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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By PJ Usanga In his Paper on Synod on Synodality: Areas of concern for the Church in Nigeria, Rev. Fr. (Prof.) Anthony Akinwale has appealed to Catholic Bishops in Nigeria to pay attention to doctrinal deviations, liturgical aberrations, and pastoral malpractice, which appear to be going on in the church unnoticed. He lamented that in
By Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN ย โIf we cast a cursory glance at the present state of our nation, we are inclined to conclude that this seems to be the worst of times for our country in the areas of security and the economy. Despite the huge sums of money appropriated monthly as
By Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN โPastors are teachers of apostolic doctrine, not teachers of doctrines they have invented, nor proponents or spokespersons of ideologies at odds with apostolic doctrine. Their exercise of pastoral office involves receiving, preserving and transmitting apostolic doctrine without distorting it.โ โThe Synod should be a journeying together within tradition
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By Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, yesterday,at the opening session of their first plenary assembly in 2024, gave a welcome address to declare the plenary open. He expressedย his joy and gratitude for the gathering of the bishops and other
Worried over the alarming rate of insecurity, killings and banditry in the country, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria lamented that there can be no meaningful development in any country without adequate security, and emphasised that security in our country will remain a tall dream if mass unemployment exists among our youths. “The government does not
A Welcome Address by Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri and President of the Catholic Bishopsโ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), at the Opening Session of the 2024 First Plenary Assembly of the CBCN at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Resource Centre, Durumi Abuja on 18 February 2024. I am privileged to warmly welcome
The Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama appealed to the government, politicians and political office holders in Nigeria to collaborate and work together with the church to bail the country out of her current predicament, economic hardship, employment, insecurity and impending collapse. The Prelate made the appeal in his homily during the Opening
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By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN At the Holy Mass on the first day of the plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Saturday 17, 2024, the Chief Celebrant and homilist, Most Rev. Anthony Adaji, MSP, called on his brother-bishops to pay special attention to their prophetic duty of speaking up for the