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.
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.
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.
The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has assured the faithful in Monaco that their faith in God and the nation’s Christian patrimony “puts them before God.”
Christian leaders in Bauchi State, North-Eastern Nigeria, have once again highlighted the troubling issue of persecution while calling for urgent action to hold accountable those responsible for using harmful methods to forcibly convert dozens of underage girls in the state to Islam.
Priests of Wukari Diocese have lamented the destruction of Church property in two parishes worth over N100 million in Adu and Atav communities in Takum Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba State, North-Eastern Nigeria, by suspected Fulani militia.
A prominent Catholic priest, academic, and community leader based in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria, who is well known for his dual roles in religious administration and higher education, has critiqued the primary pillar of “Tinubu-nomics” while proffering solutions for a functional economy.
US Political Commentator, author and media host Michael Knowles insists that Catholics who make up a little over 20 percent of the US population continue to shape political life and culture.
