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,
By CSN Media Two weeks to the plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), the Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is brimming with joy and anticipation as it prepares to host the august event. Scheduled to take place from September 11th to 19th, 2025, this historic gathering will bring together over 80
By Fr. Moses P. Sade The Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene is aglow with joy and anticipation as it prepares to host the *Second Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)*, scheduled for 11th–19th September 2025. This historic gathering, holding at the *Diocesan Retreat and Youth Development Centre, Nto Ekpu Ikot, Nko,
“Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church, we consecrate to you, who try to come ever closer to us, all of our being and all our love. We also consecrate to you our life, our work, our Joys and our sorrows. We entrust all that we have and all that we
By Fidelia Angbalaga, CSN Media The National Youth Animator in Nigeria, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Very Rev. Fr. Boniface Idoko, is set to host a Retreat for Teens, tomorrow, 23 August, 2025, on the theme, The Real Presence (The Eucharistic Jesus). The initiative is for teenagers between the ages of 13 to 19 years. According
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN The Diocese of Port Harcourt is set to welcome the entire Catholic Church in Nigeria for the celebration of the 2025 National Jubilee Year of Hope, an occasion Most Rev. Patrick Eluke, Apostolic Administrator of the diocese, has described as “a thing of joy and deserving of gratitude to
By CSN Media Introduction The Catholic Church formally lowered the age for First Holy Communion in the early 20th century, under Pope Pius X, through the decree Quam Singulari issued on August 8, 1910 by the Sacred Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments. Historical Background For centuries, the practice of administering the Eucharist to
Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to unite in prayer and fasting on 22 August for peace, and calls for a “disarmed and disarming peace” in all places torn by armed conflict. By Vatican News Addressing the faithful gathered in the Paul VI Hall for his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV turned his thoughts
During his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV illustrates to the faithful how Jesus’ love, despite being betrayed, did not allow evil to have the last word, and “that there is always a way to continue to love, even when everything seems irredeemably compromised.” By Deborah Castellano Lubov “Let us ask today for the grace
Speaking at the triennial congress of the Union of the African Catholic Press (“Union catholique africaine de la presse”, UCAP), the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication invites journalists to read and share stories “with the intelligence of the heart, with the wisdom of love, without confusing means and ends, truth and falsehood, intuition and
