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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
UGOJI EGBUJO The tragic case of Dr Vwaere Diaso doesn’t even tell the story. The rot is malignant. After the cheap elevator collapsed, the young lady couldn’t be extracted for almost an hour. This accident happened in the heart of Lagos, the country’s centre of excellence. When the fractured doctor arrived at the surgical table,
Mr Hyacinth Kwaghemberga, a Church leader of St Francis Catholic Church, Tse Mom, has been shot dead in his house this afternoon, 11th August, 2023 Tse Mom is like a 3 – to 4-minute drive to Ortese, Sacred Heart’s Parish Udei, Makurdi Diocese in Benue state. This morning, our restive mothers had earlier protested and
St Clare was an Italian Saint. She was born at Assisi on 16th July 1194 and died on 11th August 1253. She was one of the followers of St Francis of Assisi, and inspired by his teachings,she founded the Order of POOR LADIES, which is known now as the Order of POOR CLARES a Monastic
The Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA) has urged the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to restrain from the use of force to restore the constitutional regime in the country, Concerned about what might be the consequences of the proposed military intervention in Niger Republic. RECOWA, comprising all Catholic
They described the judiciary as the nation’s “hope at the moment.” The body of Catholic bishops of the Owerri ecclesiastical province has called on the judiciary to rise to the occasion and rescue the nation’s “ailing” democracy. The clerics’ call forms part of the communique issued at the end of their two-day meeting at the
By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dissuade heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, from using military might to subdue the coup plotters in Niger Republic. Archbishop Ugorji made the appeal
Please join us live on Monday 7th August, 2023, as we celebrate the 60th Priestly Ordination Anniversary of Archbishop Emeritus Most Rev. Dr. Patrick Ebosele Ekpu, at 10:30am WAT at Avila Villa. JOIN US LIVE ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/veritasbenin?mibextid=ZbWKwL AND YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@catholicarchdioceseofbenin9538
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah says ordination is not priesthood and that priesthood begins after the ordination ceremony. The Bishop stated this in a homily during the Eucharistic celebration at the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral Sokoto on Friday for the ordination of three new priests for the
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😡😡😡😢 When Dr. Vwaere was being inducted as a Nigerian doctor after her six-year sojourn at Babcock University last year, she had high hopes and expectations. She had hopes for a flourishing medical career. Expectations to use her newly learned medical skills to benefit the community and society at large. Training a child at a