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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
In a landmark decision set to reshape the educational landscape of Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo has approved the return of several secondary schools to their original missionary proprietors, with eight Catholic institutions slated for handover. In a recent meeting with the Catholic Bishop of Auchi Diocese, Most Rev. Gabriel Dunia, the governor approved
Yesterday, His Lordship, Most Rev. William Avenya, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Gboko, paid a sorrowful visit to Yalewata community to personally witness the aftermath of the tragic attack that claimed the lives of the mother and four relatives of one of his priests, Rev. Fr. Martin Tsegba. Guiding the Bishop through the ruins
By Fr. Pascal Salifu In a gesture of compassion and commitment to the dignity of every human life, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, on Tuesday 17th June 2025, has donated wheelchairs to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kware, Sokoto State. The Bishop, who was ably represented by the Diocesan
Pope Leo XIV has offered prayers for the victims of a devastating massacre in Benue State, Nigeria, where approximately 200 people—mostly internally displaced persons sheltering at a local Catholic mission—were brutally killed in a midnight attack on June 13–14. He made the appeal during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, specifically mentioning the rural
By CSN Media In a momentous ceremony marking the 2025 Democracy Day celebration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu conferred the prestigious national honor of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) upon the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah. The esteemed award, given in recognition of his outstanding contributions to nation-building,
The Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA) has adopted a synodal approach to promote peace and justice in the region. This was contained in a Resolution issued at the end of the 5th Plenary Assembly of RECOWA, held at the Hotel Fleur de Lys in Dakar, Senegal, from 5 to 12 May,
Everyone needs these words of consolation and reassurance. ” Brothers, sisters… I speak to you, especially to those who no longer believe, no longer hope, no longer pray, because they think God has left. To those who are fed up with scandals, with misused power, with the silence of a Church that sometimes seems more
Pope Leo XIV had the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace reopened on Sunday, which had been sealed according to protocol after the death of Pope Francis. Vatican News At the conclusion of the Regina Caeli prayer from the Loggia of the Blessings on 11 May, Pope Leo XIV had the papal apartment of the
By Fr. Michael BANJO & Fr. Francis PAPA The day began with Holy Mass at 6:45 a.m. at Saint Joseph de Medina Parish, presided over by Most Rev. Joseph Afrifa, Vice President of RECOWA. The homily was delivered by Most Rev. François Xavier Gnonhossou. The morning plenary session commenced at 9:18 a.m. with a prayer
Tributes have trailed the sudden death of a young Nigerian “missionary” priest, Very Rev. John Simon Tanko, 47, who recently died of heart failure while on holiday in his home country after being away with the St. Patrick’s Missionary Society in Kenya for 7 years. The priest of the Catholic Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria, who
