A MESSAGE GIVEN AT THE END OF THE 3RD NATIONAL PASTORAL CONGRESS ON THE THEME: TOWARDS A SYNODAL CHURCH: COMMUNION, PARTICIPATION AND MISSION WHICH HELD AT BISHOP KELLY PASTORAL CENTRE, AIRPORT ROAD, BENIN CITY, 8–11 NOVEMBER, 20221. Preamble The Church in Nigeria represented by the Bishops, the Priests, the Religious, male and female, and the

33rd Sunday Year C “All these things you are staring at now… the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; every thing will be destroyed.” In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: Amen. Good morning my brothers and sisters in Christ! Today,

GOODWILL MESSAGE BY THE OMO NOBA NEDO UKU AKPOLOKPOLO, OBA EWUARE II, CFR, OBA OF BENIN TO THE NATIONAL PASTORAL CONGRESS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022.   Oba’s Goodwill Message PROTOCOL His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, ably represented by Hon. Minister of Hearth, Dr.Osagie Ehanire, His Excellency, Godwin Nogheghase

BENIN-CITY: PASTORAL CONGRESS REPORT (3) Proceedings of Day 2 “We must never be afraid to take a definitive decision” – Bishop Ajakaye By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN The proceeding of Day-2, November 9, 2022, of the 3rd National Pastoral Congress in Nigeria, started as scheduled with the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Adoration

ARCHBISHOP AUGUSTINE O. AKUBEZE’S WELCOME ADDRESS AT THE THIRD NATIONAL PASTORAL CONGRESS IN BENIN ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022 AT BISHOP KELLY PASTORAL CENTRE  AIRPORT ROAD, BENIN CITY   Introduction:Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ who has made it possible for us to see this day. A day that provides us, the Church in Nigeria

ARCHBISHOP AUGUSTINE O. AKUBEZE’S WELCOME ADDRESS AT THE OPENING MASS OF THE 3RD NATIONAL PASTORAL CONGRESS ON 9TH OF NOVEMBER 2022 AT ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH BENIN CITY On behalf of the bishops, priests, consecrated persons, and the lay faithful of the Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City, I welcome all the faithful to this 3rdNational Pastoral Congress

BENIN-CITY PASTORAL CONGRESS REPORT (2) By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN Welcome Address at Opening Mass by Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubuze on 9 November 2022. Some highlights: [  ] I hope and pray that one of the fruits of this Congress will be the active participation of our faithful in civil politics. [  ] Let

BENIN-CITY PASTORAL CONGRESS REPORT (1) Delegates arrive for National Pastoral congress in Benin City Archdiocese By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN The 3rd National Pastoral Congress of the Catholic Church in Nigeria commenced yesterday 8 November, 2022, as delegates, in their numbers, arrived to the ancient city of Benin City. Waiting to receive the visitors at

2nd Sunday Year C “The children of the resurrection do not marry. They become like angels and are no longer liable to death”. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Amen. Good morning my brothers and sisters in Christ! Today, as most of us have known by