Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN) is the one stop integrated network for all that concerns the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Here you find news and information on the structures, administration, sacramental life, institutions, groups, organs, events, and much more, in the Church in Nigeria. This is an initiative of the National Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, (CSN), the Communication Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)
FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
It is important to thank God and appreciate our benefactors – Bishop Kukah By Rachel Kogi, CSN The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has re-echoed the importance of thanksgiving as a basis for appreciating God’s work and the inputs of benefactors in one’s life. Saturday, October 29, 2022, while in
Knights of St John International, Nigeria, donate to flood victims across the country, call on FG to declare a National Disaster By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN In response to the devastating consequences of the flood currently ravaging many cities across Nigeria, the Knights and Ladies of the Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights
BREAKING… APPOINTMENT OF THE BISHOP OF UMUAHIA (NIGERIA) The Holy Father has appointed His Excellency Msgr. Michael Kalu Ukpong the bishop of Umuahia Diocese Curriculum vitae S.E. Mons. Michael Kalu Ukpong è nato il 15 dicembre 1964 ad Amaekpu Ohafia, nella Diocesi di Umuahia. Ha frequentato il Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary a Owerri e
Welcome my brothers and sisters in Christ to today’s commemoration of the Feast of All Saints. This Feast was instituted in the Eastern Church during the 4th century for the purpose or remembering all the martyrs of the early Church. Gradually, it developed to also include the non-martyrs. As such, it can be said that
WHY I ACCEPTED THE NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Following the unexpected news that I was among those to be conferred with the 2022 National Honours Award, many felicitated with me, while a very few egged me on to reject the offer. Someone commented on the social media before I received the award:
THE PLACE OF CONSECRATED PERSONS IN THE PRESENT DAY POLITICS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Imagine a world in darkness; think of a society that lacked proper expressive skills, where ideas, feelings, emotions and wants could not be communicated but laid trapped in the inner recesses of our minds. I am quite sure many of us here
Witnessing for Christ is not by choice but by mandate says Bishop Oyejola By Rachel Kogi, CSN As the universal Church celebrates World Mission Sunday, Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese and Episcopal Chairman of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), Most Rev. John Oyejola reminds Christians that the call to be witnesses is not by
Couples charged to be responsible as CSN staff ties the knot By Rachel Kogi, CSN Saturday, October 22, 2022 was a joyous day for the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) community as one of the staff, Mr. Johnpaul Onyeneke and his heartthrob, Chinazom Egeonu were united in the bonds of holy matrimony at St. Benedict’s
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Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time Year C 16 October, 2022. Theme: The Holy Bible, Source Of Wisdom. My Brothers, Sisters and Friends, on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), 23 January, 2022, we celebrated the ‘Sunday of the Word of God’, established by His Holiness, Pope Francis. Our Theme for that Sunday was,