunday as Pope Francis canonized St. Artemide Zatti and St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini. The two saints were both born in Italy in the 19th century and ministered to others amid the massive emigration of hundreds of thousands of Italians each year at the turn of
