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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh The Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has declared Sunday, June 22, 2025, in his Archdiocese, as a Day of Prayer for Peace and protest against killings in Nigeria, particularly in Benue and Enugu states. This decision follows the recent massacre in Yelewata, Benue state, where many lives
By Chiemelie Kyrian Offor Let me share this here. If this incident that happened a few hours ago. I wasn’t supposed to stop. But I did. There was chaos just ahead of the supermarket gate somewhere in Surulere. A black Toyota Corolla was surrounded by three LASTMA officials. The driver, mid-40s, shirt soaked in sweat,
SPECIAL CIRCULAR: ARCHDIOCESE OF LAGOS TO ALL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS WORKING IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LAGOS, AND THE LAY FAITHFUL Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord: THE KILLINGS IN BENUE AND OTHER STATES: A CALL FOR PRAYERS IN THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF LAGOS. On the night of 13th to 14th of June 2025, another
In a landmark decision set to reshape the educational landscape of Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo has approved the return of several secondary schools to their original missionary proprietors, with eight Catholic institutions slated for handover. In a recent meeting with the Catholic Bishop of Auchi Diocese, Most Rev. Gabriel Dunia, the governor approved
Yesterday, His Lordship, Most Rev. William Avenya, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Gboko, paid a sorrowful visit to Yalewata community to personally witness the aftermath of the tragic attack that claimed the lives of the mother and four relatives of one of his priests, Rev. Fr. Martin Tsegba. Guiding the Bishop through the ruins
By Fr. Pascal Salifu In a gesture of compassion and commitment to the dignity of every human life, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, on Tuesday 17th June 2025, has donated wheelchairs to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kware, Sokoto State. The Bishop, who was ably represented by the Diocesan
AN EDITORIAL By the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja The valley of blood in Nigeria has reopened its veins, and Benue State is once again its sacrificial ground. In what has become a horrifyingly familiar pattern, over 200 lives were reportedly extinguished in cold blood in the most recent senseless massacre. These are not mere
My Lord Bishop, dear Fathers, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, good afternoon. I have received with great sadness the News of the death of one of us, *Very Rev Fr Polycarp Lubo*, Director of Ecumenism for Jos Archdiocese and the Chairman of CAN Plateau State Chapter. The sad event occurred in the early hours of
Pope Leo XIV has offered prayers for the victims of a devastating massacre in Benue State, Nigeria, where approximately 200 people—mostly internally displaced persons sheltering at a local Catholic mission—were brutally killed in a midnight attack on June 13–14. He made the appeal during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, specifically mentioning the rural
By Fr. Dr. Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Amos On June 12, 2025, as the nation marked Democracy Day—a symbol of Nigeria’s long, halting march toward people-centred governance—President Bola Ahmed Tinubu conferred the national honour of *Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON)* on Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto. The recognition was preceded