After 43 Years, the Vatican approves Pilgrimage Site of Our Lady of Medjugorje
In a highly anticipated report on the alleged decadeslong apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, the Vatican’s doctrinal office on Thursday endorsed prudent devotion to Mary at the popular pilgrimage site in Bosnia and Herzegovina yet…
Otiti
Chapter Five Oboh closed his eyes for some minutes. He had been trying to make sure the environment was conducive for what he had to say to his wife tonight. He was willing to make things right. He knew he was far gone, but he needed help, and he needed…
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Chapter Four Otiti couldn’t remember when last she had such a nice time. She was still giggling when she came into the sitting room. “And where have you been madam?” Oboh asked. He sat on one of the sofas sipping red wine from a glass.…
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Chapter Three Otiti couldn’t concentrate. She sat through the seminar like a zombie thirsty for the blood she knew she would never get. Her eyes lingered on Ikpea, the Assistant Managing Director of her Telecom company. He had charisma. God! How…
Otiti
Chapter Two The tip of the blade nicked the tender skin of Otiti’s neck. The prick was more painful than she had imagined. The pain quickly reminded her that it was not easy to die after all. Her mind cleared a bit. Kill herself for a man? It was a…
BREAKING NEWS: Vatican appoints new Apostolic Nuncio for Nigeria
Today, Tuesday, 16 July 2024, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed His Excellency the Most Reverend Michael F. Crotty, Titular Archbishop of Lindisfarne, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria. The Irish…
Otiti
Chapter One “What did you say?” Oboh asked his wife a second time.“I said where are you coming from at this time of the night?” Otiti was done taking nonsense from her husband. She had been suspecting him of having an affair with…
St Maria Goretti, Patron Saint of Abused Children and Rape Victims
Maria Goretti was born a poor peasant child in Italy in 1890, the third of six children. When she was nine, her family’s situation grew even worse, when her father died of malaria. Maria’s mother dutifully took her husband’s place in…
Finding Peace in the Storm
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Reflection by Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese)Job 38:1, 8-11; 2 Cor. 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 Have you ever wondered why God lets us go through trials and tribulations? Perhaps you’ve been asking God…
Lonely Farm Road
As I drove to the farm today, I could hear my heart pumping more blood than normal. The rhythmic ‘gbim, gbim’ made me self conscious. Was this adrenaline? My mind darted to the information I had received days ago that my parishioner was…