Category: Religion

Vatican, Italy Resume Public Church Services
May 18, 2020 No Responses

Vatican, Italy Resume Public Church Services

Pope Francis on Monday inaugurated the full reopening of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and Catholic churches across Italy as he held public Masses for the first time in two months.The inauguration was the latest move in easing of...
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Catholic Bishops Offer 425 Hospitals As Isolation Centres
May 12, 2020 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Offer 425 Hospitals As Isolation Centres

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF), Mr Boss Mustapha, on Monday disclosed that  Catholic Bishops have volunteered 425 of their Hospitals across the country as isolation centres. Speaking  i...
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Kaigama Harps On Equity In Distribution Of Palliatives
April 30, 2020 No Responses

Kaigama Harps On Equity In Distribution Of Palliatives

Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has emphasised on equity in the distribution of palliatives by the three tiers of government to ensure most Nigerians benefit, especially the vulnerable group. Kaigama, in an interview w...
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Catholic Men Organisation Donates N1m To Abule Ado Explosion Victims
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Catholic Men Organisation Donates N1m To Abule Ado Explosion Victims

The Lagos Archdiocesan Catholic Men Organisation (LACMON), on the  17th of April, 2020, made   Direct Cash Transfer donations to Fourty One (41) Victims of the ill fated explosion that rocked Abule Ado on the 15th of March 2020.  ...
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COVID-19: Oyakhilome Foundation Innercity Missions Supports Lagos With Food Items
April 21, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Oyakhilome Foundation Innercity Missions Supports Lagos With Food Items

The InnerCity Mission for Children, a non-governmental organization under the auspices of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International, has donated food items to the Lagos state government to help soften the effects of the compulsory lockdown in the state whi...
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EASTER: A Time To Reflect, Re-Commit
April 13, 2020 No Responses

EASTER: A Time To Reflect, Re-Commit

Easter is a time to reflect, a time to re-commit, a time to celebrate, NOT a time to mourn. To fully understand this, it is important that we know or at least have an idea of the socio-political environment at...
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Coronavirus: Pope Urges People Not To ‘Yield To Fear’
April 12, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: Pope Urges People Not To ‘Yield To Fear’

Pope Francis has urged people not to “yield to fear” over coronavirus, calling on them to be “messengers of life in a time of death”. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church was speaking at his Easter vigil service on...
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Kaigama Seeks Support For New Archbishop Of Jos
March 31, 2020 No Responses

Kaigama Seeks Support For New Archbishop Of Jos

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged the government of Plateau, Catholic faithful and all citizens of the state to support the new Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Mathew Audu.Kaigama, who is the immediat...
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Catholic Church Cancels All Public Masses
March 14, 2020 No Responses

Catholic Church Cancels All Public Masses

Chicago Catholic Archdiocese, United States of America will stop holding masses starting this weekend and is closing its schools as a precaution to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Cardinal Blase Cupich announced on Friday that mass will be suspended...
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Retired Pope Benedict Warns Against Relaxing Priestly Celibacy Rules
January 13, 2020 No Responses

Retired Pope Benedict Warns Against Relaxing Priestly Celibacy Rules

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a book co-authored with Cardinal Robert...
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Christmas Message: Pope Defends Migrants, Calls For Peace
December 26, 2019 No Responses

Christmas Message: Pope Defends Migrants, Calls For Peace

Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts” that leads to religious persecution, social injustice, armed conflicts and fear of migrants. In his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the...
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Pan African Catholic Congress Begins In Enugu
December 6, 2019 No Responses

Pan African Catholic Congress Begins In Enugu

The first ever Pan African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life to reflect on the church as a beacon of hope for the continent on Thursday kicked off in Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that...
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Lagos To Register Places Of Worship
November 27, 2019 No Responses

Lagos To Register Places Of Worship

The Lagos State Government says plans are on to register religious houses, to ensure sanity in the state. The Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, made this known on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, during a Stakeholders...
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Pope Seeks End To Nuclear Weapons
November 24, 2019 No Responses

Pope Seeks End To Nuclear Weapons

Pope Francis landed in the wind and rain in Tokyo on Saturday evening, issuing a call for an end to nuclear weapons in the only country to have suffered a nuclear bomb attack. He is set to travel to Hiroshima...
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