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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Priests must be active but not partisan in politics, says Fr. John Bosco Ezehi Padre Mike Umoh, CSN In an interactive session of priests with Bishops at the on-going plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Orlu Diocese, on Friday September 9, 2022, the President of the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA),
The Eucharist is a community and spiritual exercise that builds communion – Bishop Hammawa By Rachel Kogi, CSN News At the Holy Mass today, September 10, 2022, in continuation of the CBCN second 2022 plenary in Orlu Diocese, the Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, Most Rev. Charles Hammawa, reiterated the building and renewing power of the
What makes a Church lovely is the presence of Jesus – Archbishop Obinna By Rachel Kogi The immediate past Metropolitan of Owerri Archdiocese, Most Rev. Anthony Obinna today, September 9, 2022, re-emphasised the power of the presence of Christ in the life of the Church. In his homily at the Mass of the Catholic Bishops
You Are A Project In Progress, Archbishop Okeke tells Cardinal Okpaleke By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN September 8, the birthday of Mary the Mother of God, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke led Bishops in their numbers, hundreds of priests and religious, and a great multitude of Christ’s faithful in the sacrifice of the Holy Mass
Contribution of Catholic Church to Africa’s human development increasing – Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard Founder and Chairman of APO Group, Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, says the group’s partnership with the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be key in bringing greater cohesion to the Catholic Church’s communications strategy on the continent. According to him, while
Kukah: Feisty Liberation Theologian At Newswatch we always held a meeting, a colloquium, on the choice of a columnist for the magazine. It wasn’t a decision we took fleetingly, whimsically, because we regarded column writing as the top-of-the-line endeavour, an assignment that has to be entrusted only to those who had mastered the art of
Pope at Audience: Discernment helps us recognize God in unexpected events Pope Francis sheds light on the theme of discernment during his catechesis at the weekly General Audience by recalling the example of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and highlights how God works through unforeseen events and mishaps. By Benedict Mayaki, SJ Pope Francis continued his
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has called on religious leaders to continue to promote interfaith unity and to push for the betterment of Nigeria in the forthcoming general elections. The governor made this disclosure at the formal inauguration of the new Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, Most Rev Bulus
Pope John Paul I: “A servant” for the people As the day for his beatification arrives, newly-released audio from then-Bishop Albino Luciani, future Pope John Paul I, provides a sketch of a pastor living in service to others. By Andrea Tornielli “My mother never told me to go and become a priest, never; but she
