January 23, 2025
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Former RECOWA Secretary General Appointed Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese, Ivory Coast

Former RECOWA Secretary General Appointed Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese, Ivory Coast Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Joseph Kakou Aka, the immediate former Secretary General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA), as Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese in Ivory Coast. The appointment of Mons. Aka was published by the Holy See Press Office on

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BIRTHDAY OF A REVOLUTIONARY PONTIFF Pope Francis!

BIRTHDAY OF A REVOLUTIONARY PONTIFF Pope Francis! Fr. Victor Makinwa Ogunyemi He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936. He was once a bouncer and I mean a bouncer in a night club, a janitor before his training as a chemist and a technician in a food science laboratory. He joined the Society

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SIGNIS Africa lauds Nigerian Communications Week

SIGNIS Africa lauds Nigerian Communications Week By Vincent Njoku At the recently concluded SIGNIS Africa Congress held in Kigali, Rwanda from July 11 to 15, 2022, Catholic Communicators, among other things, unanimously endorsed the Nigerian model of commemorating the World Communications Day. The participants at the Congress extolled the initiative of the Catholic Bishops of

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Catholic Bishops Beg Foreign Forces To Help Africa Fight Insecurity

Roman Catholic bishops in Africa and Madagascar under the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) have called on foreign nations to join hands with African leaders in their efforts to curtail insecurity ravaging the continent. Goldennewsngย reports that the Catholic bishops also lamented what they described as the irregular migration of African youths

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New Leader of SECAM Says โ€˜Greatness is Serviceโ€™

By Courtney Mares โ€“ Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, who is to be made a cardinal later this month, has been elected head of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). The 63-year-old Ghanaian bishop, who will travel to Rome to receive a red hat on August 27, has said

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MESSAGE OF THE 19TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE SYMPOSIUM OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES OF AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR (SECAM)

MESSAGE OF THE 19TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE SYMPOSIUM OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES OF AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR (SECAM) The 19th Plenary Assembly of the SYMPOSIUM OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES OF AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR (SECAM) took place from July 25 to August 1, 2022 in Accra, Ghana on the theme: โ€œOwnership of SECAM: Security and Migration in Africa

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SECAM GETS NEW PRESIDENT

Please click below to view document: SECAM Elects New President

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VISIT TO KIGALI GENOCIDE MEMORIAL

VISIT TO KIGALI GENOCIDE MEMORIAL โ€ฆA Reporters Account By Clarice Azuatalam, As one who likes travelling and adventure, I had looked forward to visiting Rwanda based on reports I have heard about the beauty and cleanliness of Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. I got my travelling documents as well as my COVID-19 vaccination card

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Breaking: Benin Catholic Men Campaign against ‘Yahoo Plus’

In a bid to steam the tide of the nortorious vices amongst the young people of our generation via internet fraud, AKA, “Yahoo” ritual killings and the rest, Catholic Men Organization of Nigeria, under the auspices of CMON, St Jude Parish in the Archdiocese of Benin City just Concluded her rally against Yahoo/Retual Killing, AKA:

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Rebels kill Catholic Priest on Mission in Congo

Rev Fr MASIVI RICHARD, 36, was shot and killed by rebels while he was coming from his mission. He was the parish priest of Kaseghe in the Diocese of Butembo-Beni in Congo Democratic. May God grant him eternal rest and console his loved ones

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