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…
WHY I STOPPED ATTENDING CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN NIGERIA — Chimamanda Adichie
See original article. Celebrated Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has revealed why she stopped attending Catholic churches in Nigeria. She spoke in a recent BounceRadio interview with media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. During the interview, the…
BREAKING: KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC BISHOP RESCUED IN IMO
The Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Bishop Moses Chikwe, along with some other kidnapped victims have been rescued without ransom in Imo State. Police spokesman in Imo State, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed this on Friday, January 1,…
A TIME TO STAND FOR TRUTH
Talking Straight I stand firmly with Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Christmas message entitled “A Nation in Search of Vindication” in all its elements. Where else could I stand, given my conviction that the Bishop of Sokoto wrote it sincerely for the purpose of…
CALL FOR PRAYERS FOR KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC BISHOP
The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Imo State, in Eastern Nigeria, has announced the kidnap of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese, Most Rev. Moses Chikwe. In a memo, released by the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, the Archbishop, His Grace, Most…
KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS ON HIS WAY TO BURY HIS LATE FATHER
To say that the state we’ve found ourselves in, in today’s Nigeria, is pathetic, would be stating the obvious. At 8:00AM today, Tuesday December 15, 2020, unknown gunmen abducted a Catholic Priest of the Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy (SMMM),…
PRIESTLY ORDINATION IN UROMI DIOCESE: WHY UJOGBA MADE THE LOUDEST OVATION
Events are the fabrics of human history. Yet, when the newsworthy takes place, it takes the discerning mind of the journalist to know that the right key has been used. Yesterday, that is, December 8, 2020, ordinarily was the Solemnity of Immaculate…
A PRIEST OF ISSELE-UKU DIOCESE GOES HOME
The Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku, Delta State, Nigeria, has announced the passing on to glory of one of her priests, Rev. Fr. Michael Ogboi. Fr. Michael Ogboi was my classmate. We both attended the spiritual year of St John of the Cross, Ekpoma, Edo…
THE DANGER OF BEING CHRISTIAN IN THE NORTH TODAY!
Very often, many of us Christians in the South do not understand first hand, what our brothers and sisters go through in the North. Recently, precisely on the first Day of December, 2020, Gidan Namune, a Christian village in Kankara Local Government Area…
CATHOLIC PRIEST RELEASED AFTER DAYS IN CAPTIVITY!
Please join us and the Archdiocese of Abuja in thanking God for the safe release of Rev Fr Dajo Matthew, who was kidnapped in a violent attack in Yangoji, where his parish is located, on November 21, 2020. The kidnappers were said to have picked up the…