July 29, 2026
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‘Holy Rosary, not all about Mary’ – Fr. Zaku

…as CSN community concludes October devotion Delivering his homily at the Mass to commemorate the end of the month of October devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, at the St. Gabriel Chaplaincy, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Society (PMS), Rev. Fr. Solomon Zaku, intimated all

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‘Catholicism evolving towards Africa globally’ – Archbishop Kaigama

By CSN Media A leading Nigerian prelate has said that Africans see Catholicism in the West as a “Church in decline,” while in Africa Christianity is flourishing because of a strong Biblical faith and traditional moral convictions. “The African understanding of Biblical authority, sex, marriage, and sin may strike Western liberals as backward and superstitious,”

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WUKARI PRIEST KIDNAPPED, SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER

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WE MUST EVOLVE AFRICAN MODEL FOR MANAGING RETIRED PRIESTS

Homily at the 80th Birthday of Very Rev. Msgr. Bernard Ayodele Okodua At St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Surulere, Lagos Saturday 28th October, 2023 By Very Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh Thanksgiving as a mark of Faith I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter his courts with praise, I will

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Mission Congress participants pray for kidnapped delegates

At Holy Mass of the Day-3 in the ongoing 5th edition of the National Mission Congress (NAMICON5) at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral in Owerri, the Episcopal Chairman, Mission and Dialogue Department of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Stephen Mamza, and Chief Celebrant, specially offered the Mass for the safe release of

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‘An un-communicating Church is an impossibility’ – Fr. Umoh

By PJ Usanga Presenting a paper on the topic: ‘Digital Mission: A Contemporary Approach to Evangelization in the Face of Media Toxicity,’ at the ongoing 5th edition of the National Mission Congress (NAMICON5), the National Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Dr. Michael Umoh, has stated that an un-communicating Church is

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National Mission Congress kicks off at Owerri, Nigeria

The 5th edition of the National Mission Congress (NAMICON5), kicks off officially today, October 25, 2023 at the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Imo State, with the theme: “Fear not for I am with you” Isaiah 41:10, at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral in Owerri. The Congress started with an Opening Mass celebrated by the Emeritus Archbishop

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World Mission Sunday: ‘Everyone has a right to receive the gospel’ – Bishop Kundi

The Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Most Rev. Julius Kundi, has emphasized that the mission of spreading the good news of Christ who brings truth, love and freedom particularly to those enslaved must be sustained with much enthusiasm because everyone has the right to receive the gospel. Bishop Kundi emphasised during his homily at the

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The list of the current Catholic Dioceses in Nigeria and their dates of creation/erection (18 October, 2023)

By Fr. Henry Charles Umelechi Each Catholic Metropolitan province contains an Archdiocese and suffragan diocese(s). An archdiocese is referred to as a metropolitan see or the “head” diocese of an ecclesiastical province: the “primus inter pares,” the first among the dioceses in a province. For example, the Archdiocese of Onitsha is the Metropolitan See for

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