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 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
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 Archdiocese of Milano,
At the conclusion of the Holy Mass for World Youth Day, Pope Francis expresses his deep gratitude for every person who made “this grace-filled event” possible and announces the Asian country as the next WYD site in 2027. By Edoardo Giribaldi Before making the excitedly-awaited announcement that the next World Youth Day will take place
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
