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,
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 55th WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 JANUARY 2022 Dialogue Between Generations, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace 1. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace” (Is 52:7). The words of the prophet Isaiah speak
The Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine T. Ukwuoma has in strong terms, condemned the assault by the police operatives on St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire, Nkwerre LGA in Imo State. The police had on Sunday, 26 December, 2021 raided the church during a religious service, and violently carried out some arrests.
By Vatican News staff writer The Holy See Press Office announces today that Pope Francis has entrusted Holy Year 2025 preparations to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization Pope Francis has given the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization responsibility on coordinating the Holy See’s preparations for the Holy Year 2025. In
In the early hours of Boxing Day, the office of South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the death of Desmond Tutu, the cleric who used his pulpit and spirited oratory to help bring down apartheid and then became the leading advocate of peaceful reconciliation under Black majority rule. The cause of death was cancer, the
By Vatican News staff reporter Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the family and loved ones of Archbishop Desmond Tutu who has died aged 90. In a telegramme sent to Archbishop Peter B. Wells, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa and signed by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Pope said he was saddened
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the heroes of the South Africa’s anti-apartheid crusade, has died, aged 90, on Sunday, December 26. Tutu’s death was confirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, who is also a hero of the anti-aparthied fight. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our
By Rachel Kogi, CSN, Abuja While the Church in Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta Diocese has been thrown into a mournful state over the killing of one of its Priests, Rev. Fr. Luke Adeleke by some unknown gunmen.The National Director of Social Communications of the
CHRISTMAS 2021 A NATION STILL IN SEARCH OF TRUTH & VINDICATION Christmas Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto 1: Good news to the World: Hello everyone, men and women of goodwill all over the world, we to whom the news of the birth of Jesus was first announced on that cold
By Rachel Kogi Christmas celebration is yearly characterised by the display of Christmas cribs in Churches, homes, shopping malls and other venues. It is so common a feature that it cannot be wrong to say that Christmas celebrations are not complete without a Christmas Crib. Do you usually visit the crib? Have you ever stopped
