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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By Kingsley Izejiobi One of the latest but disturbing trends in fundraising activities in many Catholic parishes in Nigeria today is the “football fans harvesting” or “football fans support” within Mass. This is a situation where the fundraising organisers call parishioners to come out and donate money in the name of their favourite football clubs,
More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of priests-to-be were raised Catholic in intact families and individually showed habits of frequent church service and regular prayer life. “On this day, let us thank God for continuing to
By Fr. Anthony Adetayo The 4th Episcopal ordination anniversary of the Bishop of Ijebu-Ode Diocese; Most Rev. Francis Obafemi Adesina took place on 25th April 2023 at St. Sebastian Catholic Cathedral, Odo-Egbo, Ijebu-Ode. The program started with a lecture in the Cathedral hall around 10:00am delivered by Very Rev. Fr. Paul Ijasan of Lagos Archdiocese
Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greater decision-making responsibilities and laypeople more say in the life of the Catholic Church. Francis approved changes to the norms governing the Synod of Bishops, a Vatican
It is no accident that the patron saint of foreign missionaries is a cloistered nun, Pope Francis said Wednesday. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, the pope pointed to the example of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries, and other cloistered religious who sustain the life of the Church through
Omokugbo Ojeifo During the course of my Lenten social media abstinence, I came to learn about the passing of a couple of friends. Now that I have come back online, I feel a need to pay my respects to these departed faithful. Today, I start with a man whom I met in person only once,
This is the first meeting of the C9 after its recent renewal by Francis. He created the Council in 2013 to help him with the governance of the Universal Church, and with the reform of the Roman Curia. By Vatican News The Council of Cardinals met today in the Vatican in the presence of
LATE BISHOP GREGORY OBINNA OCHIAGHA MEMORIAL CHARITY CENTRE IN SENEGAL NOW COMMISSIONED. THANK GOD
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has lamented that criminality is festering in parts of Nigeria despite repeated promises by the current administration to safeguard life and property. He advised that proactive measures must be observed to bring the situation under control. Speaking while celebrating a Mass at St. Mulumba’s Parish, Igu
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, CSN With four major seminarians from among the first three pioneering sets obtaining first class honours, Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, and with no third class or a pass, the very young regional seminary of St. Albert the Great, is gradually distinguishing itself as a citadel of spiritual and academic