BENIN-CITY PASTORAL CONGRESS REPORT (2) By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN Welcome Address at Opening Mass by Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubuze on 9 November 2022. Some highlights: [  ] I hope and pray that one of the fruits of this Congress will be the active participation of our faithful in civil politics. [  ] Let

BENIN-CITY PASTORAL CONGRESS REPORT (1) Delegates arrive for National Pastoral congress in Benin City Archdiocese By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN The 3rd National Pastoral Congress of the Catholic Church in Nigeria commenced yesterday 8 November, 2022, as delegates, in their numbers, arrived to the ancient city of Benin City. Waiting to receive the visitors at

2nd Sunday Year C “The children of the resurrection do not marry. They become like angels and are no longer liable to death”. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Amen. Good morning my brothers and sisters in Christ! Today, as most of us have known by

It is important to thank God and appreciate our benefactors – Bishop Kukah By Rachel Kogi, CSN The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has re-echoed the importance of thanksgiving as a basis for appreciating God’s work and the inputs of benefactors in one’s life. Saturday, October 29, 2022, while in

Knights of St John International, Nigeria, donate to flood victims across the country, call on FG to declare a National Disaster By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN In response to the devastating consequences of the flood currently ravaging many cities across Nigeria, the Knights and Ladies of the Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights

BREAKING… APPOINTMENT OF THE BISHOP OF UMUAHIA (NIGERIA) The Holy Father has appointed His Excellency Msgr. Michael Kalu Ukpong the bishop of Umuahia Diocese Curriculum vitae S.E. Mons. Michael Kalu Ukpong è nato il 15 dicembre 1964 ad Amaekpu Ohafia, nella Diocesi di Umuahia. Ha frequentato il Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary a Owerri e

Welcome my brothers and sisters in Christ to today’s commemoration of the Feast of All Saints. This Feast was instituted in the Eastern Church during the 4th century for the purpose or remembering all the martyrs of the early Church. Gradually, it developed to also include the non-martyrs. As such, it can be said that

WHY I ACCEPTED THE NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD  Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama Following the unexpected news that I was among those to be conferred with the 2022 National Honours Award, many felicitated with me, while a very few egged me on to reject the offer. Someone commented on the social media before I received the award:

THE PLACE OF CONSECRATED PERSONS IN THE PRESENT DAY POLITICS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Imagine a world in darkness; think of a society that lacked proper expressive skills, where ideas, feelings, emotions and wants could not be communicated but laid trapped in the inner recesses of our minds. I am quite sure many of us here