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,
In the early hours of Boxing Day, the office of South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the death of Desmond Tutu, the cleric who used his pulpit and spirited oratory to help bring down apartheid and then became the leading advocate of peaceful reconciliation under Black majority rule. The cause of death was cancer, the
By Vatican News staff reporter Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the family and loved ones of Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died aged 90. In a telegramme sent to Archbishop Peter B. Wells, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa and signed by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Pope said he was saddened
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the heroes of the South Africa’s anti-apartheid crusade, has died, aged 90, on Sunday, December 26. Tutu’s death was confirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who is also a hero of the anti-aparthied fight. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our
By Rachel Kogi, CSN, Abuja While the Church in Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta Diocese has been thrown into a mournful state over the killing of one of its Priests, Rev. Fr. Luke Adeleke by some unknown gunmen.The National Director of Social Communications of the
CHRISTMAS 2021 A NATION STILL IN SEARCH OF TRUTH & VINDICATION Christmas Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto 1: Good news to the World: Hello everyone, men and women of goodwill all over the world, we to whom the news of the birth of Jesus was first announced on that cold
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the demise of our dear Priest and brother, Rev. Fr. Luke Adeleke (a Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta). He was on his way home yesterday evening after Mass at an outstation of his parish when he was attacked by some gunmen and shot dead.
By Rachel Kogi Christmas celebration is yearly characterised by the display of Christmas cribs in Churches, homes, shopping malls and other venues. It is so common a feature that it cannot be wrong to say that Christmas celebrations are not complete without a Christmas Crib. Do you usually visit the crib? Have you ever stopped
The judge asked the killer of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, ‘Why did you kill Sadat? He said to him, “Because he is secular!” The judge replied: “What does secular means?” The killer said: “I don’t know!” In the case of the attempted assassination of the late Egyptian writer, Naguib Mahfouz, the judge asked the
