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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
The Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese, David Ajang, on Thursday ordained five new priests with a call on them to be humble and live simple lives in the service of God and humanity. Ajang while performing the ordination ceremony at the Saint Williams Cathedral, Lafia, Nasarawa State, charged the new priests to be totally committed
With the passing of Bishops Ayo-Maria Atoyebi (Ilorin), Francis Okobo (Nsukka), and now Michael Fagun (Ekiti), the Catholic Church in Nigeria has, in this year alone, watched with a mix of gratitude and nostalgia as a remarkable generation of bishops takes a final bow. These were men who directly succeeded the missionaries and, in many
By Rev. Fr. Moses P. Sade “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” — Matthew 12:34 “There is power in the tongue — life and death are in its power.” — Proverbs 18:21 Introduction In an age where social media dominates our conversations, this reflection calls us back to the sacredness of
By Fr. Dr. Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Amos With profound sadness, yet with hearts lifted in solemn reverence, the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti bows her head in humble surrender and radiant gratitude as she announces the passing of a colossus in faith, a patriarch of the Church in Nigeria, and a shepherd after God’s own heart —
Addressing a global network of leading news agencies, Pope Leo thanks reporters who every day work to share the truth, often risking their lives. It is thanks to them, he says, that we have knowledge of the world. By Francesca Merlo Pope Leo on Thursday paid homage to journalists who are working on the front
By Francis Emmanuel Nwankwo The Catholic community of St. Patrick’s Parish, Gidan Mai Kambu, in Malumfashi Deanery, came alive on Sunday as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina, Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Mamman Musa, paid his first pastoral visit to the parish since the abduction incident that once shook the peaceful village. The
It was a day of deep sorrow for the Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku as the faithful gathered on Monday, September 29, 2025, at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, Okpanam, for the funeral Mass of Late Emmanuel Chukwuekwu Ojeah. Until his passing on Sunday, September 14, 2025, during a soccer game, Ojeah was a second-year
By Rev. Fr. Michael A. BANJO Secretary General, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Sixty-five years after independence, Nigeria stands at a crossroads. We rejoice in the gift of freedom, for self-determination is the dignity of every people. With the Psalmist, we declare: “What great deeds the Lord worked for us, indeed we are glad” (Psalm 126:3).
Sr Carino Hodder OP What is spiritual abuse, how do we recognize it, and how do we prevent it? These are questions of increasingly pressing importance to the contemporary Church, and in particular to her religious communities – places where, as successive investigations and media reports have made clear, the misuse of authority and manipulation
