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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Mathew Kukah, famous Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, lamented the overwhelming effects of insecurity on the education sector in Nigeria. Kukah disclosed this while giving his keynote address at the Parents Summit of the 2023 Education Week in Edo State. He described havoc caused by Bandits, terrorists and other tormentors of Nigeria’s security as
By Most Rev Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop Catholic Diocese of Oyo Workers’ Day, May 1st every year all over the world, necessary calls for an evaluation of work, workers and working conditions all around the world. This is because work is one indispensable resource by which God made man and by which man sustains
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28 years ago, Rev Monsignor Ignatius Ayau Kaigama was consecrated the first bishop of Jalingo diocese in Taraba state. He succeeded late Archbishop Ganaka and became the 2nd Metropolitan archbishop of Jos Archdiocese. He is currently the archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja. Join me to pray for the chief shepherd of the archdiocese
By Kingsley Izejiobi One of the latest but disturbing trends in fundraising activities in many Catholic parishes in Nigeria today is the “football fans harvesting” or “football fans support” within Mass. This is a situation where the fundraising organisers call parishioners to come out and donate money in the name of their favourite football clubs,
More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of priests-to-be were raised Catholic in intact families and individually showed habits of frequent church service and regular prayer life. “On this day, let us thank God for continuing to
By Fr. Anthony Adetayo The 4th Episcopal ordination anniversary of the Bishop of Ijebu-Ode Diocese; Most Rev. Francis Obafemi Adesina took place on 25th April 2023 at St. Sebastian Catholic Cathedral, Odo-Egbo, Ijebu-Ode. The program started with a lecture in the Cathedral hall around 10:00am delivered by Very Rev. Fr. Paul Ijasan of Lagos Archdiocese
Omokugbo Ojeifo During the course of my Lenten social media abstinence, I came to learn about the passing of a couple of friends. Now that I have come back online, I feel a need to pay my respects to these departed faithful. Today, I start with a man whom I met in person only once,
This is the first meeting of the C9 after its recent renewal by Francis. He created the Council in 2013 to help him with the governance of the Universal Church, and with the reform of the Roman Curia. By Vatican News The Council of Cardinals met today in the Vatican in the presence of