Pope Francis took an apparent dig at conservatives resisting change in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, lamenting those whose religion he said was self-referential and encased in a “suit of armour”. On the Feast of the Epiphany, Francis seemed Read more…
They planned to drug, parade me among prostitutes, hack me to death The Spiritual Director and Founder of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, has recounted what transpired during his sudden disappearance on May 5, 2021. Read more…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Friday, warned that except by God’s intervention, the nation would become Sodom and Gomorrah. The organisation regretted that despite pleas by the Federal Government to the international community, they neglected Nigeria and beamed attention Read more…
The Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQA), on Friday, shut down two Islamiyah schools indefinitely over alleged rape of a six-year-old girl and impregnation of another 12 year-old-girl. One of the schools, Madrasatul Ulumul Deeniya Wa Tahfizul Qur’an, located Read more…
Nigeria’s foremost clergyman, the first African Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, deserves to be sung as a national hero, some researchers say. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was the multi-linguist who translated the Holy Bible into Yoruba language. He was born Read more…
The Archbishop, Anglican Province of Owerri, Most Reverend Dr David Onuoha has said that the recent invasion of the Nigerian Police into St Peter’s Anglican Church Eziama Obaire to arrest Uche Nwosu a former government official in Imo State could Read more…
The Rev. Athanasius Chidi Abanulo — using skills honed in his African homeland to minister effectively in rural Alabama— determines just how long he can stretch out his Sunday homilies based on who is sitting in the pews. Seven minutes Read more…
Ezeakukwu E. Nsoedo The various choir groups, including the orchestra group from St Paul Junior Seminary, serenaded the selected groups invited for the carol service. The Carol was so refreshing to the souls that one literally forgot all about their Read more…
Pope Francis has appointed a Nigerian priest of the Catholic Diocese of Abia, Abia State, an Apostolic Nuncio to the Antilles, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See – the Vatican – to the United Nations Read more…
Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first African pope in about 1,500 years, has abruptly offered his resignation from a key Vatican department, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Turkson, 73, from Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Northern Christian Forum (NCF) has raised the alarm over impending food scarcity in Nigeria occasioned by the activities of insurgents and bandits in the North. The Anambra State president of the forum Pastor Andrew Aversion raised Read more…
A Nigerian Catholic bishop recently offered a harrowing account of religious persecution in the country and called on the U.S. State Department to explain its decision for delisting the nation as one that merited “particular concern” on religious freedom. “Since the United States has delisted Read more…