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,
By Charles Igwe In a momentous event held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, the National Director of Communications, Rev. Fr Michael Umoh, was inducted as a Senior Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Social Media Analysts. This prestigious recognition comes as a tribute to Fr. Umoh’s exceptional efforts in spearheading a massive media literacy campaign.
By PJ Usanga The Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS), in its resolution at the end of their 50th Anniversary celebration at Lumen Christi Retreat and Media Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, commended the Communications Week (ComWEEK) media literacy initiative of the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria, and called on Bishops within the region to design
By Richard Thomas The Archbishop of Ibadan Ecclesiastic Province, Most Rev’d Gabriel Leke Abegunrin has admonished members of Catholic Artistes and Entertainers Association of Nigeria (CAEAN) Ibadan Province to be good ambassadors and use their talent to promote and advance the Church and kingdom of God. Most Rev’d Abegunrin gave the admonition at a mass
The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi is set to formally inaugurate Radio Maria in the diocese on Friday, December 8, 2023 at the Radio House in Makurdi. According to the inauguration planning committee and the Diocesan Director of Radio Maria Nigeria, Makurdi, Rev. Fr. Jacob Amu, the event will begin with a Holy Mass to be
In his homily at the Thanksgiving Mass of Dr. Godwin Undie Ukel’s golden jubilee birthday, the Catholic Bishop of Katsina-Ala Diocese, Most Rev. Isaac Dugu, charged christians to increase in giving to others when God’s blessings in their life increases, rather than embarking on ostentatious lifestyle. “When God increases his blessings in our lives, we
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, YEAR B, ST. RITA, NDAKWO, ABUJA, 3RD DECEMBER, 2023. HOMILY BY ARCHBISHOP I. A. KAIGAMA Readings: Is 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37. Wait, prepare and watch out for Christ’s coming. Dear members of St. Rita Ndako, my visit to you today is not the usual pre-arranged pastoral visit
By PJ Usanga The National Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Rev Fr. Dr. Michael Umoh has disclosed that the Holy Father’s focus on Artificial intelligence (AI), for the 2024 World Communications (WCD), will draw both the Church and the world’s attention to the evolving AI technology and prompt investigating and
Dr. Paolo Ruffini, Prefect, Discastery of Social Communications, Vatican has tasked members of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) to set up structures for the Church in Africa, steer clear of mistakes of the past to spread God’s words effectively while also promoting a synodal Church. He gave this charge while delivering
The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, officially introduced the Communications Week (ComWEEK) programme, an initiative of the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria to his fellow bishops of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Archbishop Ugorji made this move in his Address during the
