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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh of CSN Media, Abuja “We build the Culture of Excellence through building the human person.” “Building the human person is the highest asset we could bequeath to our society.” “We took time to meticulously select those whom we recruited as our lecturers.” “Discipline is non-negotiable.” “All our pioneer students are
PICTURES OF NUNCIO VISIT TO PORT HARCOURT DIOCESE https://myalbum.com/album/SKpGS9x7rBN7Pu/?invite=cd8ff760-0cea-406d-ba83-2ed5b908f270 By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh The Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty, announced the appointment of Bishop Patrick Eluke as the Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt Diocese on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, during Holy Mass at the Cathedral in Port Harcourt. This decision follows
By CSN Media In a bid to foster a closer working relationship and enhance internal communication within the Catholic Secretariat community, the executives of the Laystaff Association of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) paid a courtesy visit to the 14th Secretary General, Rev. Fr. Michael Ayanleke Banjo, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Led by
By CSN Media In a significant ecclesiastical development, the Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty, Wednesday, 9 April, 2025, announced the appointment of Bishop Patrick Eluke as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Port Harcourt. This is following the acceptance of the resignation letter of Bishop Camillus Archibong Etukudoh, who in August
By CSN Media The Port Harcourt Diocese was abuzz with excitement as it welcomed the Apostolic Nuncio, Most Rev. Michael Francis Crotty on a three-day pastoral visit on Tuesday 8 April, 2025. The atmosphere was electric, with the entire diocese in a celebrative mood. The Nuncio’s Airpeace flight touched down at the domestic wing of
KNIGHTHOOD: A PATH TO AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN LIFE Retreat message to Knights & Ladies of St. Mulumba, Abraham Ojefua Sub-Council, Abuja By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh Import of the topic: To be a good knight translates to being a good Christian. If we truly struggle to be good knights, we cannot but end up being
Being a Lead Paper delivered at the 34th Theology Week Conference of the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA) in Port Harcourt on 7 April, 2025. By Rev. Fr. Dr. Michael Nsikak Umoh Preamble I am honored to be invited to present this paper. Wondering why such an honour, in the midst of so many
All is now set for the first Pastoral visit of the Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty, to Port Harcourt Diocese, Rivers State. The Pastoral visit is slated for April 8 to 10, 2025. The Nuncio will be hosted in a reception at Corpus Et Sanguis Christi Cathedral, D/Line, Port Harcourt, after a
In a message for the Jubilee Pilgrimage organised by Charis, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service, Pope Francis says that the Holy Spirit is “the source of communion, harmony and fraternity”. By Joseph Tulloch Pope Francis has sent a message to Charis, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service, ahead of its Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome.
Twenty years after the death of Pope John Paul II on 5 April 2005, our Editorial Director explores how the Church celebrates the saint and recalls his unheeded words against war. By Andrea Tornielli Twenty years have passed since the evening of Saturday, 2 April 2005, when millions of people around the world mourned the