Tag: Catholic Church
Pope Francis makes U-turn, accepts resignation of rejected Ahiara bishop
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter Okpaleke after a five-year standoff with priests and laity in Ahiara Diocese, Imo State who...
Mass wedding: Catholic priest sponsors 53 couples in Nasarawa State
Rev. Fr. Lawrence Soja-Anyembugu of St Sylvester Catholic Church, New Nyanya and Karu in Nasarawa State has sponsored the marriage of 53 couples in...
Okorocha denies renaming street after Buhari
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has denied renaming Assumpta Avenue in Owerri, the state capital, after President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement by the governor’s...
Nigerians should go beyond prayers in fight against corruption – Archbishop...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has urged Nigerians to go beyond prayers in the fight against corruption by imbibing and...
Murdered Imo Catholic priest buried
Slain Reverend Father Cyriacus Onunkwo of the Catholic Diocese of Orlu, Imo State was buried on Monday,
Onunkwo, who was the head of the diocese,...
Ozubulu shooting: Man loses wife, daughter, uncle
A member of St. Phillip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State lost his wife, daughter and uncle when a gunman opened fire on worshippers...
Islamic group condemns Ozubulu Catholic church massacre
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has condemned in strong terms Sunday's killings at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, near Nnewi, Anambra.
National Coordinator...
Ozubulu shooting: Target’s father killed, mother injured
The target of the gunmen who stormed St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been identified.
His name...
Pope gives warring Imo Catholic priests ultimatum over bishop
Pope Francis has given a 30-day ultimatum to warring Catholic priests in Imo State to accept the nomination of a bishop or face being...
Pope wades into ethnic crisis in Nigerian Catholic Church
Pope Francis has intervened in an ethnic crisis rocking the Nigerian Catholic Church in Ahiara, Imo State, whose Bishop, Peter Okpaleke, is unwanted by...