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Nigerian Fr. Elije Mbaka (left) and Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of Nigeria’s Lagos Archdiocese

A Nigerian Prelate Criticizes Priest for Naming “one person as governor against another”

Jan 10, 2020

A Nigerian Archbishop has termed as “surprising” and “embarrassing” claims that a Catholic priest in the West African country is partisan in the country’s politics, having expressed explicit support for a State Governor.

Participants in the  Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life, Enugu Nigeria, from December 5-8, 2019 / Fr. Benjamin Achi

Pan-African Congress on Theology Proposes New Ways of Doing Theology in Africa

Dec 11, 2019

Participants in the four-day  Pan-African Congress on Theology that sought to reflect on the faith of the people of God in Africa, evaluate the variety of pastoral and theological approaches and develop, through a joint forum, best practices for evangelization have proposed new ways of doing theology on the African continent, a region of the world continues to record the highest growth rate of Catholicism globally.

The poster on the  Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life scheduled to take place in Enugu, Nigeria from December 5-8, 2019 / Pan-African Catholic Theological and Pastoral Network

Planned Pan-African Congress on Theology to “develop best practices for pastoral ministry”

Dec 4, 2019

Ten years after the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops on the theme “The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace” during which Church leaders on the continent deliberated on, among other themes, transforming “theology into pastoral care,” a four-day Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life is set to take place in Enugu, Nigeria, under the theme, “What must we do to perform the works of God.”

Nigerian Fr. Theophilus Ndulue of Enugu diocese who had been abducted on November 15, 2019 and freed after a day.

Another Catholic Priest in Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese Freed after Abduction

Nov 19, 2019

Nearly two weeks  after Fr. Arinze Madu, the Vice-Rector at Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary was abducted outside the seminary gate and  released two days later, Nigeria’s diocese of Enugu has yet again had a priest,  Fr. Theophilus Ndulue abducted and released a day later.

Fr. Arinze Madu, Vice Rector at Nigeria’s Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Enugu, kidnapped outside seminary gate on Monday, October 28, 2019 / Communications office Enugu Diocese, Nigeria

Nigerian Catholic Priest Kidnapped Outside Seminary Gate, Whereabouts Unknown

Oct 31, 2019

A couple of days since unknown gunmen “whisked away” Nigerian Fr. Arinze Madu, a diocesan Catholic priest serving at Nigeria’s Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Enugu diocese, there are concerns about the priest’s whereabouts as kidnappings targeting Church leaders seem to multiply in Africa’s most populous country, a source in Enugu diocese has told ACI Africa.