By: Chioma Ajafuo The Catholic Bishop of Issele-Uku, Most Rev. Michael Odogwu Elue recently held a closing session of diocesan inquiry for the canonization of Rev. Fr. Abraham Anselm Isidahome Ojefua, a servant of God and the founder of the prestigious Order of Knight of St. Mulumba who died in 1988. The event which took…
HOMILY DELIVERED BY REV. FR. PETER NKADI AT THE FUNERAL OF RT. REV. MSGR. PETER EMEKE UZOR ON WEDNESDAY, 20TH SEPTEMBER 2023 Meryl Streep in the movie Mama Mia, captures a parent longing to hold on to those precious moments, as the daughter slips thorough her fingers like sand. She portrays the heartfelt emotions associated…
A Communiqué issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at Chida International Hotel, Utako District, Abuja, 7 to 15 September 2023 PREAMBLEWe, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria, held our Second Plenary Meeting for the year at Chida International Hotel, Utako, Abuja, from 7 to 15…
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…