Category: Religion

Kaigama: Pope Did Not Approve Blessing For Same-Sex Couples
December 26, 2023 No Responses

Kaigama: Pope Did Not Approve Blessing For Same-Sex Couples

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, has said that media reports claiming that the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, had approved blessings for same-sex couples, was untrue. Kaigama made the clarification in his homily during the Christmas Mass he conducted...
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Lagos Begins Sales Of Form For Intending Pilgrims To Rome, Greece
December 21, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Begins Sales Of Form For Intending Pilgrims To Rome, Greece

Following the suspension of the Holy Pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan by both the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) and the Lagos State Government in October this year, the State Government has commenced the sales of forms for the 2023/2024...
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POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOP OF ILORIN
December 9, 2023 No Responses

POPE APPOINTS NEW BISHOP OF ILORIN

Following the death on New Year’s Day in 2022 of Most Rev. Paul Olawoore, Bishop of Ilorin (2018-2022) aged 60, Pope Francis on Friday appointed a substantive new Bishop of Ilorin in the person of Very Rev. Fr. Anselm Pendo...
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MFM Urges Christians, Nigerians To  Embrace Gratitude, Adoration
November 27, 2023 No Responses

MFM Urges Christians, Nigerians To  Embrace Gratitude, Adoration

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), FESTAC Mega Regional Headquarters, has called upon Christians and Nigerians to maintain an attitude of gratitude and adoration towards God, even in the face of adversity. The Mega Regional Overseer, Pastor Ir...
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CEPACS At 50: Committee Explains Agenda, Church Growth Through Digital Communication
November 18, 2023 No Responses

CEPACS At 50: Committee Explains Agenda, Church Growth Through Digital Communication

In celebrating Pan African Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) 50th year anniversary, Catholic Bishops across Africa will gather to promote Synodal church in Africa through digital communications. The event will be holding in Lagos from November 18 to...
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CEPACS @ 50: African Catholic Bishops Converge In Lagos 
November 13, 2023 No Responses

CEPACS @ 50: African Catholic Bishops Converge In Lagos 

Catholic Bishops across Africa who represent the regions of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are poised to gather in Lagos for the landmark 50th anniversary of the Pan African Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) ...
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Pope Urges End To Hamas-Israel Conflict
October 23, 2023 No Responses

Pope Urges End To Hamas-Israel Conflict

Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of...
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Pope Names Auxiliary Bishop Of Ahiara Diocese
October 15, 2023 No Responses

Pope Names Auxiliary Bishop Of Ahiara Diocese

THE Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Simon Okezuo Nwobi, until now Under-Secretary for the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See in the Vatican as Auxiliary Bishop to the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of Ahiara, Most Reverend....
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Lagos Airlifts 310 Pilgrims To Jordan, Israel
October 2, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Airlifts 310 Pilgrims To Jordan, Israel

Lagos State Government, on Saturday night, airlifted 310 intending pilgrims earlier scheduled for the Easter edition of the Holy pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Jordan and Israel. A statement explained that the pilgrims landed in the Holy Land on Sunday,...
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Catholic Bishops Task Governments On Proliferation Of Arms
September 11, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Task Governments On Proliferation Of Arms

Catholic Bishops, on Sunday in Abuja urged governments at all levels to checkmate the proliferation of small arms as insecurity rages unabated in the country, They decried the terror regularly unleashed on communities by bandits, religion extremists and other ...
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Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan’s Presentation At 10th LACMON Convention
August 19, 2023 No Responses

Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan’s Presentation At 10th LACMON Convention

Introduction: It is a great honour for me to be invited to address your annual convention taking place here in the famous St Gregory’s College Lagos. I thank you for the invitation and I pray that your convocation will give...
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Lagos Declares Monday Work Free Day For Public Servants
August 19, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Declares Monday Work Free Day For Public Servants

The Lagos State Government has declared Monday, August 21, as work free day for all public servants in the state to commemorate this year’s Isese Day. The Isese Day has been set aside in Lagos to celebrate the indigenous Yoruba...
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Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese Ordains 13 Priests 
July 16, 2023 No Responses

Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese Ordains 13 Priests 

Thirteen young Nigerians have been ordained as Catholic Priests by Catholic Archdiocesan of Kaduna, in Kaduna State. They were ordained during a Priestly Ordination, held on Thursday, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Ungwan Boro in Sabon Tasha, Chikun Local Go...
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Catholic Bishops Reject National Council For Christian Education Bill
June 30, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Reject National Council For Christian Education Bill

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has rejected a bill seeking to establish National Council of Christian Education, pointing out that the proposal violates sections 10 and 42(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Rath...
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