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,
In his prayer intention for March 2023, Pope Francis prays for victims of abuse, and says the Church must serve as a model of safeguarding and must offer safe spaces for victims. By Vatican News staff “In response to cases of abuse, especially those committed by members of the Church, it is not enoug to
The Archbishops, priests, religious and the faithful of the Archdiocese of Ibadan, Nigeria, along with his family and confreres in the Society of African Missions, are mourning the death of Fr Fintan Daly SMA. Fr Fintan died peacefully in the St Theresa’s Nursing Unit, SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork at 9.15 on Ash Wednesday,
Bishop Denis Isizoh, before his appointment by Pope Francis as the first Bishop of Aguleri Diocese, was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha. In this interview with the National Director of Social Communications, Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh, he bares his mind on his appointment and also on the challenges of evangelization
Catholic Bishops in Nigeria are calling for calm and urging citizens to keep to the law and turn to prayer as anger rises following the announcement Bola Tinubu has won the presidential election. The bishops have also questioned the transparency of the voting process. By Linda Bordoni Bola Tinubu was the candidate for the
Caritas Nigeria has expressed “regret and total disappointment” at the behaviour and processes surrounding Saturday’s presidential elections. Paul Samasumo – Vatican City and Delphine Asu, Abuja. In a hard-hitting post national interim election assessment issued Tuesday, Caritas Nigeria Executive Secretary and CEO, Fr. Uchechukwu Obodoechina accused the national electoral body and public officials in
Pope Francis expresses his sorrow and condolences for a head-on train crash in Greece, which killed at least 36 people and injured over 85 others. By Devin Watkins The Pope sent a message on Wednesday to express his condolences for Tuesday night’s train crash near the Greek city of Larissa, assuring those affected of his
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Press Release on the General Elections of 25 February 2023 For a very long time now, we have been praying for peaceful, transparent and credible elections as well as an accurate transmission of their results. We thank God, who in His infinite mercy, has continued to save our country Nigeria “from chaos, anarchy and doom.” Before
The Catholic priest advised voters to vote for credible candidates who would turn the country from consumption to production. The Catholic archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, Ignatius Kaigama, has admonished Christians to pray fervently for credible elections, peace and unity of the nation. The cleric gave the admonition at the evening mass at SS Peter and
CATHOLIC Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Rev. Gabriel Abegunrin, has charged Christians to use the Lenten period to guard their utterances to others. In his 2023 Lenten Message on Ash Wednesday, which heralds the beginning of Lent, Archbishop Abegunrin cautioned that talking anyhow and using abusive words should be shunned, saying such attitude nullifies fasting