By Njideka Eze His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the President of CBCN and Archbishop of Benin Diocese , Most Rev. Augustine Akubueze, the Catholic bishop of Enugu Diocese Most Rev. Callistus Onaga and his Auxilliary Most Rev. Ernest Obodo, some bishops, some bishops, representatives of Bishops from various Dioceses, Superior generals of Religious Congregations, Priests…
THE CHURCH AND PROPHETIC WITNESSING IN NIGERIA “And you shall be my witnesses . . . even to the remotest parts of the world” (Acts 1:8) A Communiqué issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), which held at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Ogui, Enugu, Enugu…
To: THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF NIGERIA On behalf of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, I greet all Nigerians at home and in the diaspora. Thank you all for your patience regarding the expectations of rapid development promised by various democratic governments. Since we returned to democratic rule on 29 May 1999 after several…
Fr. Chike Michael Osamor No one heals himself by wounding others, but we serve a God who heals others by wounding himself, a God who meets his creatures where they are in order to lead them to where He is. Such is the noble mystery which supplies the impetus for the festivities occasioned by the…
FIVE NEW MONSIGNORI FOR ISSELE-UKU DIOCESE To the glory of God, the Holy Father, Pope Francis has appointed five priests from the presbyterium of the Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku, five new Papal Chaplains with the title of Monsignor. This was known through a circular signed and released by the Catholic Bishop of Issele-Uku, Most Rev.…
By Rev. Fr. Michael Chike Osamor Dear Parishioner More than was usual, we your priests have had to do lots of explaining, catechesis, and argumentations in defense to the rather extreme stance of asking parishioners to, in the meantime, stay away from their houses of prayer. Some even accuse us, by the very fact of the…
TODAY MARKS 100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST INDIGENOUS PRIEST IN WEST AFRICA, REV. FR. PAUL OBODOECHINE EMECHETE. Paul was born in the year 1888 in a town called Ezi, about 45 kilometres from Asaba. At the time, a catechist living in Illah visited the town from time to time. When Paul was…
DO NOT BE AFRAID, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED” (Deut 31:8) (An Invitation to Action for National Harmony and Peace) A Communiqué issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at Pinnacle Guest Inn and Resort, Sokoto, Sokoto State, 6-14 September 2018. 1. PREAMBLE We, the Catholic…
By Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ojeifo. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), the frontman and face of Catholic dialogue with non-Christian religions, an experienced interlocutor between Catholicism and Islam has died aged 75. Cardinal Tauran had for years been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and died while receiving treatment in the…
On Saturday, 4th day of March 2017, the Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku gathered at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Ogwashi-Uku to inaugurate the Marian Year. This is in response to the call by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria that the year 2017 be observed as the Marian Year in celebration of the Centenary of the apparition of our Mother Mary to the three shepherds kids, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta at Fatima in 1917. The events of the day at Ogwashi-Uku began at 9am with a Solemn Rosary procession round the town.