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,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria– MAY 2, 2025/Fr. Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Amos The Catholic Church stands at a decisive moment in its two-thousand-year history as it prepares for the 2025 Papal Conclave, scheduled to begin on *May 7, following the death of Pope Francis*. While every conclave is significant, this one is truly unprecedented in many respects. It
Goodwill Message to NIREC by Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Metropolitan Archbishop of Owerri and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), at the Opening Session of the First Triannual 2025 Meeting of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), Holding at Rock View Hotel, Owerri on 30 April 2025 1. I thank God for bringing
By Omokugbo Ojeifo In all the years that I have known Cardinal Onaiyekan, the first time I ever saw him bow to a person (outside of the acts of reverence during liturgical worship) was in 2021 and it was to Bishop Emeritus of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Michael Olatunji Fagun. Bishop Fagun was visiting Abuja
By Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Amos Today, as we commemorate *Labour Day*—also known as *Workers’ Day*—we extend heartfelt gratitude to all who engage in honest and dignified labour. This occasion offers us a fitting moment to reflect on the Catholic Church’s social doctrine concerning human labour, a reflection rooted deeply in Scripture and enriched through successive magisterial
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh In a grand celebration that drew together esteemed members of the clergy, religious, faithful and royal fathers in their numbers, Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun’s 90th birthday and 60th priesthood anniversary were commemorated with great fanfare. The occasion, filled by gracious tributes and expressions of gratitude, was a testament to
An Address given by Rev Fr Idoko Boniface Idoko, the National Youth Animator, CSN, at the National Convention of the Nigeria Federation of Catholic Students (NFCS), at Ikot Ekpene, 30th April to 4th May, 2025. Preamble. I bring you greetings from the Episcopal Chairman for the youth, Most Rev Patrick Eluke and the Secretary General
Every 4th Sunday of Easter we celebrate Vocations Sunday or Good Shepherd Sunday. It is a day we are invited to pray for Vocations and encourage young people to respond to the call to Priesthood and Religious life. On Vocations Sunday, we are invited to pray and donate for the training of Seminarians and Novices.
Report by: Rev. Fr. Titus Armon Coordinator, Migrants and Refugees Unit, Ogoja Diocese The September 2024 UNHCR published data on registered Camerounian refugees in Nigeria puts the number at a staggering 69,475. Of these, over 45,000 are in Cross River State, with children between the ages of 0 to 17 making up 35,987. The Catholic
By CSN Media Staff of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) and the worshipping community of the St. Gabriel Chaplaincy at the CSN gathered on Wednesday, 30 April, 2025, to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis. In his homily at the Requiem Mass, the Secretary General of CSN, Rev. Fr. Michael Banjo, emphasized Pope
