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,
The Catholic Diocese of Ilorin was on New Year day thrown into mourning mood, following the passing on to eternity of their Chief Shepherd, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Adegboyega Olawoore. The news of the death of Bishop Olawoore as made available to the National Director of Social Communications, Very Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, indicated
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said he is not against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari but speaks against the way the president is handling the deplorable security situation and economic woes in the country. He said this while fielding questions from newsmen at St Barkitha Catholic Secretariat
By Magdalene Kahiu The crisis in Nigeria seems to be a war against Christians in the West African nation, the Catholic Bishop of the country’s Makurdi Diocese has said. In a message published Friday, December 17 by the Pontifical charity organization, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe says the
He Makes Everything Beautiful in His Own Time (Ecclesiastes 3:11) A New Year As the Roman double-faced god, Janus looks both to the past and to the future,the eclipse of one year and the ushering in of another is often an opportune moment to reflect on the changing times and seasons. Could there
By Very Rev. Fr. Michael Adegbola blessed is the man who does not work in the counsel of the wicked (Psalm 1:1) Oh dear! The sun has set. We have lost a powerful force to reckoned with, Arch Tutu! We feel a sense of lost. A great leader has passed on to glory. Archbishop Desmond
The Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria, CLCN now has a new leader. He is Hon. Sir Henry Hoomlong Yunkwap (KSJI) from the Province of Jos who until his election was the Secretary General of the body. His emergence took place at Lafia Diocese during the annual conference of the CLCN. In an interview with The
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 55th WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 JANUARY 2022 Dialogue Between Generations, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace 1. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace” (Is 52:7). The words of the prophet Isaiah speak
The Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine T. Ukwuoma has in strong terms, condemned the assault by the police operatives on St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire, Nkwerre LGA in Imo State. The police had on Sunday, 26 December, 2021 raided the church during a religious service, and violently carried out some arrests.
In the early hours of Boxing Day, the office of South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the death of Desmond Tutu, the cleric who used his pulpit and spirited oratory to help bring down apartheid and then became the leading advocate of peaceful reconciliation under Black majority rule. The cause of death was cancer, the
By Vatican News staff reporter Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the family and loved ones of Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died aged 90. In a telegramme sent to Archbishop Peter B. Wells, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa and signed by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Pope said he was saddened
