POPE FRANCIS EXTENDS PLENARY INDULGENCES FOR DECEASED FAITHFUL
Due to the difficulties posed by Covid-19, Pope Francis has mandated that the plenary indulgence usually received by the faithful in the first eight days of the month of November will now be extended throughout the month of November. Full text below: THE…
“FRATELLI TUTTI”:SHORT SUMMARY OF POPE FRANCIS’S SOCIAL ENCYCLICAL
Fraternity and social friendship are the ways the Pontiff indicates to build a better, more just and peaceful world, with the contribution of all: people and institutions. With an emphatic confirmation of a ‘no’ to war and to globalized indifference.…
NIGERIA AT 60: A CALL TO HOPE
I want to first thank God Almighty the Father of all creation and the maker of Heaven and earth. Strange as it may sound, I would like to thank the colonial masters who wove our diverse peoples together and for all the efforts that they put into ensuring…
ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA RECEIVES 2ND PALLIUM
The Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace, Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama received the pallium today, August 27, 2020, at the hands of His Excellency, Archbishop Antonio Guido Fillipazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral…
CATHOLIC PRIEST VISITS FULANI COMMUNITY, SUES FOR PEACE
At a precarious time when the activities of suspected hersdmen has brought about suspicion and acrimonity in various communities across the country, a Catholic priest has dified circumstances by making a historic visit to a Fulani settlement near Tafawa…
CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR A MONTH OF PRAYERS FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN EDO STATE
In a letter addressed to all Catholics and the people of Edo State, the Catholic Bishops of Benin City Archdiocese, Auchi Diocese and Uromi Diocese, have issued an urgent call on all Christ’s faithful to pray against violence in the forth coming…
BISHOP OGUN CREATES HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MASS CENTRE FOR UROMI DIOCESE
The erstwhile St Michael Catholic Church, Usugbenu; an outstation under Annunciation Catholic Church, Irrua has been raised to the status of a Mass Centre, with the new name Holy Family Catholic Mass Centre, Usugbenu. The now autonomous Mass Centre will…
POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS SIX WOMEN TO OVERSEE VATICAN FINANCES
The National Catholic Reporter and The Guardian News online report that Pope Francis has appointed six women to oversee the Vatican’s finances. Among those chosen is Ruth Kelly, the former Labour minister. This appointment puts them in the most senior…
MY KIDNAP EXPERIENCE!
At about 2.30pm on Thursday, July 9, when I passed the infamous exact spot where kidnappers were known to usually pick up their victims on the Benin/Ekpoma road, I expressed a sigh of relief as I always do after passing that spot. But this time with some…
WHY MY MARRIAGE FELL APART (Vol.1)
Preamble Today, the marriage institution poses a lot of challenges to young couples, such that even the not-so-young couples still find that, after many years of marriage, they hardly understand why problems continually abound, why sometimes the union…