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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Committee of former students of Very Rev. Prof. Peter -Damian Akpunonu have rolled out the drums of celebrations to honour and outstanding personality for his contributions towards advancement of ecclesiastical vocations and development of the society as he clocks eighty. A pontifical mass to mark the historic event held at Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary
LETTER FOR WORKERS’ DAY 2023 CELEBRATION (1st May – Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker) Dear brothers and sisters, a year and 5 months ago, we completed the year of St. Joseph the Worker. We now see signs of growth in proper understanding of the dignity of labour. Pope Francis in his Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti,
The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Calabar, Nigeria, the Rev. Christopher Naseri Naseri, of the clergy of Calabar, currently assistant parish priest of St. Bernard in Marian Hill and professor at the University of Calabar, assigning him the see owner of Gurza. *Curriculum vitae* Monsignor Christopher Naseri Naseri
The Sisters of Charity of New York, founded in 1846, announced that they will no longer take new members, describing their congregation as on “a path to completion.” “The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York will no longer work toward finding nor accepting new members to our congregation in
Mathew Kukah, famous Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, lamented the overwhelming effects of insecurity on the education sector in Nigeria. Kukah disclosed this while giving his keynote address at the Parents Summit of the 2023 Education Week in Edo State. He described havoc caused by Bandits, terrorists and other tormentors of Nigeria’s security as
It is requested to evaluate the election of young people, not all the prefects of departments will participate from now on and the religious will also participate in quotas of 50%. (ZENIT News / Rome, 04.26.2023).- Made known in a press conference in the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon, April 26, 2023 were the novelties
By Most Rev Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop Catholic Diocese of Oyo Workers’ Day, May 1st every year all over the world, necessary calls for an evaluation of work, workers and working conditions all around the world. This is because work is one indispensable resource by which God made man and by which man sustains
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28 years ago, Rev Monsignor Ignatius Ayau Kaigama was consecrated the first bishop of Jalingo diocese in Taraba state. He succeeded late Archbishop Ganaka and became the 2nd Metropolitan archbishop of Jos Archdiocese. He is currently the archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja. Join me to pray for the chief shepherd of the archdiocese