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,
The Catholic Bishop of Otukpo Diocese, Most Rev. Michael Apochi, has called on all Catholic Bishops in Nigeria, to courageously and steadfastly hold on to the faith they profess even in the midst of the prevailing crisis and persecution of the Christian faith in the country and should be ready to die for the faith,
By Silas Isenjia Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, currently Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria as his representative in the central European nation of Poland. The transfer of the Italian Archbishop from the West African nation to Poland was announced Tuesday, August 8, and published by the Holy See Press Office. Born in October 1963 in the
…says Tinubu leaves impression of disdain, insensitivity to pain of Nigerians …accuse rulling class of enriching themselves with palliatives Following the recent ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has warned that continuous disregard for the will of the people who for once trooped out to vote
By CSN Media The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria, to urgently address the ever deepening poverty and growing youth unemployment among the people, because an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. Archbishop Ugorji made the appeal as part
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By PJ Usanga As part of the ongoing second 2023 plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), the bishops during the Mass for the second day, 9 September, 2023, specially prayed for the deceased seminarian, Na’Aman Danladi Stephen, from Kafanchan Diocese who was burnt to death at the rectory in Kamantan, Kafanchan
Pope Francis sends a video message to young people who took part in World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, and invites them to pass on their experience as Christian missionaries. By Devin Watkins In a video message recorded by Cardinal-elect Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, the auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, Pope Francis addressed young people
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh At the on-going plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference in Nigeria (CBCN) in Abuja, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji appreciated all the different religious congregations working in Nigeria, for their enormous contributions to the life of the Catholic Church in the country. Speaking on behalf of all the Catholic Bishops
By CSN Media The Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Most Rev. Anselm Umoren, has admonished his fellow Bishops in Nigeria to emulate the virtue of the Blessed Virgin Mary by always bending their heads in humility and in gratitude for the overwhelming love of God upon their lives and vocation. Alluding to
Bandits in the late hours of Thursday, September 7, 2023, invaded St. Raphael Parish in Fadan Kamantan, Kafancha Diocese of Kaduna State and burnt down the parish house alongside a seminarian, Na’aman Danlami. LEADERSHIP gathered that after the attackers invaded the parish house, some of the priests escaped while Danlamil, who was serving as a