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,
Erezione della Diocesi di Katsina (Nigeria) e nomina del primo Vescovo Il Santo Padre ha eretto la nuova Diocesi di Katsina (Nigeria) per dismembramento della Diocesi di Sokoto, rendendola suffraganea della Sede Metropolitana di Kaduna. Allo stesso tempo ha nominato primo Vescovo della neo-eretta Diocesi il Rev. Sac. Gerald Mamman Musa, del clero della Diocesi
(CSN Media) The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., as the Auxiliary Bishop of the sede vacante of the Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), also assigning him the titular See of Rusgunie. Curriculum vitae H.E. Mgr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., was born on 25th March 1960 in Eziama Oparanadim Ekwereazu, in the
Ahiara diocese gets Auxiliary Bishop! The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., as the Auxiliary Bishop of the sede vacante of the Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), also assigning him the titular See of Rusgunie. Curriculum vitae H.E. Mgr. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., was born on 25th March 1960 in Eziama Oparanadim
PROFESSOR ANTHONY AKINWALE WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED BY THE CBCN TO BE THE SUPPORT THEOLOGIAN FOR THE NIGERIAN DELEGATION TO THE SYNOD ON SYNODALITY IN ROME FROM WHERE HE WRITES THESE REFLECTIONS. Synodality and Ecumenism In our quest to be a more synodal Church, it is necessary but insufficient to journey together. We must differentiate between
Several Catholic churches in Nicaragua no longer enjoy the privilege of the Eucharistic celebration of the Holy Mass, due to the persistent arrest and detention of Catholic priests in the country by the autocratic regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice-President, Rosario Murillo. Last weekend, two more Catholic priests; Fr. Yesner Cipriano
By PJ Usanga In the wake of the attack on Isreal over the weekend by Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, the the Parish Priest of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, an Argentine priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) has disclosed that the parish has taken
Pope Francis has chosen “Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: for a fully human communication” as the theme for World Communication Day 2024. Vatican News “Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: for a fully human communication” is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 58th World Communication Day, which will be observed
The Catholic Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Most Rev. Isaac Bunde Dugu has cautioned Catholic Priests in Nigeria against elevating themselves during the Eucharistic celebration, and reminded them that the celebration is not the Priest’s achievement. “The action of the celebration does not belong to the individual but to the church of Christ, the liturgy does not
Reiterating his position that the ongoing synod is not a parliament or a church meeting, Pope Francis has charged participants at the synod to ignore gossips which is one of the most common sins of the church, and empty words which saddens the holy spirit. The Holy Father further called on all to desist from
Their countries are in bracket 1. Archbishop Robert Francis PREVOST, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops(USA) 2. Archbishop Claudio GUGEROTTI, Prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches(Italy). 3. Archbishop Víctor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith(Argentina) 4. Archbishop Emil Paul TSCHERRIG, Apostolic Nunzio(Switzerland) 5. Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves