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,
Pope Francis is discharged from the A. Gemelli University hospital on Saturday morning. By Vatican News staff reporter Pope Francis was released from Gemelli Hospital on Saturday morning following a brief hospital stay that involved scheduled tests and treatment for bronchitis. In a brief statement Saturday morning, the Holy See Press Office noted that, before
INTRODUCTION Holy Week is most definitely a very sacred time of the year, for it is now that we will commemorate and remember the last week of Jesus’ life on this earth. These are the days leading up to the great Easter Feast. WHAT IS HOLY WEEK? Holy Week is the week which precedes
The Pope has promoted a former Anglican bishop to the rank of Monsignor less than a year after he was ordained a Catholic priest. Mgr John Goddard, the former Bishop of Burnley, has also been made a “chaplain to His Holiness” within six months of his ordination as a priest for the Archdiocese of
“Go to so and so in the city and say to him ‘The Master says: My time is near it is at your house that I am keeping Passover with my disciples”. In name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: Amen! Good morning my brothers and sisters in
Another shooting at a school. Everyone is asking why. A community mourns. Cue the knee-jerk call for gun control between quips about ice cream from President Biden. Yet here again, few want to see the culprit hiding in plain sight and do something about it. We have willingly surrendered our nation to malign forces
A medical update on Pope Francis‘ health reveals he is being treated with antibiotics, that he is responding positively, and that he could be discharged from hospital in a few days. By Vatican News A statement on Thursday evening by Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office, said Pope Francis spent the afternoon
By PJ Usanga Giving the homily at the funeral Mass of Msgr. Joseph Oladejo Faniran, at St. Benedict Catholic Cathedral, Osogbo, the National Director of Social Communications of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Very Rev. Fr Michael Umoh admonished that for Christians, the essence of life lies in expending it for the sake of
HOMILY AT THE FUNERAL OF MSGR. JOSEPH OLADEJO FANIRAN At St. Benedict Catholic Cathedral, Osogbo. 30 March 2023 By Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh Your Excellencies, dear Rt & Very Rev. Msgr. & Frs. Deacons, Sisters, Catechists, Seminarians, dignitaries of Church and State, traditional rulers, the Faniran family members and relatives, dear people of
Pope Francis sends a telegram to the Bishop of Nashville, and expresses his sadness for the most recent in a series of deadly school shootings to shake the United States. By Francesca Merlo After the most recent deadly shooting in a school in the United States, in which six people were killed, of which
Program ❖ Adoration ❖ Confession ❖ Holy Mass ❖ Conference on Blessed Carlo Acutis by Rev. Monsignor Paschal Nwaezeapu ❖ Exhibition of Eucharistic miracles Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm Venue: Mater Ecclesiae Monastery Sangotedo Lagos