Pope’s Plea: End War, Embrace Peace
In a world already heavy with conflict, the voice of Pope Leo once again rose with moral clarity on Sunday. Addressing the faithful after the Angelus, the Holy Father turned the eyes of the global Church toward Gaza, urging peace and rejecting the cycle…
GOD’S BLUEPRINT FOR HOMES – POPE LEO XIV.
Pope Leo XIV has reignited the conversation on family life, reminding the world that God’s perfect blueprint is already before us—the Holy Family. Speaking at a Jubilee Meeting, he called families to rediscover ancestral faith and embrace the hope that…
Archbishop Wachowski Takes Helm as Vatican’s Envoy to Iraq
A seasoned Vatican diplomat with nearly two decades of international service is stepping into one of the Holy See’s most sensitive missions. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, elevating…
Pope Leo Meets Catholicos Karekin II
At Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday morning, history quietly repeated itself, as two ancient Christian traditions met under the same Mediterranean sky. Pope Leo XIV, in his first encounter with Catholicos Karekin II, spiritual head of the Armenian Apostolic…
Franciscan Priest Father Michael Martin becomes Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte
It’s the first time in 20 years the diocese – which includes 46 counties in the western half of North Carolina – has installed a new bishop, as longtime Bishop Peter Jugis announced his retirement in April. In a celebration that drew more than 1,500…
RESIGNATION of Argentinian ARCHBISHOP
BY DANIEL PAYNE The Holy See on Monday said Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of La Plata, Argentina Archbishop Gabriel Antonio Mestre, after the prelate had served in that role for less than a year. The Vatican said in a press statement on…
BEYOND HEAVY HEARTS: ONE OBITUARY TOO MANY
Death must come to us all. No doubt. But I would rather die purposefully, in front of a crowd peacefully protesting the abysmal security situation of our country, than meet my maker in the den of kidnappers. My appeal to Church authorities is simple.…
ANOTHER CATHOLIC PRIEST MURDERED IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING
Last year, precisely on the 23rd day of November 2020, I wrote an article titled: INSECURITY AND KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: WE’RE SITTING DUCKS! My major point in that article was to decry the rising spate of insecurity in our beloved nation Nigeria.…
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…
EndSARS:
Why are our churches silent? Last Saturday I posted an article on my Facebook wall written by Father Anthony Akinwale, a Nigerian Dominican priest, professor of theology, and vice chancellor of the Dominican University in Ibadan. Father Akinwale, my…