72 YEAR OLD VINCENTIAN PRIEST NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Vatican News reports that Lazarist missionary, Fr. Pedro Opeka has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work among the poor in Madagascar. In the article written by Lisa Zengarini, “The Argentinian-Slovenian Lazarist missionary Father…
HAS BUHARI SOMALIASED NIGERIA?
“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly” (Mahatma Gandhi). Section 14 (2b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), states clearly that the welfare and…
BISHOP KUKAH BAGS ANOTHER VATICAN APPOINTMENT
The Catholic Pontiff Pope Francis has appointed Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto as a Member of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting of Integral Human Development. The appointment was contained in a recent letter signed by His…
CALL FOR PRAYERS FOR KIDS KILLED BY SPEEDING VEHICLE
Pastor of Mary the Queen Catholic Church, Arue-Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria, Very Rev. Fr. Hilary Odenore, has called for prayers for the eternal repose of the souls of the six kids who were crushed to death by a…
BREAKING: MSGR. RALPH MADU GOES HOME
The immediate past Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja, a priest from Owerri Archdiocese, Msgr. Ralph Madu, has passed on to glory after a brief illness. Born in Lagos on September 28, 1955, the erstwhile Secretary General of…
CALL FOR PRAYERS FOR CATHOLIC PRIEST MURDERED BY KIDNAPPERS
The Catholic Diocese of Minna has called on all the faithful to kindly offer Masses and prayers for the eternal repose of the soul of Very Rev Fr John Gbakaan Yaji killed by unknown Gunmen on his way from a journey, yesterday January 15, 2021. The…
WHAT IF WE ALL HAD A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE?
I respect writers a whole lot. No. It’s not because I’m one. I’ve come to realise that writers think deep – pretty deep. Are you a fan of books? Then you should know. In my experience, the greatest motion pictures are those based…
AFRICA AND AFRICANS: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
I find this African saying interesting; “A man who does not know where the rain began to beat him cannot say where he dried his body.” That is why the renowned African writer, Chinua Achebe once wrote; “The rain that beat Africa began four to five…
VATICAN MODIFIES DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES ON ASH WEDNESDAY
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged the entire world, the Congregation for Divine Worship has released a note outlining how priests around the world are to distribute ashes at the start of Lent this Year on Wednesday, February…
POPE FRANCIS MODIFIES CHURCH LAW, SAYS WOMEN CAN BE LECTORS AND ACOLYTES
See original story HERE. Pope Francis, today, January 11, 2020, has established with a motu proprio that the ministries of the Lectorate and Acolyte are from now on also open to women, in a stable and institutionalized form with a specific mandate. Women…