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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Written by Ndukwe Theodore Nwabueze (CIWA Cohort, Nigeria) The spirit of the World Youths Day(WYD) is high at the moment and has electrified the entire atmosphere in many parts of the world, and good enough, Africa is not left out. I hereby wish to take us through a brief history of the event as some
There will be supplementary Placement Exam on FRIDAY 28th July 2023 at 9am in the school premises.
Dear Benedikt, Greetings from Abuja, and thanks for your last mail. Many thanks for taking your time to respond at some length to my memorandum, which, as I indicated, was written over 12 years ago. I am well aware that I wrote the memo as an outside observer, coming from a different socio-historical and religious
By Br. Alfonce Kugwa in Kampala, Uganda Catholic journalists, media practitioners and members of the civil society involved in the care of migrants and refugees are gathered in Kampala, Uganda to reflect on better ways of reporting on migrants and refugees in the continent. The workshop that is running from 10-15 July 2023 at St.
The Chairman for the Social Communication Commission of Uganda Episcopal Conference Bishop Emeritus of Lira diocese Giuseppe Franzelli has called upon Catholic Journalists to start educating the Masses rather than only informing them. “We are asked to communicate Christian values in our Journalism and we should educate people and not only inform them,” said Bishop
By Emmanuel Eko, Vincent Njoku and Cynthia Aule, CSN Media The Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, Peter Cardinal Okpaleke, has charged leaders of the various lay associations of the Catholic Church in Nigeria not to the succumb to the temptations of power. He gave this charge in his homily at the Holy Mass to commence
One-Day Leadership Retreat for National Chaplains and National Presidents of Lay Apostolate Groups in Nigeria held at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Resource Centre, Plot 459 Cadastral Zone B2, Southern Parkway, Durumi 1, Garki, Abuja on Thursday July 13, 2023 Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, And kindle in them the fire
By Emmanuel Eko & Cynthia Aule, CSN Media The National President, Catholic Women Organization, Dame Mary Asibi Gonsum has been elected into the Board of World Union of Catholic Women (WUCWO), in the Vatican City, Rome, recently. CSN Media in an interview with the newly elected member of the Board, Gonsum said the election kick-started
SIGNIS AFRICA WORKSHOP FOR CATHOLIC JOURNALISTS At St. Mary National Seminary, Gaba Kampala, Uganda, July 10-16, 2023 Theme: Effective and Efficient Reporting on Migrants and Refugees Topic: The Communicative Dimensions of the Church’s Vision of migrants and Refugees: An African Perspective. By Bishop Emmanuel Badejo, Bishop of Oyo Diocese and President of CEPACS Preamble Note:
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the Vatican’s recently appointed doctrinal chief Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, at a consistory on Sept. 30. The 86-year-old pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square after reciting the Angelus prayer on July 9. This is the full list: