Like his predecessor, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has urged everyone around the world to stand on the side of the oppressed, following the example of Jesus, who offered himself as a sacrificial meal.
Following the recent Palm Sunday attack on the residents of Angwan Rukuba by suspected Islamists, which left scores dead, the management of Jos has evacuated students to safety.
The Executive Secretary of the Christian Social Movement of Nigeria (CSMN) has accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of complicity in the Jos 29th March 2026, Palm Sunday attack, calling for urgent action to end the bloodshed.
The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has appointed Nigeria’s vocal Prelate, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, as a member of the Council of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, Vatican City.
The Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Jos Archdiocese in North-Central Nigeria has described the Palm Sunday attacks at Angwan Rukuba as deliberate and well-coordinated operations executed on a clean slate, without any culprit apprehended by law enforcement agencies.
A Catholic priest has likened the photo of a Jos mother, who was inconsolably holding the lifeless body of her young man, Mr. Promise, a victim of the recent sporadic gunfire by suspected Fulani Islamist militants, to Michelangelo Buonarroti’s 1498 Pietà, which depicts Our Lady holding the lifeless body of Jesus.
African theologians, comprising scholars, pastoral workers and consecrated men and women, have decried the cancers of poverty, corruption, and suffering while pointing to theological formation and sound catechesis as panacea.
March 29th has set another tragic record in the minds and hearts of the residents of Jos, Plateau State, in the central region of Nigeria, following a well-coordinated attack by suspected terrorists who fired at innocent citizens at the very busy Angwan Rukuba Junction located in Jos North area council of the state on Sunday, as Christians began Holy Week.
The Catholic Bishop of Wukari Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Mark Maigida Nzukwein, has urged his deans, other priests, and consecrated persons in violent-pronged areas across Southern Taraba, “to sensitise their people and take all necessary precautionary measures to stay safe.”
Following the recent dedication and official blessing of the newly renovated offices of the Bishop and Vicar Administration of Jalingo Diocese at the Mile Six Secretariat by Most Rev. Charles Hammawa, a key figure in the Diocese has lauded the efforts of the prelate, describing it as a laudable initiative.
