It was a day of deep sorrow for the Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku as the faithful gathered on Monday, September 29, 2025, at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, Okpanam, for the funeral Mass of Late Emmanuel Chukwuekwu Ojeah. Until his passing on Sunday, September 14, 2025, during a soccer game, Ojeah was a second-year

By Rev. Fr. Michael A. BANJO Secretary General, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Sixty-five years after independence, Nigeria stands at a crossroads. We rejoice in the gift of freedom, for self-determination is the dignity of every people. With the Psalmist, we declare: “What great deeds the Lord worked for us, indeed we are glad” (Psalm 126:3).

Sr Carino Hodder OP What is spiritual abuse, how do we recognize it, and how do we prevent it? These are questions of increasingly pressing importance to the contemporary Church, and in particular to her religious communities – places where, as successive investigations and media reports have made clear, the misuse of authority and manipulation

By Ruben Mario Brodrick Benin City, Nigeria – In a stirring address that celebrated the enduring mission of catechists, Reverend Father Gabriel Ujah Ejembi, a Jesuit priest and Parish Priest of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Benin City, delivered a powerful message at the Jubilee of Catechists, held on the feast day of St. Padre

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In a solemn and deeply spiritual atmosphere, the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, on Tuesday, 23rd September 2025, laid to rest its beloved Bishop Emeritus, Most Rev. Francis Emmanuel Ogbonnia Okobo, at the Cathedral Church of St. Theresa, Nsukka. The burial liturgy drew an overwhelming crowd, spilling far beyond the cathedral walls, a testimony to the