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,
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday as tens of thousands queued to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago. On the eve of the first of three days of viewing,
Tribute to late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI, a man of deep faith, legendary intellectual capacity, and child-like tenderness – Archbishop Valerian Okeke The news of the demise of our beloved Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, came with a mixture of sorrow and joy. It came with a profound pain of the loss of
Pope Benedict XVI, exceptionally saintly & scholarly – Bishop Francis Adesina By Rachel Kogi, CSN As Church and circular leaders all over the world continue to react to the passing of the immediate past Supreme Pontiff, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, the Bishop of Ijebu-Ode Diocese, Most Rev. Francis Adesina has added his voice to the
The Spiritual Testament of Benedict XVI, written on Aug. 29, 2006 Spiritual testament is written by every pope but made public only after their death. ————————— My spiritual testament If in this late hour of my life I look back at the decades I have been through, first I see how many reasons I have
Following the announcement of the passing on of Pope Emeritus, Benedict xvi today more tributes from Church hierarchy, Political leaders and people from all walks of life have continued to pour in. Cardinal Francis Arinze, on hearing of the death of Pope Emeritus, Benedict xvi, cut short his holidays to return to the Vatican
Peter Seewald journalistically accompanied Benedict XVI for more than a quarter of a century. “Next time I’ll see you in heaven,” he said, waving goodbye to me. “Everything about Benedict XVI seemed modest, unpretentious, accessible. I had left the Church, but I was impressed by the way Ratzinger spoke about love.” Peter Seewald (1954) journalistically
CBCN: Deeply spiritual & highly cerebral Pope Benedict kept everyone on path of orthodoxy – Archbishop Ugorji By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has expressed regrets over the loss, to the Church and humanity, of the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI,
“Pope Benedict was a great Church man who spent his whole life working for the Church” – Cardinal Onaiyekan By Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh, CSN A foremost ecclesiastic of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has called on all Catholics and men and women of good will not to mourn, but to “celebrate
BREAKING NEWS: POPE BENEDICT RETURNS TO GOD The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. By Vatican News Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has returned to the Father’s House. The Holy See Press Office announced that he died at 9:34 AM on
Former RECOWA Secretary General Appointed Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese, Ivory Coast Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Joseph Kakou Aka, the immediate former Secretary General of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA), as Bishop for Yamoussoukro Diocese in Ivory Coast. The appointment of Mons. Aka was published by the Holy See Press Office on