Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN) is the one stop integrated network for all that concerns the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Here you find news and information on the structures, administration, sacramental life, institutions, groups, organs, events, and much more, in the Church in Nigeria. This is an initiative of the National Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, (CSN), the Communication Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)
FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
The Catholic Diocese of Ilorin was on New Year day thrown into mourning mood, following the passing on to eternity of their Chief Shepherd, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Adegboyega Olawoore. The news of the death of Bishop Olawoore as made available to the National Director of Social Communications, Very Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, indicated
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said he is not against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari but speaks against the way the president is handling the deplorable security situation and economic woes in the country. He said this while fielding questions from newsmen at St Barkitha Catholic Secretariat
By Magdalene Kahiu The crisis in Nigeria seems to be a war against Christians in the West African nation, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Makurdi Diocese has said. In a message published Friday, December 17 by the Pontifical charity organization, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe says the
He Makes Everything Beautiful in His Own Time (Ecclesiastes 3:11) A New Year As the Roman double-faced god, Janus looks both to the past and to the future,the eclipse of one year and the ushering in of another is often an opportune moment to reflect on the changing times and seasons. Could there
Pope Francis continued his catechesis series on St. Joseph at the weekly General Audience, focusing on his role as “a persecuted and courageous migrant.” Following the depiction of Jesus’ foster father in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13-23), the Pope explored the massacre of all children under the age of 2 in Bethlehem, ordered by King
The Dicastery for Communication releases a free App entitled “Vatican for All” to provide information on the activities of the Pope and the Church in the world for people with sensory disabilities, as part of the “No One Left Out” project. By Vatican News In the days leading up to Christmas, the “Vatican for All”
By Robert Mickens | Vatican City Pope Francis brought together his top Vatican aides this week for an annual late December appointment that he described as “a way to express (their) fraternity ‘out loud’ through the exchange of Christmas greetings”.But this year’s holiday gathering of mostly bishops and cardinals was actually a chance for the
Existence of social injustices perpetrated or tolerated by those who govern is an insult to the foundations of the Christian faith, says Catholic bishops’ justice and peace commission By La Croix International staff | Malawi Catholic bishops in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, is pleading with the government to listen to
By Massimo Faggioli | United States Pope Francis launched the “synodal process” at the beginning of October in Rome and, two months later, Catholics in his native Latin America have been to join the initiative in a serious and organized way.Bishops, priests, men and women religious, and the lay faithful gathered from November 21-28
By Vatican News staff writer Pope John Paul I will be beatified on 4 September 2022 in a celebration presided over by Pope Francis in the Vatican. In October, the Holy Father signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul I (Albino Luciani), clearing the way for his beatification.