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The Archbishop of Abuja in Nigeria has raised concern about crumbling families in the West African country and called on the government to investigate, and if possible, to address the causes of the country’s weakening family structures.
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari covering the Southern Taraba Zone that is facing communal clashes has said the faith of the people of God in the Diocese continues to grow against all odds, including incessant attacks against Christians.
The Catholic Bishop of Nigeria’s Sokoto Diocese has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a body that oversees elections in the west African country to work towards winning people’s trust as the country gears up for the November 11 off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states.
A Catholic Priest serving in Nigeria’s newly created Wukari Diocese in Taraba State which has a long history of tribal conflicts has erected a 12-foot crucifix in the Diocese to foster reconciliation among the warring tribes.
Members of the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Nigeria, among them some Catholic Bishops, are calling for “free and fair processes” ahead of Gubernatorial polls in three of the country’s States.
The Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has welcomed the Letter of Allegation, which five United Nations (UN) Special Procedure mandate holders sent to the government of Nigeria regarding the public lynching of Deborah Emmanuel.
John Cardinal Onaiyekan has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “now face his work” and serve all without bias after the Supreme Court affirmed his victory following the disputed February 25 presidential elections.
Insecurity is impoverishing the Church in Nigeria, the Catholic Bishop of Nigeria’s Sokoto Diocese has said, noting that in the northern part of the country alone, over 30 million naira (US$38,100) has been spent to rescue pastoral agents.
Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) who participated in the October 4-29 XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome has said delegates “felt the Holy Spirit was at work.”
The Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in Nigeria has expressed concern about the whereabouts of a Priest in the Nigerian Metropolitan See who has been missing for a month.
The Parish Priest of St. Ann's Sarkin Kudu Parish of Nigeria’s Wukari Diocese who was kidnapped on Sunday, October 29 has regained his freedom, the Catholic Diocese has announced.
Members of the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests' Association (NCDPA) have described as “quite unreal” the “palliative structure” that the government of Nigeria has put in place to cushion citizens from the adverse effects of fuel subsidy removal.
Monks at the Benedictine Monastery, Eruku in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Ilorin are planning for the funeral ceremony of their confrere, Br. Godwin Eze, after those who set out to search for the murdered monk’s body encountered obstacles.
The Catholic Diocese of Wukari in Nigeria is appealing for prayers for the safe release of one of the Priests in the Diocese who was kidnapped by “unknown people” on Sunday, October 29.
Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nigeria’s Taraba State have called for an end to cases of kidnappings and insecurity in the State.
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan has decried the persistent security challenges in his Episcopal See, which he says have continued for over 20 years, with many parishes subjected to attacks and being “under siege”.
The ongoing Synod on Synodality conversations in Rome are an opportunity to practice multiple graces, including those of prayerfully “listening, dialogue, and discernment”, an African delegate participating in the October 4-29 meeting has said.
Tributes are pouring in for Br. Godwin Eze, a Nigerian monk who was kidnapped by Fulani bandits and brutally killed, with those who knew the monk describing him as “very prayerful” and “very easygoing young man”.
Br. Godwin Eze, a Nigerian monk who was kidnapped alongside two others from the Benedictine Monastery, Eruku in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Ilorin was killed.
The Bishop-elect for the newly erected Catholic Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria has underscored the importance of peaceful existence among members of different faiths in the territory that the Diocese covers, saying he’ll foster interfaith dialogue through “meaningful and constructive conversations”.