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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
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:
The Vatican has just released a couple hours ago the list of the over 500 delegates to participate at the forthcoming Synod on Synodality taking place in October this year. For the first time, 21% of the participants at the synod will be non-bishops, some appointed by bishops conferences and others personally appointed by the
By CSN Media The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria has lost one of its indefatigable staff, Mr. David Rotji, to the cold hands of death. The deceased who until his death was the Immigration Protocol Officer suffered a protracted illness and was on Tuesday July 4, 2023 called to eternity by his creator. Rotji was employed
The Holy See Press Office releases the official calendar of Pope Francis’ Liturgical Celebrations for July and August 2023, which includes Mass on the 3rd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly and his upcoming Apostolic Journeys to Portugal and Mongolia. By Deborah Castellano Lubov The Holy See Press Office has released the Calendar of
The Handbook in Two Sentences As technology makes the world more complex, the choices that we need to make regarding the uses of technology also become more complicated. The goal of this book is to help decision-makers set up the right conditions within their organization for successful navigation of this increasing complexity so that their
Every baptized person is called to be a modern-day prophet, living as a witness of Jesus to others, Pope Francis said on Sunday. In his Angelus address July 2, the pope recalled that at our baptism, each of us received “the gift of the prophetic mission.” The pope, addressing an estimated 15,000 pilgrims and tourists
In an interview with the United Arab Emirate’s daily ‘Al-Ittihad,’ Pope Francis laments the burning of the Quran, Islam’s holiest book, in Sweden, while urging individuals take to heart the values promoted in the Document on Human Fraternity. “I feel indignant and disgusted by these actions,” Pope Francis expressed to Hamad Al-Kaabi, editor of the
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has decried that most Federal Government formations in Nigeria operate in breach of the law by not allowing for the freedom of religious practices. Bishop Kukah stated this on Sunday while opening the 119 Nigerian Airforce (NAF) Composite Group Catholic Chaplaincy in Sokoto State.