June 5, 2026
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CBCN: Deeply spiritual & highly cerebral Pope Benedict kept everyone on path of orthodoxy – Archbishop Ugorji

CBCN: Deeply spiritual & highly cerebral Pope Benedict kept everyone on path of orthodoxy – Archbishop Ugorji By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has expressed regrets over the loss, to the Church and humanity, of the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI,

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“Pope Benedict was a great Church man who spent his whole life working for the Church” – Cardinal Onaiyekan

“Pope Benedict was a great Church man who spent his whole life working for the Church” – Cardinal Onaiyekan By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN A foremost ecclesiastic of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has called on all Catholics and men and women of good will not to mourn, but to “celebrate

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POPE FRANCIS TO BURY POPE BENEDICT IN HISTORIC MOMENT

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says that Pope Francis will celebrate the funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday. It will be an unprecedented event in which a current pope will celebrate the funeral for a former one. Francis was elected after Benedict resigned in 2013. The latest on

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BREAKING NEWS: POPE BENEDICT RETURNS TO GOD

BREAKING NEWS: POPE BENEDICT RETURNS TO GOD The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. By Vatican News Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has returned to the Father’s House. The Holy See Press Office announced that he died at 9:34 AM on

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Former RECOWA Secretary General Appointed Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese, Ivory Coast

Former RECOWA Secretary General Appointed Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese, Ivory Coast Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Joseph Kakou Aka, the immediate former Secretary General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA), as Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese in Ivory Coast. The appointment of Mons. Aka was published by the Holy See Press Office on

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Pope Francis calls for prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Pope Francis calls for prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI By Delia Gallagher and Rob Picheta, Rome CNN Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from the post nine years ago, is “very sick” after a deterioration in his health on Wednesday. “I want to ask you

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POPE FRANCIS RELEASES NEW APOSTOLIC LETTER “TOTUM AMORIS EST”

POPE FRANCIS RELEASES NEW APOSTOLIC LETTER “TOTUM AMORIS EST” On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis released a message on St. Francis de Sales, a Saint who teaches us that “devotion to God is meant for everyone, in every situation.” The pope’s Apostolic Letter, titled Totum Amoris Est, translated as “Everything Pertains

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Pope Francis calls for prayers for Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Francis calls for prayers for Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI By Delia Gallagher and Rob Picheta, Rome CNN Pope Francis has said that his predecessor Pope Benedict, the 95-year-old former pontiff who resigned from the post nine years ago, is “very sick” after a deterioration in his health on Wednesday. “I want to ask you

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Pope Francis appoints Fr. Ewherido as the new Bishop of Warri Diocese

Pope Francis appoints Fr. Ewherido as the new Bishop of Warri Diocese The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Anthony Ovayero Ewherido, Rector of Saints Peter and Paul Inter-Diocesan Major Seminary in Ibadan, as Bishop of the Diocese of Warri (Nigeria). Curriculum Vitae H.E. Bishop Anthony Ovayero Ewherido was born on Oct. 8,1960, in Eghwu, in

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Do not be afraid, God will bless us with a better future, Archbishop Okeke charges Nigerians at Christmas

Do not be afraid, God will bless us with a better future, Archbishop Okeke charges Nigerians at Christmas From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke has charged Christians and Nigerians alike to deeply trust in God and eschew fear, as God will make the future better. Speaking yesterday

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